1. Using Technology
Safely
Paul O’Briant
paul@obriant.net
www.21stCenturySheep.com

2. Do you love me? Tend my
sheep.
2
John 21:16

4. Inappropriate content,
contact, conduct

5. • 5 million Americans
watch Major League
Baseball
• 40 million Americans
regularly access internet
porn

7. In 2009 over half of male college
students and nearly a third of
female students report being
exposed to pornography before
their teenage years (by age 12),
and 35% of all students say their
first exposure .was Internet or
computer-based.
Porn University, Michael Leahy

8. www.MartinLutherKing.org

9. Viruses – Malware- Spyware - Scareware

10. Inappropriate Contact

12. GeoTags

13. Inappropriate Conduct

14. • 33 percent of youth
Cyberbullying have been victims
• 34 percent of youth
who are bullied feel
frustrated, 30 percent
angry and 22 percent
feel sad
• 41 percent of victims
do not tell anyone in
their off-screen lives
about their abuse
• Cyberbullying.us
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15. 2% of teens say they have sent a nude or
partially nude photo or video
www.athinline.org
16% of teens says they have received one

16. • 1/3 teens ages 16-17 say they have
texted while driving. Pew
• A driver is 23 times more likely to have
an accident when 16 texting and driving.

17. Cyber-Crime
www.ic3.gov

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19. Where do you start?
• Can’t claim ignorance
• Talk about the issues
• Cybersafety rules
• Model good behavior
• Limit access
www.onguardonline.gov

22. www.CovenantEyes.com
Resources/eBooks

25. Technical Strategies
• Parental Controls
filtering/monitoring
software
• Safe search options
• Check History

28. Safe Search

29. • Use antivirus and
anti-malware software
• Keep operating
systems up to date

30. Filtering is not enough

31. Parental Controls
• www.ActionAlert.com (free)
• www.NetNanny.com
• http://parentalcontrolbar.com/ (free)
• http://www1.k9webprotection.com/
(free)

32. Using Technology
Safely
Paul O’Briant
paul@obriant.net
www.21stCenturySheep.com