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Teaching Students to Be Safe in a Digital Age. Patti Fowler, SC Attorney General’s Office Martha Alewine, SC Department of Education. Did You Know?. Online sales totaled $100 billion in 2005
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Teaching Students to Be Safe in a Digital Age Patti Fowler, SC Attorney General’s Office Martha Alewine, SC Department of Education
Did You Know? • Online sales totaled $100 billion in 2005 • Online retail sales in the United States rose to $32.4 billion and accounted for 3.6% of all retail sales in the second quarter of 2009, even as total retail sales fell 0.4%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales 2nd Quarter 2009 report.
Did You Know? 1 in 4 households have been victims of ID theft in the past 5 years 33% of 13- to- 17-year-olds reported that their parents or guardians know “very little” or “nothing” about what they do on the Internet.
Did You Know? 61% of 13 to 17 year olds have a per- sonal profile on sites such as Myspace, Friendster, or Xanga 14% have actually met face-to-face with a person they had known only through the Internet
Facebook with 133,623,529 unique visits. MySpace with 50,615,444 unique visits. Twitter with 23,573,178 unique visits. Linkedin with 15,475,890 unique visits. Classmates with 14,613,381 unique visits. MyLife with 8,736,352 unique visits. Ning with 6,120,667 unique visits. LiveJournal with 3,834,155 unique visits. Tagged with 3,800,325 unique visits. Last.fm with 3,473,978 unique visits. As of October 25, 2010
Do Your Students Know? Internet Safety is cumulative. There is NO single thing you can do to completely protect yourself on the internet. There are multiple components to staying safe.
South Carolina Internet Safety Standards PreK-12 4 Standards Scaffolding Indicators
Standard 1: Digital Citizenship Students recognize their rights and responsibilities in using technologies with- in the context of today’s world.
Standard 2: Media Literacy Students use critical think- ing and evaluation while incorporating appropriate di- gital tools and resources into their education.
Standard 3: Cyber-ethics Students recognize the ethical and legal issues while access- ing, creating, and using digital tools and resources in order to make informed decisions.
Standard 4: Personal Safety Students will recognize online risks and dangers in order to take appropriate actions to pro- tect themselves while using di-gital tools and resources.
Relationship to other standards and initiatives Internet Safety and Awareness Academic Standards Standards For the 21st Century Learner AASL NETS-S ISTE P21 College and Career-Ready
What We Have For You Safety Minutes PSAs Standards • Recommended Resources • NetSmartz • iSafe • WebWiseKids • CommonSense Media • SC K-12 ICT Scope and Sequence
http://scschoollibraries.pbworks.com Click on IMPACT: Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century
What We Can Do For You Sample Lessons Professional Development ITV Programming • Agencies & Offices • Attorney General • SCDE • Office of Youth Services • Office of eLearning • CyberSafety Task Force
State District District Schools Schools Schools Schools Schools • Teachers • Students • Parents • Teachers • Students • Parents • Teachers • Students • Parents • Teachers • Students • Parents • Teachers • Students • Parents What Can We Do For You?
SC Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
History of the Task Force • The ICAC program was developed in response to • the increasing number of teens on the Internet, • the proliferation of child pornography, • the heightened online activity by • predators.
History of the Task Force The first ten Task Forces in the U.S. were formed in 1998 with grants from the U.S. Department of Justice. South Carolina’s Task Force was one of the first ten formed, under the umbrella of the Attorney General’s Office.
Mission of the Task Force • To provide Internet safety awareness presentations and resources. • To investigate and prosecute Internet crimes against children. • To provide statewide training to law enforcement and prosecutors in various practical investigative and forensic areas.
Members of the Task Force Task Force Commander – Deborah Shupe Program Manager – Chip Payne Internet Safety Education Coordinator – Patti Fowler Three Prosecutors – Megan Wines, Priscilla Jones, Kyle Senn Appellate Practice Specialist – William Blitch Special Investigator – Lucinda McKellar Computer Forensics Examiner – Bobby Belton Legal Assistant – Lisa Gray Law Clerk – Guy Dabbs
Partners and Affiliate Members of the Task Force STATE: SLED, NCMEC (SC Chapter) FEDERAL: ICE, NCIS, US Postal Inspection Services, FBI, US Probation and Parole, US Secret Service LOCAL: 55 County and Local Law Enforce- ment Agencies
Internet Safety – Why Now? • 1. Increase in the number of ways to access the Internet and in the number of activities. • Increasingly younger ages who are accessing the Internet. • There are people on the Internet who intend to do harm to our children and teens.
Internet Predators A recent United Nations report indicates that there are some 750,000 predators on the Internet . 1 in 7 children have been sexually solicited online. Once only in chat rooms, predators are now going through other social networking sites such as My Space and Facebook for information. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Task Force Record Criminal Solicitation of a Minor – 198 arrests, 137 convictions, 61 pending Sexual Exploitation of a Minor – 79 arrests, 59 prosecuted, 13 convictions, 46 pending
Internet Safety Programs Elementary Grades 3-5 Middle School High School Higher Education Parents Professional Development Law Enforcement
Internet Safety Programs – Students • Keep personal information private. • Share passwords only with parents. • “Talk” with people online that you know in real life, not to strangers. • Be kind and respectful online. • Social Networking • Cyberbullying and Sexting • Identity Theft, Phishing, Shadow Resumes
Internet Safety Programs – Parents Apply parenting wisdom to your child’s screen time. Nothing is more effective than parent knowledge and supervision. Communicate with your child about their use of media. Establish guidelines and boundaries for screen time. Know who your child is communicating with online.
pfowler@scag.gov 803-734-4098 www.sckids.org 803-734-3970