Internet Safety Guide For Parents & Teachers

2.  Unlimited Educational Resources
 Learning about other places and cultures
 Stay in touch with family and friends
 Web Pages, Chat Rooms, Email, Video Conferencing &
Sharing, Photo Sharing (Flickr, Picasa, etc.), Blogging
 Make new friends
 Chat Rooms, Video Sharing (YouTube, etc.), Photo Sharing,
Blogs
 Work from home
 More can be accomplished in less time
 Business Transactions
 Researching
 Communication
 Purchasing
 Monitoring Bank Accounts & Stocks

8.  Text Messaging
(SMS – Short
Messaging Service)
 Web Pages
 E-mail
 Instant Messaging –
AOL IM, Yahoo
Messenger,
Windows
Messenger, ICQ,
etc.
 Blogging –
MySpace,
Friendster,
Facebook, yFly,
Twitter, etc.

9.  Podcasting –
iTunes, Podcast
Directory.com, etc.
 Video Sharing –
YouTube, Google
Video, Yahoo
Video, etc.
 Wikis – Wikipedia,
PB Wiki, etc.
 Gaming
Communities –
Runescape, etc.

11. Also known as Short
Message Service (SMS),
a service available on
most digital mobile
phones and other mobile
devices that permits the
sending of short text
messages.
“Ooh look, his first text message.”
www.wikipedia.com

12. Also known as IM, a
form of real-time
communication
between two or more
people based on typed
text. The text is
conveyed via
computers connected
over a network such as
the Internet.
www.wikipedia.com

13.  AOL Instant
Messenger
 ICQ
 MSN
Messenger
 Windows
Messenger
 Yahoo IM
 Google Talk
 Skype
You’re a model? Cool! I’m a
Chippendale’s Dancer. I also race
speed boats. What’s your sign?

14. A user-generated
website where
entries are made
in journal style.
Blogs often
provide
commentary or
news on a
particular subject,
such as food,
politics, or local
news.
www.wikipedia.com

15.  MySpace
 Xanga
 Friendster
 Facebook
 Tagged
 yFly
 Bebo
 YouTube
(video sharing)
 Flickr (photo
sharing)

16. A media file that is
distributed over the
Internet using
syndication feeds
(RSS), for
playback on portable
media players
and personal
computers.
www.wikipedia.com

17.  iTunes Podcasts
 Podcast Net
 The Podcast
Network
 Podcast
Directory
 Podcast Alley
 Podcast Pickle
 iPodder.org
 Yahoo Podcasts
 Podcasting
News

18. A website that allows the visitors themselves to
easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change
available content.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

19.  Wikipedia
 PBwiki
 TWiki
 Yu-Gi-Oh!
Wikia
 FlexWiki
 Wikia
 WikiBios

23. Attempting to fraudulently acquire sensitive
information, such as usernames, passwords
and credit card details, by masquerading as
a trustworthy entity in an electronic
communication.
Typically carried out using email or an
instant message, and often directs users to a
website.

24. A hacker's attack
aiming to redirect a
website's traffic to
another (bogus)
website.
Pharming has become of
major concern to
businesses hosting
ecommerce and online
banking websites

25. Spam refers to
junk e-mail or
unsolicited e-mail.
Similar abuses in
other media: instant
messaging spam,
Usenet newsgroup
spam, Web search
engine spam, spam
in blogs, mobile
phone messaging
spam, etc.

26. Bullying and harassment by use of electronic
devices though means of e-mail, instant
messaging, text messages, blogs, mobile
phones, pagers, and websites.

27.  Cyberbullying: Feathers in
the Wind

28.  Peer-to-peer or file-sharing programs allow you to
share you files with others on the Internet – and
vice versa.
 Be wary about downloading files just as you would
an e-mail attachment from a stranger
 File-sharing networks create a risk for computer
viruses or harmful code to be shared
 Movies, songs, video games and other items on the
Web are protected by copyright laws
 If misconfigured, some file-sharing programs may
expose your entire hard drive to all other users of
the file-sharing software.

29.  LimeWire
 Morpheus
 Kazaa

31.  Make sure your computer is located in a
high-traffic area in the house. This includes
laptops and other wireless devices
 Communicate with your children about what
pornography is and why it is inappropriate
for them.
 Teach your child “Internal Filtering
Mechanisms” and how to avoid
pornography on the Web.
 Check your home computer for signs that
these types of sites have visited

32. Your computer has a powerful
search function which
can indicate if someone has
visited pornographic Web sites.
In Windows, click on the Start
button in the lower left hand of
your monitor, and slide up to
search, and slide over to "files
and folders."

33. Select “All files and folders”
from the window that appears.

34. You can inspect the folder where
cookies are to look for any
lewdly-named or suspicious
cookies. Type in the word cookie
in the search field and hit "search
now." Make sure the "Look in"
setting is set to look in your
primary hard drive, usually "C,"
although you may want to repeat
the search in any additional hard
drives.

35. Most Web images are in a format
that ends with either .jpg or .gif,
such as "bicycle.jpg" or "vase.gif".
When you view a Web site, these
images are stored in various places
on your hard drive. To find all such
images in your hard drive, put an
asterisk followed by a period in
front of the name of the image
format in the search window.

36. Open your web
browser (Internet
Explorer) and select
“Tools” and “Internet
Options”

37. Select “Settings” from
the “Browsing
history” section.

38. Select “View files” and a list
of cookies and picture files
will appear and show the
web sites where the files
originated.
*Note: if there are very few
of them, someone is most
likely deleting them from
the Temporary Internet Files
folder.

39.  Explain that there is explicit material on the
Internet, but it is not appropriate for the child
to view or seek it out
 Search engine results, even for innocent
topics, may occasionally include links to
inappropriate Web sites
 Teach your child to recognize lewd wording
and other clues to avoid actually viewing the
sites
 Teach them to recognize and avoid opening
sexually-explicit spam email

40.  Bookmark child-safe Web sites –
Yahooligans, Ask Kids, Kids Click, etc.
 Teach children to never open e-mail from
someone they don't know.
 If you or your child receives a message that is
harassing, of a sexual nature, or threatening,
forward a copy of the message to your ISP,
and ask for assistance.

41.  Develop household rules for use of the computer:
 How much time is allowed on the Web
 Acceptable vs. unacceptable activities
 What information should not be given out
 What the child should do if something makes him
or her uncomfortable
 Be a good role model; technology savvy children
may be able to tell if a parent has visited sexually-
explicit sites
 Create an environment where the child can
confide in you without fear of being punished

42.  Your Web browser software (Internet Explorer,
Firefox, Opera, etc.) contains very little or NO
history.
 There are several Web browsers installed on your
computer.
 Temporary files are deleted from the temporary
folder
 Web Browser search bar history is deleted

43. Software filters work by
blocking access to Web
sites with unacceptable
content or language. They
are imperfect and depend to
some extent on the Web
sites' honesty in classifying
themselves as x-rated.
Examples:
•Net Nanny
•Cyber Patrol
•Surf Patrol
“The Government’s Launched a
free Online filter to protect
children from Internet
Nasties…Um…Could you show
me how to download it…?”

44. Keystroke tracking programs
are spy software that monitor
every word typed, every
program launched and every
Web site visited. They do not
censor the content, but rather
send a report to the parent or
person who installed the spy
program.
Examples:
•Investigator
•Spector Pro
•Key Ghost

45. “I just can’t
communicate
with my child
anymore.
It’s like she
speaks
another
language.”

46.  Learn the Lingo – Learn
text Messaging (SMS)
 Take Interest & Be
Approachable
 Be Willing to Try New
Things
 Create Your Own Blog
or Web site
 Post to Groups & Wikis
 Subscribe to Podcasts
 Ask Your Children to
Teach You
 Keep Communication
Lines Open

47.  “Amy’s
Choice”
 “Julie’s
Journey”

48.  “Friends 24 Hours a Day”
 “Addicted to Facebook”

49. MySpace Parent Site
http://www.myspace.com/Modules/Common/
Pages/SafetyTips.aspx#
Facebook Parent Site
http://www.facebook.com/help.php?tab=safety

50.  Go to www.
myspace.
com
 Scroll to the
bottom of
the page.
 Select
“Safety
Tips”

51.  There are two
tabs located on
the page that
appears.
 One of the tabs is
labeled “Safety
Tips.” There are
several links to
other websites
that will help.
 The other tab is
labeled “Tips for
Parents.” Select
this tab.

52.  Read through
the tips for
parents and
the several
links to
websites for
parents.
 There is also a
link to remove
your child’s
profile from
this site.

53. http://markwhite85.googlepages.com/internetsafety