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INTERNET SAFETY
January 31, 2003 | Darien, CT

Sponsored by the YWCA of Darien/Norwalk, Connecticut with Ox Ridge and Middlesex Middle Schools, Jack Powers describes the dangers inherent in using the Internet, analyzes the types of parental controls available, and discusses the best practices for getting the most out of the Internet for today's families.

Download the slides from Jack's talk in PowerPoint or Acrobat PDF.


KEY POINTS

Safety in Cyberspace

The Internet is the World

The #1 Most Important Rule

Sensible Internet Practices

Good Netiquette

Controlling Access

What’s the worst that can happen online?

Waste too much time online

See dirty pictures

Learn about hateful ideas

Be targeted by a bully

Lose privacy

Lose money

Lose identity and reputation

Get hurt

The #1 Most Important Rule

Never get together with someone you’ve only met online.

Never get together with someone you’ve only met online ... without telling your parents.

Never get together with someone you’ve only met online ... without checking them out off-line first, meeting in a public place.

Don’t Give Yourself Away

Use a gender-neutral screen name

Never give out your real name, address, telephone number, photo or family details.

Never respond to messages that make you feel uncomfortable or confused.

Never share your password.

If it gets weird, pull the plug.

 

Sensible Internet Practices

Put the computer in the Family Room.

Use AOL Chat and Instant Messaging, mainly to Buddies you already know.

Keep a free email account for filling out forms and other public functions.

Give your real email address to only people you know.

Lurk on bulletin boards and chat rooms awhile before you post.

 

Sensible E-Commerce

Keep a limited credit card for the Net.

Use it only with secure and trusted sites.

Buy only from brands you know or companies you can check out online and offline.


Good Netiquette

Don’t curse, insult or be mean -- everybody’s watching.

Write, spell and punctuate as best as you can -- and use an email signature.

Don’t steal the work of others.

Respect everyone’s privacy.

WEB RESOURCES

Parents Guide to the Internet
Tips for Safe Traveling

Prepared by the
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Educational Research
and Improvement
Office of Educational Technology

SafeKids.com
A good collection of articles and links, especially Larry Magid's Family Technology columns.

GetNetWise.org's
OnlineSafetyGuide

Federal Bureau of Investigation's Parents Guide to Internet Safety
includes a checklist "What Are Signs That Your Child Might Be At Risk On-line?"

StudentPages.com's
Bullying in the 21st Century

EPIC Online Guide to
Practical Privacy Tools

From snoop-proof email to anonymous surfing to cookie-busters and beyond.

Virginia Shea's
Core Rules of Netiquette


Consumer Reports
Internet Filter Re
commendations
"America Online's Young Teen (or Kids Only) setting provides the best protection... Cyber Patrol, the most full-featured product, has the most extensive controls."

SmartParents.com
List of Blocking/Filtering Software and
G-Rated Internet Service Providers


Yahooligans!
Child-safe Web directory

Disney Online
CyberNetiquette Comics

in which a spamming, lurking hacker pursue the Three Little Pigs

Peacefire.org
The other side of the blocking/filtering debate, "Open Access for the Net Generation"


For comments and questions about this presentation, contact:

Jack Powers
email: jpowers@in3.org
phone: +1 718-499-1884

IN3 BOOKS
(Click cover to order.)


Net Crimes & Misde-meanors
Outmaneu-vering the Spammers, Swindlers and Stalkers Who Are Targeting You Online

By J.A. Hitchcock
This book helps Web users identify, avoid, and survive online predators and protect their families. Ordinary PC users will share in victims' stories and advice on how to handle junk e-mail, "flaming," privacy invasion, financial scams, cyber stalking and more.

Neti-quette By Virginia Shea

People who wouldn't dream of burping at the end of dinner post offensive messages to online forums. Middle managers send romantic email to the company-wide list. People at computer terminals forget that there are real live people on the other end of the wire.

Girl Reporter Bytes Back (Get Real, No 8)
by Linda Ellerbee (Creator)
Casey Smith, girl reporter extra-ordinaire, gets online for a hot story when an auction at Trumbull Middle School turns up a case of fraud. Someone's peddling fake goods over the Web ... Can an eleven-year-old girl snag a thief by pointing and clicking? Get real!

 

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