Shuqun Secondarys Effort

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Shuqun Secondarys Effort

• In Bringing an Awareness for parents on
• Cyberwellness

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• A Collaborative project by
• IT Department
• and
• PCCG Department

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Watch the true stories

• Alex Story Online Gaming
• Jessica Webcam and Downloading
• Sarah Chatting, Blogging
• I didnt know File Sharing
• Emily Chatting

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Computers and the use of the Internet may lead to
serious consequences or self-destruction, if they
are not used in the right sense!

• So play your part today to avoid regretting
• tomorrow.

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Five C s of CYBERWELLNESS

• Community
• Contact
• Content
• Confusion
• Commerce

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Community and Contact

• Advise your child to be careful with whom
• he or she is contacting with and also what
• he or she is communicating
• ( using Instant Messaging such as Yahoo, MSN
  messenger and chat rooms)

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Contact Some useful tips

• Supervise
• Teach basic rules such as the time of contact,
  the types of content
• Insist to have nicknames that are not suggestive
• Block individuals who are strangers or can be
  ignored

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Content Some useful tips

• Discuss the dangers of pornographic sites or
  advise them to ignore pornographic pop-ups
• Use filtering tools
• Teach moral values so as to build self-esteem and
  self-confidence
• To know more about filtering tools visit
  www.getnetwise.org

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Confusion Take note

• Online games attract the youths today
• Some games help in youths development such as
  promoting positive feeling, establishing social
  relationship or to vent out aggressiveness.
• But . . .

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Games Some useful tips

• Take pro-active interest in the games that the
  youths play
• Select the appropriate games
• Supervise the games-playing
• Discuss the violence in games
• Provide alternative non-violent solutions

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Is your child a gamer? The signs are

• Wants to hit someone
• Is easily provoked
• Threatens others
• Argues more frequently
• Is short-tempered
• Suspects that others laugh behind his back
• Then . . .

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• Possibly he or she is addicted to Internet
• games

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What can you do to arrest addiction?

• Place the computer in a common place
• Set time-slot to use computer
• Involve in surfing
• Check surfing sites
• Spend quality time with your child
• Employ internet safety programmes

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Commerce - Some useful tips

• Be vigilant on file sharing
• Avoid downloading
• Keep away from online offers
• Free is not FREE
• Be cautious when you do E-shopping

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Adopt the Security Practices

• Firewall
• Updates
• Anti-Virus
• Passwords
• Scams

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Remember You are your saviour

• Avoid meeting online pals alone
• Meet in common places
• Dont respond to messages from unsolicited people
• Do not reveal personal information to strangers
• Do not exchange photographs

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If you are a victim of cyber crime

• Preserve information stored in your computer as
  evidence
• Keep the record of online sessions
• Keep the threatening messages
• Report the crime to the police immediately

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Are you a witness of cyber crime?

• Make a written report to police
• Call 999
• Make electronic report at www.spf.gov.sg/epc

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Do you need Help? (For Computer Addiction)

• Community Addictions Management Programme (CAMP)
• www.camp.org.sg
• Tel [phone] 2389
• Fax [phone]
• Email camp_at_imh.com.sg
• Address 10 Buangkok View, Singapore 539747

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Do you Need Help?(For Preventive Solutions to
Youths)

• Cyberspace Risks and Where U seek help (CRuSH)
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email contactus_at_planetcrush.org
• Address Block 162 Bukit Merah Central, 05-3555,
  Singapore 150162

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Do you Need Help?(For Alternative Platforms for
Youths to Express)

• www.egen.org.sg
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Address Block 145, Simei Street 2, 01-06,
  Singapore 520145

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Do you Need help?( For Cyber-Counselling)

• www.metoyou.org.sg
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email metoyou_at_mpfsc.org.sg
• Address 53 Marine Terrace, 01-227, Singapore
  440053

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To know more about Cyberwellness

• http//www.nygr.org.sg/cyberwellness
• http//www.b4usurf.org
• http//internet101.ca/

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Thank You