The Internet and Your Child – Keeping it Safe

 

Ways to Divert the Internet

    • Unplug DSL/Modem connection for two hours a night
    • Buy more software with replay value that enhances creativity, and develops thinking skills.  For example:

Ø    Sims City Series

Ø    Animation Software

Ø    Simulations

    • Winnetka Public Library – use print resources for school work

 

Staying Safe on the Internet

    • http://www.safekids.com/ - Best Website on the Internet for parents, children and teens
    • http://netsmartz.org
    • Podcasting – Family Tech Talk with Radio.Larry.com (audio files you can download to your iPod, iPodShuffle)
    • Filtering Software (CyberSitter, Net Nanny, Content Protect)

Ø    http://www.safekids.com/articles/filtering2000.htm

Ø    http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/?ttreng=1&ttrkey=internet+filter

·      Blogging - http://www.blogsafety.com/

 

 Parent’s Responsibility – Stay Educated

    • Talk with your children often – things change everyday on the Internet

·      Develop Safety guidelines for the family

·      Create a Parent Contract and Child Contract

·      Post contract and guidelines on each computer in the house

·      Develop Stop Rules

o      Uncomfortable feeling about words or pictures

o      Keep screen on and tell a parent or adult

o      Parent or adult can then see and report abusers

·      Setup Research Bookmark Folders

o      Online encyclopedias, safe search sites

·      Check History of browser, by day, week, month

·      Set parental controls

 

Child’s Responsibility – The Internet is a Privilege

    • Review safety guidelines often with parents
    • Take online safety quiz
    • http://www.safekids.com/quiz/index.html
    • http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index.html
    • Apply Stop Rules
    • Held accountable for actions

 

Books and Literature

 

Safety Monitor:  How to Protect Your Children Online by

Detective Mike Sullivan

 

Keeping Your Kids Safe on the Internet by Simon Johnson

 

 

Winnetka Public Schools

Selected Internet Sites for Student Research

 

http://www.winnetka36.org/sk/DistResearchSites06/index.html

 

Bookmark this site at home for school assignments.