Internet 101

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Internet 101
for MS Parents
2007 - 2008

• By Florence Duarte
• Penny Mello e Souza

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Goals

• Where do they go? what do they do?
• Is it safe?
• What can you do?
• What will they say?

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Current uses of the net
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Issues

• Predators
• Bullies
• Internet addiction
• Hackers Identity theft
• Piracy
• Computer Contamination

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Homework research

• Tutorial - How to find information
• Evaluating website content
• Internet plagiarism
• Citing electronic resources
• Wikipedia

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Games

• Roller coaster tycoon
• Sim city
• Fifa
• Neopets
• CounterStrike
• Priston Tale

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Games

• Good
• Logical thinking
• Tech savvy kids
• UGLY
• Online gambling

• Bad
• expose children to isms
• predators
• addiction

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Music and video
youtube google videos Torrent Limewire Soulseek em
ule itunes imusica
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chats e-mail

• Hotmail MSN
• Gmail google talk
• icq
• skype

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Social networking

• Orkut
• My Space
• Facebook
• Second Life
• Teen second life

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Predators - Tracking Teresa
Netsmartz - Real-life stories
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Privacy
Netsmartz - post-to-be-private
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Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying-Kitchen
Cyberbullyhelp
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What can you do?

• Spend time on the computer with your child
• Limit leisure time
• Have a written agreement
• Use monitors
• Talk about it

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Safety Suggestions

• Safety for Teens
• Netsmartz safety tips
• FTCs safety tips
• Monitoring software
• Internet definitions