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HELPING CHILDREN USE THE INTERNET
POSITIVELY & SAFELY
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THIS PRESENTATION
TAKING A BALANCED APPROACH !
Why is this issue important?
What can you do now?
What are the dangers for Children?
What is so positive for Children?
Practical resources + Questions
WHAT IS CHILDNET?
A charity working to help make the internet a great and safe place for all children.
Connects you to the world
Like bringing a city into the home or classroom
The good&
The bad
Let’s make sure the good outweighs the bad!
WHAT IS THE INTERNET LIKE FOR CHILDREN?
A bit about you….
How many of you have internet access at home ?
What sort of things do your children like doing on the internet ?
What sort of concerns do you have about your children’s use of the internet ?
WHY IS THIS
PART I
IMPORTANT
PART I
Whilst there are enormous benefits for children using the internet at home and at school there are potential dangers for children using the net unsupervised. These can broadly be grouped into 3 C s:
1) WHAT ARE THE DANGERS ?
Content Contact Commerce
• Pornography
• Racist content
• Inaccurate information
• Threatening e-mails
• Strangers in Chat rooms
• Blur betweenadvertising &
content
• Invasions of privacy & SPAM
PARENTS Mostly e-mail and web for research DO YOU KNOW
HOW YOUR CHILD USES THE
NET?
WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR CHILDREN’S ONLINE ACTIVITY, VALIDATE THEIR SKILLS & LEARN
FROM THEM
YOUNG PEOPLE
Interactive chat, IM, Music, Games,
2) ADULTS + CHILDREN USE THE NET IN DIFFERENT WAYS
PART I
KNOWLEDGE Many children
pick up technology quicker ! HELP YOUR
CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT
TECHNOLOGY IS THROWING UP NEW IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUES WHICH CHILDREN MAY NOT SEE
WISDOMUnderstanding how to behave
in a virtual world
3) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE + WISDOM
PART I
IN SCHOOL
Generally supervised,
protected and monitored
WE NEED TO DO MORE
THAN SUPERVISE- WE NEED TO
HELP EDUCATE
CHALLENGE = to ensure that children are safe wherever they use
the internet
OUT OF SCHOOL
Often no filtering, supervision or
monitoring
4) SUPERVISED/UNSUPERVISED ACCESS POINTS
PART I
PART II
WHAT’S SO POSITIVE
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THE NET?
Discover Connect Create
• Search
• Homework
• ProjectsThe biggest library in the world
• Newsgroups
communities and clubs
• ChatBrings kids together at local call rates
• Web sites
• Text, art, music,
photos, video...Anyone can become a publisher
WHAT WE DID WITH THE PUPILS THIS AFTERNOON
Three examples which shows the power of the Net for children to…
Discover
Connect
Create
PART III
WHAT ARE THE DANGERS
THE DANGERS TO CHILDREN
Content Contact Commerce
• Pornography
• Racism
• Inaccurate information
• Threatening
• Paedophiles
in chat rooms
• Invasion of privacy
• Blur between advertising &
content
PORNOGRAPHY • Promotes a demeaning
view of women (& men)• Encourages false
fantasies• Can be used to sexualise
young children• Addictive • Easily available on the Net
SMART TIPConsider using filtering Be careful to type in the correct web site address!
RACIST & HATE SITES
• Web an ideal medium for small extreme groups
• Some pose as churches, or other “acceptable” groups
• Some target children
See www.adl.org for details of sites to avoid
SMART TIP
INACCURATE CONTENT
• Spoof sites• URL mimickers eg
www.microdoft.com • Historical revisionist
material• Inaccurate health
information
Look for source, date, links & referencesSee www.quick.org.uk for helpful checklist
SMART TIP
Interactive services online
• Chat –web based• Instant Messaging• Games – MOO,
MUD, MUSH etc.• Cyber sex
Contact
Get your kids to explain how chat and IM work!
SMART TIP
What is Instant Messaging?
Instant Messaging (sometimes called “IM,” “IMing,” or “Messaging” ) is the
ability to:
easily see whether a chosen friend or co-worker is connected to the internet and, if
they are, exchange text messages with them.
Instant Messaging differs from ordinary email in that the messages are delivered
immediately, making dialog much easier than with email.Definition courtesy whatis.com
Other Common IM Features
• ChatJoin a number of your contacts to exchange messages in a private chat room.
• File transferSend and receive computer files.
• News headlines or alertsInstant notification of breaking news.
Source: Technology & Learning, 11/02, p.48
• TalkSpeak directly to your contacts – You need a sound card
(standard on all computers these days) and a microphone.
• E-mail notificationThe IM system flags new e-mailSource: Technology & Learning, 11/02, p.48
Other Common IM Features
Why is IM Important to Parents?
• 74% of online teens use instant messaging. In comparison, 44% of online adults have used IM.
• 45% of online teens use Instant Messaging each time they are online.
• 69% of online teens use IM at least a few times each week.
Data courtesy www.pewinternet.org
• 37% of online teens have used IM to write something that they would not have said in person.
• 41% of online teens say they use email and instant messaging to contact teachers or classmates about schoolwork.
Why is IM REALLY Important to Parents?
Data courtesy www.pewinternet.org
Safety Concerns
• IM is used in the grooming process because its more private than public chat rooms
• IM and Chat are closely linked products and moving from one to another can take just one click
• The alert function means that people know when you online.
Here are a few tips to avoid potential pitfalls:
• Choose products with parental controls • Each IM product asks you to fill out a
profile of yourself. Be sure not to include private information such as phone number and address or school name.
• Never click on unknown or suspicious hyperlinks.
• Never accept files, or send them to people that you don’t know.
• Keep IM address secret in Chatrooms
• You don’t know who people are• People lie about their age and other
interests• Flattery can make kids feel important• Determined adults can seek abusive
relationships• Contacts shift quickly to messaging, e
mail and mobile phones• Chat is just a click away! E.g.
THE DANGERS IN CHAT
ONE FAMILY’S STORY..My daughter was contacted starting in February this year by a pedophile whilst using a chat room. He quickly moved to e-mail and shortly afterwards sent her pornography, purporting to be pictures of himself. My daughter was just 12 at this time.
After grooming her for some weeks, he made telephone contact and eventually persuaded her to miss school and meet him.
In total, he met her five times and took her back to his flat where she was sexually abused…
… I have worked in the computer industry for 18 years, latterly with the Internet, and had no idea what went on in these chat rooms. Surely there is some regulatory body that can make the ISPs monitor at least the teenage chat rooms to make sure kids aren’t in danger…. Perhaps you can offer some guidance?”
The response to this case www.chatdanger.com
• Aimed at chat users and parents
• Celebrity introduction• Cartoons and a chat
safety banner in open source html
• Simple non-technical language for parents
Links with handphones & text messaging
• Mobile phones are personal & private
• Kids love text messaging• You can send text from
many web sites anonymously
• You can have text chat• What next ?…….
Encourage your kids not to give out their mobile no.
SMART TIP
Eat kelloggs cereal
Find codes in box
Punch them in to get points
Use points to get cool stuff.
Blur between much content & advertising
Subtle request for information (games, auctions competitions
Collection of information makes net marketers dream
Many parents unaware of dangers
Subtle Pressure
Be careful about filling in online forms!
SMART TIP
Commercialism on the net
INTERNET ADDICTION
Using the internet can be addictive
Signs are – compulsive use –
no interruptions
long hours secretive use
If combined with high risk activities can be dangerous
Link internet use to offline interests eg sport
SMART TIP
PART IV
SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NOW
2) Support the school – Sign the Acceptable Use Policy and take an active interest in what your children are doing in ICT at school.
1) Get involved in your children’s online activity at home. Check you know what applications they are using, especially chat rooms and games played with others online. Ask who their “e-pals” are. Get them to teach you about how things work.
3) Encourage internet use that builds on offline activities. It helps to keep the computer in a family room not tucked away in a child’s bedroom. Help your children to use the Internet for home work and leisure interests.
SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NOW ?
4) Use some of the tools on the computer to help you.
4) TOOLS TO HELP
Website addresses + favorites folders
Browsers (history) Search engines E-mail accounts –
reputable and supervised (hotmail)
Filtering tools Mobile phones.
5) Filtering and Blocking
• Different types– Access to sites– Time limiting– Outgoing content– Monitoring– Kids search engines
• Recognise the limitations
• Never 100% effective
See www.getnetwise.org lists over 140 tools
SMART TIP
6 ) REINFORCE THE “SMART” RULES WITH YOUR CHILDREN
SAFE – Staying safe online involves being careful and thinking about whether it is safe to give out personal
information
SAFE – Staying safe online involves being careful and thinking
about whether it is safe to give out personal information
MEETING – Meeting up with someone you have contacted in cyberspace can be dangerous. Only do so with your parent’s/ carer’s permission and then when they can be present.
SAFE – Staying safe online involves being careful and thinking about whether it is safe to give out personal information
MEETING – Meeting up with someone you have contacted in cyberspace can be dangerous. Only do so with your parent’s/carer’s permission and then when they can be present.
ACCEPT – Accepting e-mails or opening files from people you don’t know can be dangerous. – they may contain viruses or nasty messages.
SAFE – Staying safe online involves being careful and thinking
about whether it is safe to give out personal information
MEETING – Meeting up with someone you have contacted in cyberspace can be dangerous. Only do so with your parent’s/carer’s permission and then when they can be present.
ACCEPT – Accepting e-mails or opening files from people you don’t know can be dangerous. – they may contain viruses or nasty messages. RELIABLE – Anyone can put anything on the net and remember people can lie and not be who they say they are in chat rooms.
SAFE – Staying safe online involves being careful and thinking about
whether it is safe to give out personal information
MEETING – Meeting up with someone you have contacted in cyberspace can be dangerous. Only do so with your parent’s/carer’s permission and then when they can be present.
ACCEPT – Accepting e-mails or opening files from people you don’t know can be dangerous. – they may contain viruses or nasty messages.
RELIABLE – Anyone can put anything on the net and remember people can lie and not be who they say they are in chat rooms.
TELL – Tell your parent/carer or teacher if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried.
See www.kidsmart.org.uk/smart for more info.
KIDSMART LEAFLETS FOR YOUR SCHOOL AND
PARENTS !
"The internet is great fun and a brilliant way to keep in contact with friends. However, it is really important that we all use the Net safely and always remember these SMART rules to stay safe online."
Ant and Dec
By learning together, taking care and supporting our children we can help our children get the benefit, avoid danger and use the internet to fully
Discover
Connect
Create
www.chatdanger.com
www.kidsmart.org.uk
www.childnet-int.org
Produced by Childnet International. Copyright 2003
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