Keeping Students SafeInternet Safety

Online Risks:

- Inappropriate Contact

- Inappropriate Conduct

- Inappropriate Content

- Online Privacy and Reputation

Most students get into trouble online by making poor decisions

Dale Martin EDIM 510

Inappropriate Contact

• Apply the same safety principles online that they would in the real world

• Never meet online acquaintances off-line

• Know who they are adding as a ‘friend’

• Recognize, avoid exposure to, and protect themselves from others with bad intentions (online predators, peers)

• Know how to use privacy settings to limit access to their page

• Never give post personal information (full name, address, phone number, birthdate)

Students should:

Inappropriate Conduct

• Respect the privacy & reputation of others

• Discuss cyber-bullying & netiquette

• Think before they post ...

- How will the information affect them?- How will the information affect others?

• Report rude comments, harassment, or cyber-bullying to an adult

• Be familiar with your school’s Acceptable Use Policy

• Know that online actions often have off- line consequences

Students should:

Inappropriate Content

• Students may be exposed to or search for sites with unsuitable material:

- pornography- criminal activity (drugs, bomb-making)- unsuitable groups or organizations- material containing viruses

• Develop and enforce an Acceptable Use Policy for your school

• Students may use the internet to download unsuitable material:

- file sharing (music, videos, software)- copyrighted files- plagiarism- pornography

Online Privacy and Reputation

• Not share passwords

• Know how to use privacy settings

• Understand that what they post online: - may not be fully retrievable - will impact their present and future reputation

• Keep personal information personal ... consider identity theft

• Use a ‘screen name’ instead of their real name

Students should:

Online Resources

• http://www.internetsafety101.org/

• http://www.netsmartz.org/Educators

• http://schools.wiredsafety.org/

• http://www.childrenonline.org/

• http://www.ncte.ie/InternetSafety/

• http://www.cyber-safety.com/

Citations:

Images:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/criminalintent/5403052781/

Pure Imagination (Producer).  (2012). Wide Shot of Laptop Computers with Students Working. [Image].  Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

Pure Imagination (Producer).  (2012). Front View of Three Students Working on Laptop. [Image].  Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddhiestand/197704394/

Pure Imagination (Producer).  (2012). Close up of Two Students Working on Computers. [Image].  Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/