Safe SurfingAdult Community Workshop

Illinois Central CollegeNovember 3, 2012

It’s not going away Kids are going to use it. Digital fluency is important.

◦ Especially in the world they are growing up in!

The Internet

It is a learning experience for you and your children

The more knowledgeable you are the more aware you can be for them

Don’t Assume They Know

Let’s take the quiz◦ http://www.cyberwise.org/New-Media-Hub.html

What is New Media by Cyberwise: http://

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sug7L4x5N1E

What Do You Know?

10 Rules for Internet Smarts

Fromhttp://www.nick.com/thebighelp/digital-citizen-hub-page.html A great resource for parents and kids.

Get Tech-Saavy! The more saavy you are the more you can protect them.

Talk! Make sure they are aware of the obvious rules for online.

Know the sites and social media they use. Teach children what to do if something

inappropriate comes on the screen. Great Tips from http://

www.netnanny.com/learn_center/safety_tips

Safety Tips

Establish and agree upon the rules for using the internet. ◦ Start young – tweens ◦ Post the rules near the computer or in a central

location◦ Talk about them

http://www.internetsafety.com/internet-monitoring-game-plan.php

http://www.komando.com/kids/commandments.aspx http://

dianagraber-cybercivics.blogspot.com/2012/06/10-rules-for-safe-and-respectable.html

Establish the Rules

All of the information online about a person either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally

The question becomes, this. Do you want to deliberately be aware of and control what you stand for online or do you want that to be left to others? (http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/04/help-students-manage-their-digital.html)

Your Digital Footprint

YouTube remains the No. 1 online video site, according to Nielsen Online.

24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute (YouTube, 2010).

Kids are supposed to be 13 years old to use YouTube. YouTube is a great place to showcase creativity. Use Safety Mode. At the bottom of every YouTube

page, you can check a box that filters your search results. When Safety Mode is on, you’ll get fewer inappropriate results when you search for videos.◦ How To TURN ON Safety Mode: http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMAj5PMzvsk&feature=share&list=ECA6B961FA5F1D5FA5

YouTube

http://www.kideos.com/ http://kidmango.com/ http://www.kidzbop.com/ http://zui.com/ http://www.kabillion.com/

YouTube for Kids

WeetWoo! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weetwoo-kid-videos-safe-educational/id341005161?mt=8

Gube http://gubeapp.com/

YouTube Apps

A parent’s guide to Facebook by http://www.connectsafely.org/pdfs/fbparents.pd

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Must be 13 to have an account Facebook provides extra account settings and

protections for accounts of 13 to 17 year olds A July 2010 survey found that 37% of U.S. 10-

to-12-year-olds were on Facebook, which means that every one of

these children had to lie about their age to get on the service.

Facebook

The best and most important thing you can do is know your FB settings!! ◦ Change them – by default most of these settings are

wide open.◦ You can keep others from tagging you in photos◦ You can set notifications to know right away if anyone

has tagged you◦ You can set your default post and photos to a more

private setting ◦ Use the custom lists/groups◦ Rotate your photos – you don’t need all your photos

available all the time◦ Check the settings regularly!

Facebook Settings

Windows XP & 7 – setting up profiles and limiting information

How to use Parental Controls: http://www.komando.com/kids/tip.aspx?id=9579

Setting up a profile for each kid Putting shortcuts on the desktop

Operating System

http://www.kidzui.com/ http://www.zoodles.com/ (basic version

gives you the install of a kid safe browser)◦ Premium version 29.95/yr – time controls, tracking

and more ◦ http://pikluk.com/◦ http://www.luciboo.com/ - Firefly◦ http://zacbrowser.com/

Browsers for Kids

http://www.netnanny.com/ Mac, Windows, Android Block porn, mask profanity Monitors social media Alerts and reports User profiles

Monitoring Software

free service provides monitoring of user activity on pc, Mac or mobile.

Register and view user’s activity online at KidLogger.net. The Activity Journal is collected, stored and analyzed online at kidlogger.net server.

http://kidlogger.net/ ◦ Recommended by cNet

and Kim Commando

Monitoring Software

SafeEyes for PC/Mac - http://www.internetsafety.com/◦ SafeEyes for iPad – filtered browser for iOS◦ Owned by McAfee◦ Filter websites, video, music, social networking,

reports, set time limits◦ Buy it w/ McAfee 69.95/ by itself 49.95 – 1 year

Filtering Software

http://www.kidsclick.org/ http://www.luciboo.com/

Search Engines for Kids

http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/mediaglossary-lexicon.html

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/advice-for-parents/when-texting-turns-torment

Have a zero-tolerance policy. No sexting, no hate speech, no stalkerish behavior. Make sure you explain the rules of responsible ownership of their devices.

Texting

http://www.cyberbullying.us/ http://www.netsmartz.org/Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/ http://www.netsmartz.org/Parents http://www.cyberwise.org/ http://www.google.com/literacy/ http://www.ikeepsafe.org/parents/ http://ikeepcurrent.org/ http://responsibility.verizon.com/online-safety http://

www.youtube.com/user/CommonSenseMedia http://www.appsplayground.com

Websites

Controlling your digital identity is as easy as 1-2-3: http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/07/controlling-your-digital-identity-is-as.html

http://www.edutopia.org/digital-literacy-technology-parent-resources

http://www.cozi.com/live-simply/5-kid-friendly-internet-browsers

http://www.ikeepsafe.org/cybersafety/protect-your-personal-information-when-gaming/

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