Your children are connected to the World

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Your children are connected to the World

• Who is connected to your children?
• INTERNET SAFETY SEMINAR
• The Technology Policies We Need Now and Why
• Becky Brownfield
• SCHS, Sedalia District 200

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Internet Benefits

• Communication
• E-mail a teacher
• Chat with a friend and get help on an assignment
• Research
• Compare financial reports
• Discover new technologies
• Compare theatre today to 200 years ago

• Socialization
• Learn to communicate with newsgroups
• Collaborate with another school to complete a
  project
• Productivity
• Display work for family to see
• Research quicker with search engines

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Internet Dangers

• Pedophiles
• Viruses
• Privacy
• Legal Obligations
• Cyber-bullying

WE NEED POLICYWHY.
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Government Regulations???

• Limited Censorship
• Communications Decency Act
• First Amendment issues
• State Laws
• Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
• FTC
• Websites getting information from children under
  the age of 13
• CIPA (Childrens Internet Protection Act)
• December 2000
• Schools must have Internet safety policy

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Internet Usage
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What our kids say

• Have you ever hidden your online activities from
  your parents or guardians?
• 24.89 YES
• Have you been fooled by the age of someone you
  just met online?
• 15.62 YES
• While on the Internet, has someone asked you to
  keep your friendship with him/her secret?
• 7.58 YES
• Have you chatted or used an IM with someone on
  the Internet whom you have not met fact to
  face?
• 36.34 YES

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Sedalia District 200 Policy

• District Internet Policy
• http//sedalia.k12.mo.us/media/page16.htm
• CIPA Requirement
• ASTARO Server Filter
• SynchronEyes
• Computer Classrooms
• Library Media Center
• http//www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/Synchr
  onEyesClassroomManagementSoftware/

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Sedalia District 200 Policy Contd

• Internet Usage Agreement
• All students must sign upon enrollment
• Violations result in severe consequences

• Consequences Include
• Permanent loss of Internet use
• Referral to law enforcement officials
• ISS
• OSS
• Expulsion
• Consequences are relative to the severity of
  the violation see handout

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What you can do at home

• Contact your ISP about filters
• Add passwords to your computer
• Create a family contract (policies/rules/consequen
  ces)
• Remain public in chat rooms
• Keep home computer in central location of the
  home
• Communicate often about online activities with
  your kids
• Never give out private information
• Never agree to meet someone you dont know
  without telling your parents

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Helpful links for parents

• Stay Safe Online
• http//www.staysafeonline.org/
• NetsMartz
• http//www.netsmartz.org/
• OnGuardOnline
• http//onguardonline.gov/index.html
• Isafe.org
• www.isafe.org
• FBI Parents Guide to Online Safety
• http//www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm
  
• SafeKids
• http//www.safekids.com/

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References

• http//criminaljustice.state.ny.us/missing/i_safet
  y/i_intro.htm
• http//www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens3.htmlusa
  
• http//www.kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/n
  et_safety.html
• http//doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunkblog
  /2006/4/3/mandating-internet-safety-instruction.ht
  ml
• www.isafe.org
• http//sedalia.k12.mo.us/media/page16.htm

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