CyberSafety

=Digital Citizenship=
 * Be Safe, Be Kind Online**

Most adults parents email, look-up info, seek news Kids chat, play games, share music and pictures, watch and share video, share files.

Online Safety
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Parents:
//Monitoring Tips//
 * Become familiar with the Internet forums in which your child shows interest (e.g. Instant Messaging, Peer to Peer, Weblogs)
 * Explain to your child that their Internet activity will be monitored. Your child should have no expectation of privacy on the computer
 * Closely supervise and monitor your child while on the Internet
 * Be aware of when your child is sending pictures. Closely monitor the use of webcams, digital cameras and cellular phones
 * Emphasize the public nature of the Internet, the permanence of sent images, the legal implications of distributing naked images and the disruption it may cause in their lives
 * Computer connected to the Internet should be placed in a very public area of the home.
 * View browser history
 * Internet search for your child's name
 * Sign up for a Bebo Account - you don't have to put anything in it
 * search within Bebo for your child's name

Social Networks
[| Bebo,] Hi5, Nextopia, MySpace [|Donna's] Bebo site [|Blogs vs Social Networking] - very readable description of social networking


 * MSN** **Messenger**

Parent Tips - save a copy of the conversations



Cyberbullying
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 * If you wouldn't say it to someone's face...**

[|Parenting Online] [|Parenting the Net Generation: A PowerPoint Presentation] In June 2006, Canadian Home and School Federation and Media Awareness Network formed a partnership to create a national school-based Internet safety program for parents. The //Parenting the Net Generation// program is designed to educate parents about what kids do on the Internet and offer strategies for ensuring safe, wise and responsible Internet use in the home. [|Internet Safety Tips] [|Be Safe Online] [|STOP Cyberbullying]
 * Resources:**

Band aid image from Scott Mcleod: [|Cyberbulling Images]