Transcript Internet Safety - A Guide for Teachers and Parents

TARA L. PARR
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION, K-12
PERKIOMEN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
ONLINE RESOURCES
Getting Information off the Internet is like
taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
-Mitchell Kapor
creator of Lotus 1-2-3
ONLINE RESOURCES
 Online resources have
opened limitless possibilities for
interaction and communication
 The Good outweighs the
“questionable;”
 the “Questionable” can be controlled with
knowledge!
How Do We
Ensure The SAFETY of
Our Kids??
EDUCATE
EDUCATE…Students
Be in the KNOW…
EDUCATE…Parents
EDUCATE…School Staff
PHILOSOPHY…
Instill a sense of
caution, not
a sense of
fear.
FOUR MAIN THEMES
CURRICULUM- ELEMENTARY
CURRICULUM- SECONDARY
MAIN THEMES & TOPICS
Safety & Security Online
• Password Security
• District Policies
• AUP
• Responsible Use
Communication & Collaboration
• Wiki, Blog, Discussion Boards
• Online Collaboration Sites
• Social Network Sites
Digital Citizenship
• “Good Decisions”
• Digital Footprint
• Copyright
Technology Concepts
• Terms, themes, boundaries
• Safe Searching
SCHOOL ROLE
PV’S AUP
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AUP- Acceptable Use Policy
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Set of rules applied by owner/manager of a network,
website, or large computer system that restrict the ways in
which the network or system may be used.
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PVSD’s AUP: see policy 815
Network/Internet
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Recently revised in 2010
DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
data trace or trail left by someone's activity in a digital
environment
Nothing is ever REALLY gone…
SCHOOL ROLE
PA SCHOOL CODE

Signed in to law on 7.4.2008 by PA Governor
Rendell

Schools are now empowered by the changes in
PA School Code to hold students accountable onsite for actions off-site…

Allows for action in cases of online attacks
including those created out-of-school & off
school property.
SCHOOL ROLE
PA SCHOOL CODE

School officials have the authority to impose
discipline for harm caused by off-campus online
speech when – and only when- that speech has, or a
reasonable person would anticipate it will, do the
following:

Cause an impact at the school

Is substantial (not mere annoyance)
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Interferes with the rights of a student or students’
safety and/or right to education
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Or is a “true threat”.
WHAT TO DO?
GET INFORMED!
Know “the Communication Generation”
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Social Networking
Instant Message
Cell/Phones/Text Message
Blog
Podcast/ Vodcast
Wiki
Gaming Communities
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!
CELL PHONES
Cell-phone texting has become the
preferred channel of basic
communication between teens and
their friends
Teens send 50 or more text
messages a day, or 1,500 texts a
month, and one in three send more
than 100 texts a day, or more than
3,000 texts a month
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1572/teens-cell-phones-text-messages
NET LINGO
Internet jargon, acronyms and text message shorthand
CLASSICS:
OTHERS:
IDK: I Don’t Know
A/S/L: Age/Sex/Location
LOL: Laugh Out Loud
POS: Parents Over Shoulder
CD9: Code 9
GNOC: Get Naked on Camera
LMRL: Let’s Meet in Real Life
S2R: Send to Receive (pictures)
www.netlingo.com
‘LEET SPEAK
an alternative alphabet
‘LEET SPEAK
i<3u: I love you
Ih8u: I hate you
*$: Starbucks
4COL: For crying out loud
2G2BT: Too good to be true
Fear
the
Skills
RESOURCES
• Operation Safe Surf
• NetSmartz
• iSafe
• PBS Teachers
• Safe Kids
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/kidspar
ents.aspx?id=1559
RESOURCES