R U Safe

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R U Safe
Lewis F. Mayer Middle School Fairview Park
Schools Teacher Char Shryock
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Who are you?

• Email
• IM
• Blogging
• Myspace.com
• Chat rooms

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Which one best describes your email account

• Use my parents account
• Have my own account(s)
• 3. Use soinmail
• 4. Do not have email

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Which one best describes your email behavior

• I have opened and forwarded attachments
• I have opened attachments
• I delete attachments

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Using email safely

• Only give your email address to friends
• Blind copy email to groups to protect your
  friends email addresses
• Use made up names in your email address and
  screen names
• Only open email from people you know
• Only open attachments that you have your parents
  permission to open
• Do not respond to emails that you are
  uncomfortable with

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How much time do you spend IMing each day?

• I dont IM
• ½ hour
• 1-2 hours
• 3 or more hours
• I am IMing any time I am online.

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Have you ever felt bullied by an IM or email
message?

• I dont IM
• No, I have never felt like that
• Yes, I have felt that way

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IM Instant Messaging

• Use made up screen names
• Only IM with people you know
• IM is a fun way to talk with friends- not a way
  to bully classmates

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Which one best describes you

• I dont have a blog or read other blogs
• I read other peoples blogs
• I read and post to other blogs
• I have my own blog

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Which one best describes you

• I have never posted personal information online
• I have used my real name online
• I have posted my name and other contact info.
  online
• I have put my picture and personal information
  online

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myspace.com

• Use made- up names
• Only post neutral information
• Protect your personal information
• Limit access to your page to your friends
• Only put your friends on your site list
• Keep your password to yourself
• Do not post pictures of you or your friends
• Do not put identifiable info. in your messages or
  descriptions
• Remember that if you are making up information
  about yourself- other people can be doing that
  too!
• Tell your parents if you feel like something
  isnt quite right

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Which one best describes you

• I dont use chat rooms
• I have listened in on a chat room
• I have talked in a chat room with friends
• I have talked in a chat room with friends and
  strangers
• I have talked on the phone or met someone I first
  met in a chat room

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My parents

• Dont really use the computer
• Know how to email and use the computer
• Know how to use the computer, email, IM and may
  have a blog

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Which one best describes your home computer use

• I dont have one at home
• Our computer is in a family common space
• I have my own computer in my room

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I am a safe internet user

• All the time
• Most of the time
• Some of the time
• Not usually
• I dont use the internet

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Checklist of safe internet behavior

• Keep your personal and identifiable information
  to yourself
• Let your parents know about attachments and
  programs you want to download
• Keep photos off of public webspaces
• Dont carry fights or bullying from school onto
  the internet
• Keep your password to yourself, use letters and
  numbers
• Remember that the internet is faceless if you
  can be anyone you want to be- so can someone
  else.
• Never meet with someone who you have met on- line
  unless your parents or another trusted adult are
  involved.
• Check the privacy policy of websites that ask you
  to register find out who they are sharing that
  information with