Establishing Internet safety rules early sets your kids up for life. Get the basics. Staying Safe and Smart Online Advice & Answers Keep your kids safe online When your kids start to interact on the Internet -- playing games, watching YouTube videos, socializing in virtual worlds, getting homework help, and searching on Google -- you may feel that you're losing control over your kids' world.
Cell phone etiquette is just as important as important as internet etiquette. Being respectful is important, especially when on the internet because you never know how your words could affect someone else.
This incredible article from the Atlantic talks about who is tracking you and how to understand it. It is very balanced and informative and a great post to share with students as you discuss privacy.
"As users, we move through our Internet experiences unaware of the churning subterranean machines powering our web pages with their cookies and pixels trackers, their tracking code and databases. We shop for wedding caterers and suddenly see ring ads appear on random web pages we're visiting. We sometimes think the ads following us around the Internet are "creepy." We sometimes feel watched. Does it matter? We don't really know what to think."
Many of their toys involve the use of the internet, and as children they may not know how to use the internet responsibly.
nternet is becoming a bigger and bigger part of the peaople of todays way of life
this means that everybody has to contribute to keeping it safe and fun and easy to use.
Nine out of ten students get bullied on the web.
Identity theft is a crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, usually for profitable gain.
The internet as a whole is a privilege.
Our responsibility as digital citizens is to stop identity theft, and other harmful things on the internet. Here are some steps into stopping identity theft.
- Keep all identification and financial documents in a safe and private place.
- Check your credit reports annually
- Don’t carry around credit, debit, or ATM cards you don’t need.
- Update virus protection software periodically
woahhhhh that seems really creepy. i dont think that is right for a company to have a deleted photo of you for 30 months. if you delete it, then you delete it for a reason, not so even more people that are in a company to see you doing something that you thought people to see but then relized it was stupid to put this on in the first place.
This article points out that up to 30 months after photos are deleted from Facebook that they are still there. If someone has the direct URL to a photo, it is still accessible. Students should be taught about this and we should educate ourselves as well. Once something is uploaded it is out there. Period. You cannot take it back.
This is a very interesting article. Safety is really important and dont every do anything stupid because it will never be deleted. You should NEVER do anything bad on the internet because it is not a different life it is just the internet!
i think this is an interesting article and its good to no about the information it gave us and that you should be careful what you post on the internet. its the interenet and its not a different life and anyone can see it
WOW! 30 months? That's amazing, yet horrible. Very interesting article, it shows that there's more to social media than you think. Great post. You really should be careful when posting things on the internet.
There are many risks that can happen if you don't follow the rules of the internet. The internet can be a very dangerous place if you don't follow the rights and responsibilities of it. Thats why its good to know them so you can be safe.
Lisa thuman blogged about the recent changes to the Children Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -- to those people who have rejected social networking and chats -- you're required to "educate minors on appropriate online safety including cyberbulling and interacting with others on social networking sites and in chat rooms."
How are you going to do this without using safe alternatives and then coach them on it? This is REQUIRED in the US if you get erate funds.
Get out there and get busy -- time for pushback. Lisa Thuman's article on this is an excellent read.
n the US, ethnicity is an issue; whites and Asians access the internet more than the African Americans and Hispanics. In Kenya, it is probably where you live that decides your destiny with technology, for even with education and good income, reliable internet services are available only in the major towns.
Overall, 59 per cent of Americans have access to the internet, seven per cent in Asia and only 1.4 per cent in Africa (internet World State, 2005).
Digital Etiquette and CollaborationDigital Citizenship
Computers and the InternetYou use computers all the time. Now, most people think that computers are better and easier to use than things like pen and paper. Almost all the time, we also use the Internet when we use the computer. The Internet is a huge network that connects millions of computers.
Digital CitizenshipWe should always use the Internet and technologies like cell phones and computers wisely. Digital Citizenship can be defined as knowing how to behave responsibly and appropriately when using technology.
The Nine ElementsThe Nine Elements, added together, make up Digital Citizenship. They are:Digital Access ---For everyone to participate with technologyDigital Commerce ---To buy and sell things onlineDigital Communication ---To exchange information onlineDigital Literacy ---To know how and when to use technologyDigital Etiquette ---To act online how others would expect you to.Digital Law ---The legal rights and restrictions for technologyDigital Rights & Responsibilities ---The rights you have online, and the way you should act when you have them.Digital Health & Wellness ---To know how to stay healthy and well while using technology.Digital Security ---- The things you must do to stay safe online.
Acronyms and EmotionsAn acronym is a few letters or numbers that represents a word or sentence. There are some more well-known acronyms like:LOL ---Laugh Out LoudTTYL ---Talk To You LaterBRB --- Be Right BackG2G --- Got To “2” Go
A key Republican lawmaker indicated Wednesday that Internet privacy could be a legislative priority in the next Congress, as a growing number of data breaches draw increased attention from federal regulators.
The right to privacy
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Some users of the 'net wish to shield their identities while
participating in frank discussions of sensitive topics.
At the website, I found information about how kids assume nothing is wrong with the internet. It talks about digital literacy and why you should know about technology. It talks about how you should be careful when on internet.
The internet has long been identified as a key platform to increase user’s access to HIV awareness and prevention information. Current internet based interventions consist of establishing websites and chat rooms. However, these mechanisms alone have been ineffective in providing key access to the majority of internet users.
This partnership builds on UNDP’s ongoing efforts to increase access to HIV awareness information to millions of Chinese by working with commercial media and advertisement companies, government partners, production companies, people living with HIV and UN partners.