The document summarizes the 1st Annual Internet Safety Conference held by the Southwest Church of Christ. It covers topics like texting safely, social networking on sites like Facebook and Twitter, and general internet safety tips. It also discusses the dangers of pornography and how it is prevalent online. The conference aims to educate parents and kids on potential risks online and steps to use technology responsibly and protect privacy.

1. Welcome to the Southwest Church of Christ 1st Annual Internet Safety Conference

2. Overview Texting: Using It Wisely Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube General Internet Safety: Protecting Your Kids Pornography: It’s EVERYWHERE

3. LUNCHTIME!

4. Texting Using It Wisely

5. Texting is DANGEROUS On July 11, a teen named AlexaLongeuira fell into an open manhole while texting. The only casualty: her embarrassment and her left shoe.

6. Texting While Driving Really Is Dangerous This isn’t exactly breaking news Statistics show texting while driving increases the risk of an accident by 23-times! The average person looks at a text on their phone for 4.5 seconds – that’s long enough to travel 100 yards at 55 mph Against the law in VA as of July 1 46% of teens text while driving

7. Our Kids Are Doing This! 70% of Americans send at least one text message per day. 40% of cell phone users in the U.S. use texting on a regular basis. This is not a “trend” or a “fad YOU need to be informed

10. Getting the Lingo TTYL Talk to you later

11. Getting the Lingo IDK I don’t know

12. Getting the Lingo LOL Laughing out loud

13. Getting the Lingo POS Parent over shoulder

14. Getting the Lingo AITR Adult in the room

15. Getting the Lingo GNOC Go naked on camera

16. Getting the Lingo M46 Meet for sex

17. Using Texting Wisely Texting can be abused, just like everything else. Irresponsibility with texting can have consequences you don’t think about.

18. “Sexting” “New” trend among teens Sending nude pictures or movies via text message to girlfriends/boyfriends, etc. This is dangerous and not to mention wrong 20% of teens admit to sending these X-Rated Texts The click of a button can change a teen’s life forever

19. “Sexting” Teens see it as just another way of flirting Teens don’t see the seriousness of the matter There are now cases in 10 states involving “sexting” with Child Pornography charges

20. The Bottom Line We need to be watching our kids. We need to be cognizant of what they are doing. A 14-year old should not have a lock code on their phone that you don’t know about. Kids are less likely to act irresponsibly if they are held accountable for their actions.

21. The Bottom Line Text Messaging can be used wisely. But texting can also be abused. Which is more important: your child’s privacy or their safety?

22. End of Session 1 5 –minute break

23. Social Networking

24. Started in 2004 as an intranet social network at Harvard Reportedly worth $40 billion Has overtaken MySpace in number of users: 150 million worldwide “Closed” Social Network

25. You can be as open or as closed as you want to be on Facebook There are privacy settings and account settings on Facebook that you need to be aware of Go to live demo…

26. Don’t put all of your personal info in your profile for everyone to see! Don’t become friends with someone you don’t know. Don’t post pictures you don’t want everyone to see. Don’t post messages or wall posts you don’t want everyone to see.

27. Predecessor to Facebook, but was overtaken by it in 2006 Started in 2003 as one of the first widespread Social Networking sites Has over 115M users, only 40% of them active Cut 30% of it’s workforce of 1,000 employees in June 2009 Seen as “unsafe” by teens

28. “The next big thing” Has exploded over the past 24 months by adding 45M new users Celebrities like it because they can say what they want without media distortion So WHAT is it? Go to demo…

29. Video sharing site with over 2 billion videos Every minute 10 hrs of video is uploaded to the site Owned by Google The uploading of videos containing defamation, pornography, copyright violations, and material encouraging criminal conduct is prohibited by YouTube’s terms of service.

30. Look out for the Comments section on videos Can you block specific videos? See the Safety Center at the bottom of all pages

31. End of Session 2 5-minute break

32. General Internet Safety

33. A Common Sense Approach Just like radio and television before it, internet usage must be regulated Our kids have lives on the internet! Do you know what they’re doing? There are ways for you to keep you and your kids safe while on the web. Privacy vs. Safety

34. Unfortunate Statistics 1 in 7 children who use the internet have been sexually solicited. 1 in 5 children (10 to 17 years old) receives unwanted sexual solicitations online. 1 2 in 5 abductions of children ages 15-17 are due to Internet contact. 2 Youth Internet Safety Survey, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001. San Diego Police Department.

35. Monitoring Services and Programs Netsmartz.org OnGuardOnline.gov Spector Pro eBlaster Net Nanny Phone Spy All products can be found and purchased at software4parents.com

36. Browsers Internet Explorer 8 (Microsoft) Firefox3.5 (Mozilla) Chrome 1.1 (Google) Opera 9 (Opera Software) Internet Explorer 6 is phasing out

37. Settings in Internet Explorer 8 How do I block websites I don’t want me or my family to see? How do I look at what my kids have been looking at? Can I set limits on how long they can be on the internet? Is there a way to retrieve deleted History?

38. IE Live Demo

39. The Bottom Line Managing your kids’ internet time and content is a full-time job, but it has be done. It comes down to what you will allow Kids need a strong foundation to lean on. If gone unchecked, kids will most likely find trouble on the internet.

40. End of Session 3 5-minute break

41. Pornography

42. It’s EVERYWHERE We have all run across some form of pornography while on the internet 15% of the internet is pornography $17 billion last year in revenue Largest “consumer” of pornography is the 12-17 age group Over 100,000 sites contain illegal child pornography

43. It’s EVERYWHERE At a 2003 meeting of the AAML, two-thirds of the lawyers said internet pornography played a significant role in the divorces. 29% of born-again Christians think it is morally acceptable to view sexually explicit material. 47% of families admit that pornography is a problem in their home.

44. So how do we combat it? We are in a constant war. Sex in our media is rampant. There is an entire industry centered around combating pornography addiction. Focus Groups, Books, Websites, and various other means of help are at our disposal.

45. Straight from the Word Psalm 101.3-5 - I will set before my eyesno vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.

46. Straight from the Word Luke 11.34 - Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness.

47. Straight from the Word Philippians 4.8-9 – Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.