Internet Safety

The Basics Of Staying Safe Online

  • Do not give out ANY personal information before asking your parents!
  • Tell an adult right away if you come across anything online that makes you uncomfortable.
  • NEVER agree to get together in person with anybody you met online without asking your parents first. Only if your parents agree, only meet in a public space and bring your mom or dad.
  • Remember to set up internet guidelines and rules with your parents. Make sure to come up with the times of day you can use the internet, the amount of time you may be on as well as websites you may visit. Do not break the stated rules without permission.

Adapted from Child Safety on the Information Highway by Lawrence J. Magid. Copyright © 1994

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Books About internet Safety

1.     Cornwall, Phyllis. Online Etiquette and Safety. Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing. 2011

2.   Cindrich, Sharon. Douglass, Ali. A Smart Girl's Guide to the Internet: How to Connect with Friends, Find What You Need, and Stay Safe Online.

3.   Raatma, Lucia. Living with Safety on the Internet. Chanhassen, MN: The Child’s World. 2005

4.   Lawler, Jennifer. A Hot Issue: Cyberdanger and Internet Safety. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers. 2000

5. Croft, Jennifer. Everything You Need to Know About Staying Safe in Cyberspace. New York, NY: Rosen Publishing Group. 1999







Websites about Internet Safety

www.fbi-sos.org- Use the FBI's website to go on an online scavenger hunt. Take a quiz with your team to see what you have learned about your online safety.

www.netsmartz.org- This one has it all! Use this site to watch videos, read articles, read first hand accounts, watch presentations and play games like “Cyberbully Zombies”. Very fun and educational!

www.hectorsworld.com- This is a super fun website dealing with all topics of digital citizenship. You'll will love the awesome graphics and the quirky characters. You won’t even mind learning as you play a variety of [educational] games.

Internet Etiquette

Part of staying safe online also means following some basic rules of online etiquette (netiquette).

  1. Don't give out ANY personal information online. (Watch the video on this tab and then check if you are unintentionally giving out any personal information.)
  2. Don’t reply to spam, even ask to be removed from their mailing list.
  3. Check to make sure you are sending messages to the right place and to the right person. 
  4. Don not respond to any messages that are innapropriate in anyway. If the messages make you uncomfortable, tell an adult.

 

 

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