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Internet Safety Plan. Sophomore Year. Essential Questions. How will I know what risks I am exposing myself to when I make decisions online? How will I be able to identify those who mean to do harm to me? Am I as cyber-smart as I think I am?
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Internet Safety Plan Sophomore Year
Essential Questions • How will I know what risks I am exposing myself to when I make decisions online? • How will I be able to identify those who mean to do harm to me? • Am I as cyber-smart as I think I am? • What are the downsides of the freedoms presented to me by the cyber-world? • What are my moral and ethical responsibilities in this society
21st Century Communication • Social networking sites and digital handheld devices (cell phones, PDA’s) allow the user to: • Express themselves • Describe who they are and their interests, • Maintain blogs, diaries, photos, creative writing, artwork, videos, • Connect (and close the gap) with friends, family and seek like-minded individuals.
Sexting • Defined: “the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between cell phones.” • Implications: Prank or Pornography? • School • Legal • Beyond What You Have Considered http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mEky0KdHPk (VIEW FIRST) http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7080436 http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4723169n&tag=related;photovideo
Social Networking Tools Defined: • A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. • A wikiis a page or collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. • Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. • Instant messaging (IM) are technologies that create the possibility of real-time text-based communication between two or more participants over the internet.
Safe and Responsible Use • Use versus Misuse (Freedoms vs. Downsides). • False sense of security (would you do it in public?) • “Tagged Photos” across the Internet • Online footprint tracking…years from now • Personal, Community and Family Reputation (s) • Athletic and Activity Code Violations How do you think your online activities will affect the future? REGRET IT!
Teens as Targets • 66% were female; 34 % were male • 97% of offenders were people youth first "met" online • 65% of incidents happened in chatrooms • 24% in Instant Messages Play ID the Creep
Cyberbulling • Defined: “the use of e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, pagers, cell phones, or other forms of information technology to deliberately harass, threaten, or intimidate someone.” • “Broken Friendship” • Quiz: Are You a Cyberbully? Online Resource: CyberTipline
Essential Questions • How will I know what risks I am exposing myself to when I make decisions online? • How will I be able to identify those who mean to do harm to me? • Am I as cyber-smart as I think I am? • What are the downsides of the freedoms presented to me by the cyber-world? • What are my moral and ethical responsibilities in this society