Internet Safety

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Internet Safety

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What are kids doing online?

• Social Networking
• Posting and watching videos on YouTube
• Blogging
• Chat Rooms
• Visiting Wikis
• Googeling virtually ANY subject

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Social Networking

• What is it??
• According to Wikipedia.

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Compelling Statistics

• If MySpace were a country
• It would be the 5th largest in the world!
• 300,000 new people sign up on MySpace
• Everyday!!
• That means that 1 in every 4 Americans are on
  MySpace

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My Space continued

• Over 50 million emails are sent via MySpace
• EVERY DAY
  (More than Yahoo, Hotmail or Google!)
• There are over 8 million images and
  60,000 new videos uploded
• EVERY DAY
• 4.5 billion pages were viewed
• In ONE day

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On to FaceBook

• More than 60 million users with 250,000 new
  registrations
• Everyday!
• More than half of Facebook users are outside of
  college
• The fastest demographic is over 25 years of age
• Users access FaceBook an average of 20 minutes
  per day Everyday!
• The number one photo sharing application on the
  Web!

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Dangers

• Sexual Predators
• Cyber Bullying
• Identity Theft
• Addiction/Withdrawl
• Employment hazard
• Exposure to Inappropriate Content Example
• Promotes Underage Drinking and Risky Behavior

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How to keep our children safe?

• Be aware of your childs online activities
• Go online with your child and have them show you
  the sites they visit most often
• Keep the computer in a central location never in
  a bedroom or behind closed doors
• Use parental controls or blocking software
• Randomly check your childs accounts
• TALK to your children about what information to
  put online and more importantly what NOT to put
  online
• Communicate with your children often and be aware
  of whats going on in their lives!

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Internet Safety Resources

• Internet Safety Sites 
• Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
  http//www.csriu.org/ 
• Wired Safety http//www.wiredsafety.org/
• Net Alert http//www.netalert.net.au 
• i-Safe http//www.isafe.org
• ID the Creep http//wwwlidthecreep.com 
• NetSmartz http//www.netsmartz.org
• PBS http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kids
  online/safe/
• Safe Kids http//www.safekids.com/child_safety.h
  tm
• FBI http//www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguid
  ee.htm
• Safeteens http//www.safeteens.com/safeteens.htm
  
• NetWise http//www.getnetwise.org/
• KidsHealth http//kidshealth.org/parent/positive
  /family/net_safety.html