Welcome Roland Park Country School Parents

Parent-Connect 2007-2008

Topic: A Cyber-World of Trouble

Parent-Connect Live Session: January 7th, 8:00-9:00PM EST

Today’s technology can be both helpful and harmful. It is important for parents to understand what their teens may be doing on the Internet and through other technological devices like cell phones and video game systems. Among the many components of this program, parents will learn what constitutes illegal downloading, cyberbullying, and plagiarism. Popular social networking websites including MySpace, Facebook, and Xanga will be discussed as well as online gaming. The potential dangers of online shopping, identity theft, and cyber-predators are also elucidated.

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Facilitation Guide for Further Discussion ofA Cyber-World of Trouble

Slides for Review of A Cyber-World of Trouble

Safety Tips for Parents

Online Gaming Safety Tips

Internet Safety Resources

Internet Safety Contract

Helpful Information for Parents

National Resources

For Support

• Cyber Tipline, https://secure.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/CybertipServlet? LanguageCountry=en_US. A form to fill in identifying a potential online predator or child pornography. The form is forwarded to law enforcement for investigation and review.
• Federal Trade Commission's Identity Theft Hotline, 1.877.IDTHEFT (438.4338).
• Wired Safety, www.wiredsafety.org. Provides help, information, and education to Internet and mobile device users of all ages. Help victims of cyberabuse ranging from online fraud, cyberstalking and child safety, to hacking and malicious code attacks. Also help parents with issues, such as MySpace and cyberbullying. Can report actual cases of cyberabuse through their website.

For More Information

• Clickz.com, www.clickz.com. An award-winning source for interactive and Internet research. Facts, figures, research, and data on every facet of the online industry, domestic and worldwide. In-depth profiles, interviews, case studies, and features on cutting-edge products, companies, and trends.
• Consumer.gov, www.consumer.gov. Tips from the Federal Trade Commission on avoiding and responding to identity theft in general and online. To go directly to these tips, please visit www.consumer.gov/idtheft/con_minimize.htm.
• i-SAFE, www.isafe.org. Incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic community outreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place.
• Justin Berry.tv, www.justinberry.tv. Justin Berry’s website has a special section just for parents where they can locate sex offenders in their area, view Internet safety videos, and learn more about teen chat codes.
• KDCop.com, www.kdcop.com. Keith Dunn’s website details safety tips and his picks for monitoring and filtering software. Also available for free: a downloadable chat lingo dictionary.
• My Internet Safety Coach.com, www.myinternetsafetycoach.com. Suzanne Stanford’s website hosts numerous articles about blogs, the Parents Against Predators Act, phishing scams, pornography, social networking sites, and more.
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, www.missingkids.com. Hosts two quizzes with more tips and information for parents and guardians on keeping their families safe from cyber dangers. To go directly to the quizzes, visit “Know the Rules...Internet Safety Quiz for Adults,” and “Keeping Kids Safer on the Internet: Tips for Parents and Guardians.”
• OnGuardOnline.gov, www.onguardonline.gov. Provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information. There are also helpful sections on social networking sites, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, and online shopping.
• Pew Internet & American Life Project, www.pewinternet.org. Produces reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.
• Polly Klaas Foundation, www.pollyklaas.org. Hosts a special section on Internet safety for parents. Offers guides and statistics from national polls on teens use of the Internet.
• Ryan Patrick Halligan.org, www.ryanpatrickhalligan.org. Website devoted to helping parents and children overcome bullying and depression. Details Ryan Halligan’s story from the bullying online to the dark Internet friends who encouraged Ryan to take his own life.
• Top Ten Reviews, www.toptenreviews.com. In-depth reviews, side-by-side product comparisons, industry-related news and articles, and qualified links to purchase products for monitoring, spyware, and virus protection software. To go directly to reviews on computer software, visit http://software.toptenreviews.com and look under the “Security & Privacy” heading.

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