Student_Internet_Safety

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__Student Internet Safety__
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Student Topics

 * What?** Internet safety topics for both Elementary aged and Secondary aged students.


 * Why?** To ensure that all students are using the Internet safely to help further educational goals. How one student acts online with strangers and personal information can actually affect other students from the same school or community.


 * Important topics covered:**


 * 1) Vocabulary
 * 2) Cyberbullying
 * 3) Social Networking (MySpace, FaceBook, etc.)
 * 4) Netiquette
 * 5) Wiki
 * 6) Blogging
 * 7) Instant Message (IM)
 * 8) Browser
 * 9) Chat room
 * 10) E-mail
 * 11) E-mail address
 * 12) Home page
 * 13) Internet
 * 14) Search engine
 * 15) URL
 * 16) Web Browser
 * 17) Web page
 * 18) Web site
 * 19) World Wide Web
 * 20) Domain
 * 21) Hyperlink
 * 22) File Extension
 * 23) Virus
 * 24) Social Networking
 * 25) My Space, FaceBook,
 * 26) Cyberbullying
 * 27) Educational Focus : RISD provides technology resources to students to enhance their learning process. These resources are a privilege, and are to be used for educational purposes only.
 * 28) Stranger Danger
 * 29) Tied directly to personal information.
 * 30) Don’t open or answer any emails or IM’s from someone you don’t know. Utilize your junk mail folder or block the email addresses.
 * 31) Never agree to meet someone you do not know personally.

7. Personal Information
 * 1) Don’t give it out!
 * 2) Talking about local events, school mascots, school events, things indigenous only to your area, city, friends names, pics with personal information in them or background clues, how to answer personal questions. Never give out your phone number; it’s traceable. Never give out your name, age, address, city, state, zip code, phone number, school, etc.
 * 3) Despite what someone may tell you or show you, you don’t know who you are really talking to. You may think you’re talking to someone your age, but they might be 30 years older.
 * 4) You have to protect yourself. Adults can’t always protect you from predators who can find you over the Internet.
 * 5) Be careful what you share with your friends. They can inadvertently share that information with a predator.

8. Netiquette
 * 1) All caps means shouting.
 * 2) Tone of voice.
 * 3) Know where you are. Be careful when searching which websites you open. Be weary of inappropriate information or viruses.

9. AUP & Consequences
 * 1) Acceptable Use Policy
 * 2) Link to AUP: http://rockwallisd.com/1_documents/PPR_Student_Handbook_2007-2008.swf (see page 10).

Elementary and Secondary Divisions???