Transcript Your children are connected to the World…

Your children are
connected to the World…
Who is connected to your children?
INTERNET SAFETY
SEMINAR
The Technology Policies We
Need Now and Why
Becky Brownfield
SCHS, Sedalia District #200
Internet Benefits
• Communication
• E-mail a teacher
• Chat with a friend and
get help on an
assignment
• Research
• Compare financial
reports
• Discover new
technologies
• Compare theatre today
to 200 years ago
• Socialization
• Learn to communicate
with newsgroups
• Collaborate with
another school to
complete a project
• Productivity
• Display work for family
to see
• Research quicker with
search engines
Source: http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-sunkblog/2006/4/3/mandating-internet-safety-instruction.html
Internet Dangers
 Pedophiles
 Viruses
 Privacy
 Legal Obligations
 Cyber-bullying
WE NEED POLICY…WHY….
Government Regulations???
 Limited Censorship
 Communications Decency Act
 First Amendment issues
 State Laws
 Children’s Online Privacy Protection
Act (COPPA)
 FTC
 Websites getting information from
children under the age of 13
 CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection
Act)
 December 2000
 Schools must have Internet safety
policy
Internet Usage
Source:www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/missing/i_safety/i_
intro.htm
What our kids say…
 Have you ever hidden your online activities from
your parents or guardians?
 24.89% YES
 Have you been fooled by the age of someone you
just met online?
 15.62% YES
 While on the Internet, has someone asked you to
keep your friendship with him/her secret?
 7.58% YES
 Have you chatted or used an IM with someone on
the Internet whom you have not met “fact to face?”
 36.34% YES
Source: www.isafe.com
Sedalia District #200 Policy
 District Internet Policy
 http://sedalia.k12.mo.us/media/page16.htm
 CIPA Requirement
 ASTARO Server Filter
 SynchronEyes
 Computer Classrooms
 Library Media Center
 http://www2.smarttech.com/st/enUS/Products/SynchronEyes+Classroom+Ma
nagement+Software/
Sedalia District #200 Policy Cont’d
 Internet Usage Agreement
 All students must sign upon
enrollment
 Violations result in severe
consequences
Consequences Include:
Permanent loss of Internet use
Referral to law enforcement
officials
ISS
OSS
Expulsion
***Consequences are relative to the
What you can do at home…
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Contact your ISP about filters
Add passwords to your computer
Create a family contract (policies/rules/consequences)
Remain public in chat rooms
Keep home computer in central location of the home
Communicate often about online activities with your kids
 Never give out private information
 Never agree to meet someone you don’t know without telling
your parents
Helpful links for parents…
 Stay Safe Online
 http://www.staysafeonline.org/
 NetsMartz
 http://www.netsmartz.org/
 OnGuardOnline
 http://onguardonline.gov/index.html
 Isafe.org
 www.isafe.org
 FBI Parents Guide to Online Safety
 http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.
htm
 SafeKids
 http://www.safekids.com/
References
http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/missing/i_safety/i_intro.ht
m
http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens3.html#usa
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/net_safety.
html
http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blueskunkblog/2006/4/3/mandating-internet-safetyinstruction.html
www.isafe.org
http://sedalia.k12.mo.us/media/page16.htm