Cyberbullying and Internet Safety

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Cyberbullying and Internet Safety

• By George Frazier
• Director of Technology
• Phoenixville Area School District

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Outline

• Introduction to Technologies
• Cyberbullying and Internet Predators
• Safety and Monitoring Tips

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Technology

• Social-Networking Websites
• Web log or Blog Websites
• Email
• Text Messaging
• Instant Messaging
• Chat Rooms

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Technology

• Social-Networking and Web Log (Blog) Sites
  Myspace, Xanga, Facebook, Friendster, Blogger,
  LiveJournal
• Simple website creation
• Personal Journal or Diary
• Profile can contain personal/private information,
  pictures (from mobile phones), graphics, and
  music
• to find and communicate with old and new
  friends.

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Social-Networking Site Profile
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Social-Networking Profile Search
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Technology

• Email
• Text Messaging-Mobile Phones
• Instant Messaging
• AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, and
  MSN Messenger.
• Chat Rooms
• Online gaming Xbox Live and runescape.com

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Cyberbullying

• Cyberbullying involves the use of information
  and communication technologies to support
  deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an
  individual or group, that is intended to harm
  others.
• --Bill Belsey, President, Bullying.org

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Cyberbullying

• Bullies are Anonymous
• Little or no fear of punishment
• Communicate quickly and widely
• Beyond reach of school punishment
• Reach into home of victim
• Victims afraid to report for fear of punishment

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Cyberbullying

• Post inappropriate content about each other text
  and pictures
• Steal passwords and take over accounts
• Gang up on single individual
• Share private information
• Pretend to be another person and create
  social-network sites or blogs

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Cyberbullying

• Stop, Block and Tell!!!
• ThinkB4UClick
• R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• Keep Personal Information Private
• Google Yourself!
• Take 5!
• (http//www.wiredsafety.org/)

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Guidelines for Good Netiquette

• Apply the golden rule Treat others the way you
  would like to be treated
• Remember there is a person on the other end of
  your message
• Know where you are and use appropriate good
  behavior
• Be forgiving of other people's mistakes,
  especially newcomers
• Always remain calm, especially if someone insults
  you (or you think they have)
• Avoid using ALL CAPS to emphasizemany perceive
  this as "yelling" or find it annoying

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Guidelines for Good Netiquette

• Refrain from using inappropriate or offensive
  language
• Use your online name or nickname consistently and
  sign all messages with it (but protect your real
  identity by never using your full name)
• Don't send or forward junk e-mail (commonly
  referred to as spam)
• Stay out of ongoing, emotional arguments or
  flame wars
• Check your spelling, be concise, and keep
  messages short
• When participating in chat rooms, avoid
  interrupting others and stay on topic
• Follow the same rules of good behavior that you
  would in real life.

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Guidelines for Good Netiquette

• Use emoticons to help communicate humor and
  sarcasm. The following are some examples of
  commonly used emoticons
• -)   Happy or joking-)   Winking-(   Unhappy
  -   Ambivalent-o   Surprised or
  concerned-x   Not saying anything-p   Sticking
  out your tongue (usually in fun)
• (http//www.microsoft.com/athome/security/online/n
  etiquette.mspx)

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Internet Predators

• One in four students participates in real-time
  chats
• One in five children who use chat rooms has been
  approached by pedophiles
• Children aged 7 to 17 29 would freely give
  their home address
• 250,000 to 500,000 pedophiles in the US one
  pedophile to every 100-200 Internet users
• Two million new Internet users per month

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Internet Predators

• Target teen online hot-spots
• Seduce with kindness, attention and sympathy
• Versed in teen culture, music and trends
• Often use fictitious name, age, location, gender
• Ask child to enter private chat rooms
• Build trust leading up to in person meeting

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Internet Predators

• Remember the 4 Rs
• RECOGNIZE techniques used by online predators to
  deceive their victims.
• REFUSE requests for personal information.
• RESPOND assertively if you are ever in an
  uncomfortable situation while online. Exit the
  program, log off or turn off the computer, and
  notify your ISP or local law enforcement.
• REPORT, to law enforcement authorities, any
  suspicious or dangerous contact that makes you
  uncomfortable.
• (www.isafe.org)

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Child Internet Safety Tips

• Never give personal information full name,
  address, age, school, phone number.
• Never post photographs.
• Never meet someone you have met online.
• Review Buddy or Friends Lists--Allow only people
  you know and trust.
• Never enter a Private Chat Room. Use moderated
  chats.
• Beware of people asking too many personal
  questions and trying to become friends too
  quickly.
• Dont believe everything that you see or read.
• If something makes you uncomfortable, take a
  standsay no and log off.

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Parent Internet Safety and Monitoring Tips

• Educate yourself about Cyberbullying and Internet
  Safety.
• Educate yourself about Internet Technologies
  Social-networking, Blogs, IM, email, etc.
• Place the computer in an open, common area.
• Install Parental Control Software.
• Learn the Code of Conduct for various web sites.
• Learn Chat Lingo.

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Leetspeak and Chat Acronyms

• Shorthand and leetspeak
• Elite speak
• "leetspeak" as "!337p34k"
• "phonetic" as "f0\371(
• LOL-Laughing Out Loud
• POS-Parent Over Shoulder
• BBS-Be Back Soon

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Social-networking and Web log (blog) Websites

• www.facebook.com
• www.friendster.com
• www.livejournal.com
• www.myspace.com
• www.xanga.com
• www.blogger.com
• 360.yahoo.com
• www.linkedin.com
• www.wordpress.com
• www.sixapart.com
• spaces.msn.com

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Cyberbullying Prevention and Internet Safety
Websites

• www.delcoicac.com - local Internet Crimes
  Against Children Task Force
• www.wiredsafety.org
• www.cyberbullying.ca
• www.isafe.org
• www.cyberfully.org
• www.internetsuperheros.org
• www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/default
  .mspx
• www.cybertipline.com

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Cyberbullying and Internet Safety

• By George Frazier
• Director of Technology
• Phoenixville Area School District

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Local System

• List locations parents can look on local system,
  e.g. My Recent Documents, cookies and Internet
  Temp.
• Demonstrate how to view hidden files and file
  extensions.

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Peer 2 Peer Sites

• List Peer 2 Peer Sites that parents should
  block/monitor.
• How to search for .gif and .jpg. (Check on
  .png graphic files).

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Harressing Email

• How to view email header in various email
  programs.

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Safety Software

• http//monitoring-software-review.toptenreviews.co
  m/monitoring-software-review-resources.html