Internet Safety

Stay Safe While You SurfShari Galgano

Technology Resource Teacher

Caesar Rodney School District

How Many of You use the Internet?

Internet UseKids use computers at higher rates than adults.About 90 percent of kids ages 5 to 17 use computers, and 59 percent of them use the Internet. One out of every four 5-year olds use the Internet .3 in 4 students use the Internet for help with homework.More than half of students use the Internet for writing e-mail, sending instant messages, and playing games.

10News.com October 29, 2003

The Internet is a Fantastic PlaceImmediate information about just about everything.

Ability to communicate with people from around the world .

Education

Entertainment.Music

Games

Why Safety Must be a Concern1 in 5 children under 17 yrs has received unwanted sexual solicitation. - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

1 in 33 kids has received an aggressive solicitation to meet somewhere.- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

1 in 4 children ages 10 - 17 has been exposed to unwanted sexual material online.- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

U.S. Customs estimates more than 100,000 web sites are involved in child pornography.- Protectkids.com

www.isafe.org

Stay Safe Online

SummaryNever give out personal information when you are online including:

NameAddressTelephone NumberSchool NameName of your sports’ teams, local parks, malls, etc.Where your parents workFriends’ namesPictures

Summary

Never agree to meet anyone in person that you meet online.

Tell an adult if anything happens online that makes you feel uncomfortable or frightened.

Strategies to Keep Kids SafeBecome familiar with the Internet.Review Safety Rules with your children.Know when your kids are online.Know where your kids go when they are online.Preview Web sites with your children.Get to know your child’s online friends as you would get to know their actual friends.Create and print family Internet rules.

Additional Internet Safety Resources

Disney’s Surf Swell Island

http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index2.html

Disney’s CyberNetiquette Comix

http://disney.go.com/cybersafety/

CyberSmart

http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/

Additional Internet Safety Resources

Stay Safe Onlinehttp://www.msn.staysafeonline.com/default2.htm

I-Safe America

http://www.isafe.org/

NetSmartz

http://www.netsmartz.org/

Safe Sites for Kids

Caesar Rodney’s Elementary Kids’ Sitehttp://www.k12.de.us/teacher/galgano/elemkids.htm

Search Engines for KidsYahooligans: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

Ask Jeeves for Kids: http://www.ajkids.com/

Kids’ Click: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

Thank Youand

Safe Surfing!