Transcript Cyber Challenges NID Administrator Conference

November 10, 2009
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Acceptable use
Internet Filtering
Social Web (MySpace, Facebook, etc.)
Cyberbullying
Plagiarism
Phishing
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Why do we need to have such a document?
What things need to be covered?
NID’s Technology Acceptable Use document
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The goal of the acceptable use document is to
outline how the tools: computers, network,
internet, resources (printers, scanners, personal
storage devices) are to be used in your school
or office.
To protect both the students and staff from
using these tools improperly. Also to know
what is or is not allowed with these resources.
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Hardware – what is available, what it can be
used for, at what times
Internet – understanding that the content and
material is not under the control of the school
and that care with this tool must be taken in
use of it.
Internet use as a educational tool, not a
entertainment or personal communication tool
(web, e-mail)
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In what ways tools like the Internet are
acceptable, how e-mail should be used as a
contact tool.
What information can be taken or brought into
the school using storage devices (CD, Flash
Drives, etc)
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The NID website at www.ni.lcms.org provides
a outline of a Technology Acceptable use
document at :
https://ni.lcms.org/ClientData/1074/Assets/
documents/school/curriculum/technology/ac
ceptable%20use%20policy.doc
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The Internet is a online version of the real
world, and there is good and bad, objectional,
offensive content, along with some great
educational tools.
Internet Filtering attempts to limit access to
objectional content and materials.
There are Free and Commercial tools to help
schools with this problem.
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DNS system - OpenDNS for K-12 http://www.opendns.com/solutions/k12
A variety of Software, specifically Internet
Filtering, or Security with Internet filtering
(antivirus)
Internet Filtering devices – Internet routers,
firewall devices, internet filtering appliances.
Internet providers who filter http://www.illinois.net/services/filtering/ind
ex.htm
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There are many social websites that are used
for contacting friends, companies, entertainers
Most popular Social Websites for all ages –
MySpace, Facebook
Other Social Websites LinkedIn, Spoke,
Twitter, Flickr, Bebo, YouTube, and many
more.
Facebook and MySpace intend to remove
accounts of people who are less than 13 years
of age – based on the information provided.
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Keep in mind that there is no good way that
allows these providers to know for sure the age
of the person and the account(s) they may
setup.
Never post information about your specific
location, nothing you would not want printed
in a paper about yourself.
People’s response differs when they are not
face to face.
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Cyberbullying is the tormenting , threatening,
harassing, humiliation or embarrassing, using
the Internet, other digital technologies, or
mobile phones.
Cyberbullying is people in the same age range
or peer group, not someone older.
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Never give out personal information online
Never tell others your password to accounts
Explain to children if they receive such a
message to share it with a parent, teacher or
guardian.
Never put anything online that your would not
want everyone to see.
Never send messages when you are angry
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Teach that you should interact with people
online as you would interact with them in
person.
Encourage parents to keep the computer in a
busy area of the home
Know what people your child is interacting
with online
Learn the variety of Acronyms
Do not take away access – many hide this
activity in fear of loosing the privilege
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Cyber Bullying Web Sites
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http://www.ncpc.org/topics/cyberbullying
http://www.cyberbullying.us/
IM and Texting Acronyms
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http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php
http://www.aim.com/acronyms.adp?aolp=0
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Easy access to copy information from a variety
of sources with the Internet.
From books
 From magazines
 From authors
 From news (TV, Internet, and Newspapers)
 From online resources (encyclopedias, dissertations,
or other peoples work)
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Need to explain proper use
Need to verify sources – especially on the
Internet – land of many “experts”
Have students provide a reference of sources to
verify work
Online tools – for verification
Turnitin - http://www.turnitin.com
 Learn to use Google to search Internet sources
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Phishing is the attempt to trick people into
providing information to sources other than the
one being presented.
Phishing exists in e-mail, web sites
One of the most popular forms of web phishing
is presenting the user with a pop-up that
makes the user think the computer is infected
and that they need to purchase the product
they are presenting to clean it – products that
either cause more troubles or do nothing.
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This type of web phishing is quite common on
social web sites since there is a high volume of
viewers.
Some the of the most popular forms of e-mail
phishing are personnel department requests,
banking requests, and computer upgrades that
require you to provide information about your
accounts, or personal information to defraud
you.
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Use a current web browser – make sure the
phishing protection is turned on. Internet
Explorer 7 & 8, Firefox 3 & 3.5
Verify the URL the last two parts for example
(good: support.att.net) (bad:
support.att.badprovider.com)
Good Antivirus, Spyware tools to keep these
types of things reaching you in the first place.
http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/phish
ing.aspx
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Government – OnGuard Online http://www.onguardonline.gov
Microsoft Online Safety and Privacy
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/default.aspx
Symantec – Risks
http://www.symantec.com/norton/security_response
/index.jsp
Content that I have gathered on these subjects
http://cais.cus.edu/spicemk/computersafety.html