How do we help teens stay safe on line?

1. How do we help teens stay safe on line?

2. Internet Safety for Teens Rebecca DeSantis MUW ED503

3. Internet Safety for Teens • Teens and Their Comfort Levels With Social Internet • Internet Postings Last Forever • Parents Must Stay Informed

4. Teens and Their Comfort Levels With Social Internet • It is easier to be honest • It is easier to post things instead of speak them verbally. • It is easier to “talk” to someone they do not know. • It is easier for shy people to have cyber relationships.

5. Internet Postings Last Forever • Internet postings can be retrieved long after they are first posted. • Internet postings are public. • Employers and college admissions counselors look at student web pages and pages.

6. Parents Must Stay Informed • Parents must stay on top of technology. • Parents can take classes to learn how to be computer savvy. • Parents must be firm in protecting their children from internet dangers.

7. Internet Safety Rules • Facial Recognition: if you do not visually recognize the person trying to “friend” you or initiate conversation with you, do not accept. • Never post anything you would not want your parents to read. • Never post pictures that inappropriate and never forward pictures from someone else.

8. Helpful Websites • http://www.safeteens.com/ • http://www.commonsense.com/internet-safety-tips/tips-for-kids.php • http://www.atg.wa.gov/InternetSafety/Teens.aspx