October- Copyright
10 quick facts:   (roll onto message to stop scrolling)

Other General Resources available:

Internet Safety: Online Safety Tips
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/children/safetytips.html

A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm

OnGuard Online
Government Site -computer fraud, security, personal information
http://www.onguardonline.gov

Think Before You Post
Cybertip Line
http://tcs.cybertipline.com/knowthedangers8.htm

iKeepSafe
Internet Keep Safe Coalition
http://www.ikeepsafe.org/PRC/

10 'MUST KNOW' Actions that will help you to protect your family!
Video on the bottom of the page
http://www.ikeepsafe.org/PRC/videotutorials/index.php

Collinsville Community School District #10 Internet Safety Unit
http://websites.kahoks.org/safeweb/

Too Much Information - video   Bluefish TV

November/December - Safe Social Networking

Videos

Social Networking
Offline Consequences
TMI - Too Much Information

Profiles

Your online profile can be viewed by anyone, including coaches, employers, and college admissions offices. Everything on your profile represents who you are. What does it say about you?

• Stay in control of your online reputation!
• Don't post information, photos, or videos you might regret later.
• Think about your online image (Who will see this? What will they think?).
• Use privacy settings to limit access to your page; don't let anyone - not predators or cyberbullies - gain access to information that's yours.
• Remember that online choices have offline consequences and in some cases, legal implications.
• Consider how fast information and images get forwarded to people beyond your group of friends via texting, IM, and e-mail - especially explicit ones.

Social Networks

Setting your page to private is smart, and a step in the right direction -- but who's on your friends list? Don't give just anyone access to your world.

• Keep your personal information private
• Only add friends you know in real life
• Set your page and blog to private
• Use a nickname that doesn't identify your location, gender, or age
• Never meet in person with anyone you have first met online
• Alter your pictures before you post them to remove identifying information
• Profile and photo share only with people on your friends list
• Don't post your plans or whereabouts on your site
• Ignore harassing or rude comments posted on your profile
• Think about the possible consequences of the information and photos you post
• Never post provocative photos

January - Safe Online Gaming

• Beware of hidden cost associated with games….some games require buying the game and monthly fees, plus additional fees for game accessories
• Online gaming can become addictive.  Kids can lose interest in friends, school and other activities.  Kids turn their backs on their friends preferring to be involved with their online friends.  Health issues occur and kids even can take on a virtual persona.
• Online games can provide exposure to online predators
•  Risk from computer intruders exploiting security vulnerabilities.  Gaining access to personal information, stealing credit card information, or even stealing your identity.
• Malicious users might be able to control the gamers’ computer remotely and use it to attack other computers or install programs such as Trojan horses, adware, or spyware, or gain access to personal information.  Also, the gamers’ computer can then be used to send out malicious code

Key practices of good personal computer security include the following:
• Use antivirus and antispyware programs.
• Be cautious about opening files attached to email messages or instant messages.
• Verify the authenticity and security of downloaded files and new software.
• Configure your web browsers securely.
• Use a firewall.
• Identify and back up your personal or financial data.
• Create and use strong passwords.
• Patch and update your application software.

 For More Information:

Playing it Safe:
Avoiding Online Gaming Risks

Virtual-Addiction-Dangers-of-Online-Gaming

Using the Web well takes more than just knowing how to Google. To use the web wisely and efficiently, consider these six points:

• Authority: Who are the authors of the Web page, or who is responsible for it? What gives them their authority or expertise to write?
• Accuracy: Do you have good reason to believe that the information on the site is accurate? Are the facts documented?
• Objectivity: What is the author's point of view? What is the purpose of the site?
• Currency: When was the information on the page originally written? Has the site been kept up-to-date?
• Coverage: Does this site address the topic you are researching? Is the information basic and cursory or detailed and scholarly? However complex the language might be, is the information substantial?
• Value: Was the page worth visiting? Does the site offer anything informative, unique, or insightful? Is the site free of careless errors, misspelled words, and poor grammar?

-http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html

Watch website evaluation video

Here are some resources for additional information and examples:

University of California Santa Barbara Library

ICYouSee - A guide to critical thinking about what you see on the web

University of California Berkeley - Evaluating web pages: Techniques to apply and questions to ask.

Discovery Education/Streaming - Video on Evaluating Websites for content quality

 

August/September - District internet user Agreement

All students and parents sign an acceptable use/ internet user agreement form that outlines policy and rules for responsible use of computers and equipment.

This agreement was explained to students in August and September during orientation meetings conducted by the Deans.

Click here to view the internet user agreement form