Internet safety and using online social networking tools in the classroom. Presentation made at Oklahoma Encyclomedia 2007.

1. Encyclomedia 2007 Facebook, YouTube, and eBay: Teaching Responsibility and Internet Safety for the 21st Century Quyen Arana and Perri Applegate

2. Internet Safety and Responsibility

7. Creating and Connecting//Research and Guidelines on Online Social and Educational Networking, National School Boards Association, 2007 Almost all 9-17 y/o’s have used social networking sites

8. Think! So, What Do We Tell Kids?

9. Forever Is a Long, Long Time By Brad Stone Newsweek Aug. 21-28, 2006 issue

10. No One Is Really Anonymous

11. No One Is Really Anonymous

12. Criminal Prosecution or School Sanctions

20. 1 in 3 children report having friends that they have never met in person. The majority of children share personal information online including their real name, phone number, and address. Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH, ARCH PEDIATR ADOLESC MED / VOL 161, FEB 2007

21. Risk factors for victimization offline include talking about sex with strangers and being rude or nasty oneself. Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH, ARCH PEDIATR ADOLESC MED / VOL 161, FEB 2007 “ Online victimization appears to be about as prevalent as in-person bullying, suggesting that it is not a new or added harassment but rather uses a different format .” “ The ways children put themselves at risk in the virtual world appears to mirror the ways they do in the real one.”

22. “ The increase in exposure to unwanted sexual material occurred despite increased use of filtering, blocking, and monitoring software in households of youth Internet users.“ Online Victimization of Youth Five Years Later , 2006, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. “ Some youth who did not disclose exposure incidents to parents or guardians said these incidents happened all the time.”

23. Other findings: Youth are still not telling adults about negative online experiences. “ Some youth who did not disclose exposure incidents to parents or guardians said these incidents happened all the time.”

24. Power of social networking

25. “ Safety policies remain important, as does teaching students about online safety and responsible online expression -- but students may learn these lessons better while they’re actually using social networking tools.”

27. Creating and Connecting//Research and Guidelines on Online Social and Educational Networking, National School Boards Association, 2007 Most students use social networking sites

28. What are they doing?

29. MySpace Facebook Ning Virb Webkinz Online Social Networks Twitter

38. MySpace

39. MySpace

43. http://slideshare.net

44. http://teachertube.com

45. http://voicethread.com

46. http://www.wikispaces.com

47. “ Safety policies remain important, as does teaching students about online safety and responsible online expression -- but students may learn these lessons better while they’re actually using social networking tools.”

49. Resources

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