A PARENT’S GUIDE TO INTERNET SAFETY

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A PARENTS GUIDE TO INTERNET SAFETY

• KEEPING YOUR CHILD SAFE

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Questions about my child.

• What are they doing online?
• Who are they talking with?
• Why do they want to be there?
• When should I restrict time?
• Where can I learn about digizens?

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MY SPACE.COM FACEBOOK.COM

• Students are using the sites above to CONNECT
  with kids all over the world
• The information they place on these sites are
  used daily by pedophiles
• Never post full name, address, telephone number,
  SS .

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MY SPACE.COM FACEBOOK.COM

• Facebook
• 250 Million active (Sept 09)
• myspace
• 200 Million active (Sept 09)
• (users who have returned to the site in the last
  30 days)

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Bank robber arrested after boasting of crime on
MySpace Investigators learned that Mr.
Northington, who had a gunshot scar on his face,
used MySpace, to brag about a crime. There they
found that he had posted a message mentioning the
robbery "One in the head still ain't dead!!!!!!
On tha run for robbin a bank Love all of yall."
According to a press release from the U.S.
Department of Justice in Columbia, S.C
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• Nine days later, Northington was arrested in
  Virginia.
• Northington is now facing a fine of 250,000 and
• imprisonment for a minimum of seven years and a
  maximum of life.
• By Thursday, Northington's MySpace page was
  still up with the status reading "Wanted."

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WHAT CAN Parents DO?

• Have a Family Internet Plan/Agreement
• Use Facebook.
• Friend your child.
• Teachable moments from other users.
• Place computer in a Central Location.

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WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?

• Theres no Privacy on the Internet. Pages are
  archived. (The Wayback Machine.)
• Facebook Archives pages
• Owns your content

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FACEBOOK PRIVACY STATEMENT

• You understand and acknowledge that, even after
  removal, copies of User Content may remain
  viewable in cached and archived pages or if other
  Users have copied or stored your User Content.
• Facebook may also collect information about you
  from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs,
  instant messaging services, and other users of
  the Facebook service through the operation of the
  service (e.g., photo tags) in order to provide
  you with more useful information and a more
  personalized experience.

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KEEP YOUR PRIVACY!

• NEVER SHARE YOUR PASSWORD!

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WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?

• Review Chat Logs

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WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
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WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
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WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
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WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?

• Review Chat Logs

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WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?

• Review Searches

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Google Preferences

• Go to Google.com
• Click on preferences
• Click on strict filtering next to safesearch
• Setting must be adjusted for each user account
  you wish to filter.

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TEACH THE CONTROLS

• Use Privacy settings.
• School admissions officers
• Future employers
• View online info with a critical eye.
• Fun Questionnaires arent funny.

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CYBER BULLYING

• Each and every student will
• be a safe and informed
• Internet user.

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The Statistics

• 1 in 5 children are sexually solicited or
  approached over the internet in a one-year
  period. (Online Victimization A Report on the
  Nations Youth)
• 20 of violent offenders serving time in state
  prisons reported having victimized a child
  online. (U.S.Dept of justice.)

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YOU HAVE HELP

• No matter if a threat was written at home or not,
  Police and/or Schools can take action
• Isolate the computer
• Inform local law authorities
• Call MCCTF, (Maine Computer Crimes Task Force)
• Call Federal Agencies FBI has a Maine office
  that works mainly with hate crimes, civil rights
  issues in schools (James.Lechner_at_ic.fbi.gov

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Feel like doing this?
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Positives influences

• Authors of original work
• Students learn to interact with mass amounts of
  ever changing information
• New literacy
• Improves 21st Century job skills in a Global
  Market

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MORE ADVICE.

• Discuss REPUTATION
• Online Offline
• Discuss NETIQUETTE
• Proper online Etiquette means dont say
  something online if you wouldnt say it offline.
• Become a DIGIZEN
• Digital Citizen
• Ask for PASSWORDS
• Check them frequently

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CONTROL OF INTERNET ACCESS AND USE
74 of families have their computers in a
public location 65 of parents say they
check up on their teens after they go online
53 of families filter 45 of families
have monitoring software on the computer that
their child uses (Kids aware of monitoring
filtering) Only 7 of parents have no rules
about media use at all
SOURCE http//www.pewinternet.org
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IT TAKES ALL OF US HOME, SCHOOL, LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO KEEP YOUR CHILD SAFE

• www.ic3.gov
• www.cybertipline.com
• www.missingkids.com
• www.netsmartz.org
• www.Wiredkids.org

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Is the Internet a Safety Risk?

• Greatest Risk our children face with the Internet
  is being denied access.
• Safe SolutionsSoftware Filters, Web Blockers,
  Parent Supervision etc
• MLTI is not a technology project, its a learning
  project. (Betty Manchester)
• Laptop is a crucial competitive tool for learning

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Questions?