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Internet Safety

Internet Safety. Stay Safe While You Surf Shari Galgano Technology Resource Teacher Caesar Rodney School District. How Many of You use the Internet?. Internet Use. Kids use computers at higher rates than adults.

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Internet Safety

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  1. Internet Safety Stay Safe While You Surf Shari Galgano Technology Resource Teacher Caesar Rodney School District

  2. How Many of You use the Internet?

  3. Internet Use • Kids use computers at higher rates than adults. • About 90 percent of kids ages 5 to 17 use computers, and 59 percent of them use the Internet. • One out of every four 5-year olds use the Internet . • 3 in 4 students use the Internet for help with homework. • More than half of students use the Internet for writing e-mail, sending instant messages, and playing games. 10News.com October 29, 2003

  4. The Internet is a Fantastic Place • Immediate information about just about everything. • Ability to communicate with people from around the world . • Education • Entertainment. • Music • Games

  5. Why Safety Must be a Concern • 1 in 5 children under 17 yrs has received unwanted sexual solicitation. - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children • 1 in 33 kids has received an aggressive solicitation to meet somewhere. - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children • 1 in 4 children ages 10 - 17 has been exposed to unwanted sexual material online. - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children • U.S. Customs estimates more than 100,000 web sites are involved in child pornography. - Protectkids.com www.isafe.org

  6. Stay Safe Online

  7. Never give out personal information when you are online including: Name Address Telephone Number School Name Name of your sports’ teams, local parks, malls, etc. Where your parents work Friends’ names Pictures Summary

  8. Summary • Never agree to meet anyone in person that you meet online. • Tell an adult if anything happens online that makes you feel uncomfortable or frightened.

  9. Strategies to Keep Kids Safe • Become familiar with the Internet. • Review Safety Rules with your children. • Know when your kids are online. • Know where your kids go when they are online. • Preview Web sites with your children. • Get to know your child’s online friends as you would get to know their actual friends. • Create and print family Internet rules.

  10. Additional Internet Safety Resources • Disney’s Surf Swell Island http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index2.html • Disney’s CyberNetiquette Comix http://disney.go.com/cybersafety/ • CyberSmart http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/

  11. Additional Internet Safety Resources • Stay Safe Online http://www.msn.staysafeonline.com/default2.htm • I-Safe America http://www.isafe.org/ • NetSmartz http://www.netsmartz.org/

  12. Safe Sites for Kids • Caesar Rodney’s Elementary Kids’ Site http://www.k12.de.us/teacher/galgano/elemkids.htm • Search Engines for Kids • Yahooligans: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/ • Ask Jeeves for Kids: http://www.ajkids.com/ • Kids’ Click: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

  13. Thank YouandSafe Surfing!

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