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Lovejoy Preschool PTA Association January 20, 2011. Terri Harkey Puster Elementary Library Media Specialist. Poll Everywhere. Getting to know you http :// www.polleverywhere.com Getting to know me. Communication. Start early
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Lovejoy Preschool PTA AssociationJanuary 20, 2011 Terri Harkey Puster Elementary Library Media Specialist
Poll Everywhere Getting to know you http://www.polleverywhere.com Getting to know me
Communication • Start early • Talk with your children about potential dangers – initiate conversations • Encourage your children to tell you what happens on the computer- create an open environment • Be proactive but patient • Communicate your values • Have an understand up front that you WILL have access to accounts and passwords and that you will be checking
Statistics • 95% of parents don’t know the lingo kids use to let friends know that their parents are watching http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php • 89% of sexual solicitations are made in Chat Rooms or Instant Messages • 1 out of 5 kids has been solicited sexually online • 76% of parents don’t have rules about what their kids can do on the computer • 4,000,000 children are posting content to the Web everyday • 15,000,000 youth use Instant Messaging • 61% of 13-17 year olds have a personal profile on social networking sites • 71% of students have reported receiving messages from someone they do not know • 64% of teens say they do things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about • From 2007-2009 MySpace has deleted 90,000 accounts because they were created by registered sex offenders
Control Access • Keep the computer in a common area • Monitor the kids when they are online • Install filtering, tracking and blocking software • Adjust parental controls on your Internet Service Provider • Check the history
Filtershttp://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/ • Features • Ease of Use • Ease of Installation • Filtering Effectiveness
Features • Control Content (in and out) • Block Sites (URL’s or real-time websites) • Passwords • Email filtering • Pop-Up blocking • Social Networks • Chat Room monitoring • Real Time alerts
Ease of Use • Limited Knowledge • Cost $25 - $100 per year Ease of Installation • Multiple machines • Remote access
Filtering Effectiveness • Blocks unacceptable • Allows access • Provides Reports • Blocks database of URL or realtime websites (slower) • Prevents proxies
Check History Phones
Safe Sites • Kids Click! Kent State University http://www.kidsclick.org/topscie.html • ALA Great Websites for Kids http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm • Puster Library Sites http://pes.lovejoyisd.net/MP.cfm?P=3395