Transcript Do not look the other way

 Does your child Twitter?
 Does the weather matter in a walled garden?
 Can you identify the following?:
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A/S/L
DIKU?
CTN
CD9
 Do you Google yourself?
Trevor’s Story
Cartoon by Peter Steiner. The New Yorker, July 5, 1993 issue (Vol.69 (LXIX) no. 20) page 61
Video by iSafe.org http://www.staysafe.org/teens/videos/predator.html
Essential Questions
 How can we teach our students to use the
Internet safely?
 How can we teach our students to use the
Internet effectively?
 How can we teach our students to use the
Internet ethically?
iSafety Training Overview
 Transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0
 What the statistics show
 Social networking
 Blogging
 TMI and iSafety
 Cyberbullying
 i-Safe.org, NetSmartz and other resources
for students, parents, and educators
The Read-Only Web (Web 1.0)
 Information moves
one way only- from
publishers to
consumers
 Readers can’t
contribute information
 Is non-collaborative in
nature
Web 1.0
Web 2.0
Some 93% of teens use the internet, and more of
them than ever are treating it as a venue for
social interaction – a place where they can
share creations, tell stories, and interact with
others.
From Pew Internet & American Life Project (Lenhardt & Madden, 2007) -http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/105/presentation_display.asp
Content Creation by Teens
 39% of online teens share their own artistic creations
online, such as artwork, photos, stories, or videos
 33% create or work on websites or blogs for others,
including those for groups they belong to, friends, or
school assignments.
 27% maintain their own personal webpage or blog
 26% remix content they find online into their own
creations
 76% of social network-using teens leave comments on
the blogs of friends
From Pew Internet and American Life Project -http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/105/presentation_display.asp
EGUSD Internet Safeguards
What we currently have in place:
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Internet filtering software and procedures
CIPA/COPA Guidelines
AR 6162.7
AB 307 – Internet safety as part of next EGUSD
Technology Plan
 iSafety workshops through Curriculum and
Professional Learning
 Parent and community workshops through EGACE
Social Networks
 Members have profiles
 May contain personal
information
 Used to connect with
others
 Often includes a blog,
pictures, songs,
videos, and messages.
Safety Concerns
 Way too much information – age, address,
phone number, gender, family names,
school information, passwords
 Inappropriate content
 Inappropriate sharing
 Sarah’s Story – i-Safe.org
Adapted from http://www.isafe.org/
Cyberbullying Concerns
 Creating websites that have stories, cartoons, pictures,
and jokes ridiculing others
 Posting pictures of classmates online with intent to
embarrass them
 Engaging someone in IM (instant messaging), tricking
that person into revealing sensitive personal
information, and forwarding that information to others
 Taking an embarrassing picture of a person using a
digital phone camera and sending that picture to others
 Broken Friendship
Adapted from http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/reallife.htm#realfriendship
Safety Tips for Students
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Do not share identifying information
Do not share personal information
Do not share provocative images
Do not post false information about
other people
 Consider the consequences and
the future
 Talk with parents, teachers, or
other trusted adults if you have
concerns about safety or
cyberbullying
Safety Tips for Parents
 Create an open dialog about online
safety concerns
 Set boundaries and time limits for
online activities
 Move computers into shared spaces
& make monitors visible
 Watch for Alt+F4 (Alt+Tab)
 Check history (is it suspiciously
blank?)
 Beware of a reluctance to be candid
Safety Tips for Teachers
 Communicate with students
 Communicate with other
educators
 Communicate with Tech
Services
 Confront students who are
behaving in irresponsible,
inappropriate, or unsafe ways.
Do not look the other way.
Growing Bank of FREE Resources
Where is EGUSD Headed?
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Internet Safety Outreach Committee
 Working on plan to include Internet Safety into the EGUSD
Curriculum for 2008-2009 school year
Communications
 Developing district-wide communication plan
Technology Services
 iSafety Classes through CPL that meet AB 307
 Internet Safety Q & A w/Gail and Kathleen
 Elementary School Newsletters
 iSafety Blog
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Adult Education
 Offering Internet Safety, Social Networking and other Web 2.0
classes for parents and the community
Q&A
 Contact Information:
 Gail Desler – Technology Integration Specialist
[email protected]
 Kathleen Watt – EGUSD Web Specialist
[email protected]
 Professional Development Opportunities:
 Contact Curriculum and Professional Learning for a listing
of upcoming workshops
http://www.egusd.net/cpl/pl_opportunities.html