Internet Safety

Notes and Handouts from the

Internet Safety Presentation on March 9, 2011

Predators are not the biggest threat online!  Other children are...via cyberbullying and digital harassment.  read more

Power Point Presentation: Overview of Internet Safety

Age by Age Guidence for Media

Video Links & Info:

Safety Settings/Controls for computers AND phones:

Setting up a "limited" desktop login

Using Parental Controls

Windows Family Live

How to use Safe Search on Google

iPhone parental controls

setting iTunes allowance for children!

ZuiTube:  YouTube is a fun video sharing site that is fun for kids BUT it is hard to control the content and even if you block the content, the filter on the comments section has recently been removed so you can not block inappropriate comments from an "innocent" video.  Try ZuiTube instead!  Videos on this site have been approved by parents and teachers.

YouTube Safety Controls

Internet Dangers:

Warning:  If you are not in the mood to cry, the next series of video links is not for you -

Cyberbullying: Overview

A Father's Story

A Father's Story: full version

Cyberbullying:  This link is a video from the victim's perspective.  Parent's may wish to preview before showing to children.

Cyberbullying Commercial:  This is a compelling ad that is good for kids (and parents) to watch. It gets the message across very effectively.

What is Sexting?

This is a series of three videos that cover topics such as:  Pressures of Dirty Photo Sharing, Breaking into social networking pages & Textual Harrassment. These links will take you to videos that are appropriate to show to your kids.  It is a unique approach that shows both side to a particular issue and has questions for kids at the end (they are kind of cheesy), but very interesting, check it out. 

The Break In     Pressure Pic Problem     Text Monster

Resources and Handouts:

Text Messaging & IM Abbreviations

Textual Harrassment

Popular Websites for Kids

Digital Citizenship for Teens

Talking to kids about Sexting

Internet Safety Resources

Answers to Commonly Asked Questions

Cyberbulling Tips

Cyberbullying Q&A

FAQ's Internet Safety

Internet Safety Contract  This is to be signed by parent and child.  It spells out the child's obligations and limits in using the Internet and can be an effective tool to promote internet safety.