My first session at Necc2006 was true to my theme for this conference about Internet Safety for kids. I came away with several useful resources. Here are a few takeaways from the session.
According to isafe.org:
Most significant dangers in cyberspace
- #1: cyber-bullying
- #2: responsible use
- #3: cyber predation
- 38% of students (gr. 5-12) visit chat rooms
- 61% of 13-17 year olds have personal profiles on social networking sites
- 27% (gr. 5-12) say it is easier to be accepted into online groups than real world groups at school
- 25% of students believed there was nothing wrong with chatting with strangers on the Internet
- 10% okay to post their pictures
- 10% have met someone F2F originally met online
- 47% of parents feel limited in their ability to monitor
their kids’ online behaviors and shelter them from inappropriate material
Are filters the answer?
- They provide some protection when used
- Kids will get around them
- Kids will be on unfiltered computers at least part of the time (at friends and other places)
- Google “MySpace at school” to see how they get around filters at school (backdoors)
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There is no better internet safety organization than www.isafe.org.
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