Cybersafety Presentation for Connecting Waters Charter School

CYBERCITIZENSHIP Awareness of Cyberstalking, Cyberbullying, and Cybersafety

Connecting Waters Cyber Citizens 34% 54% 10% Computer at Work 1% IM is Useful Joined a Social Network Online >1 hr/day for personal use

Connecting Waters Mobile Communicators 28% 36% 17% Phone Calls Only 19% Talk and Text Talk, Text, and Pics Talk, Text, Pics, Internet

Student Uses of Technology Bypass Internet filters Creating ringtones Making money Multiple uses for cell phones Online chat Video chat Post pictures and videos Programming and Productivity

Online Student Safety Issues Cyberbullies Inappropriate websites Information literacy Online predators Sharing too much information Social networks

Cyber-what? Cyberstalking: use of technology to find and take advantage of people Cyberbullying: use of technology for social cruelty Cybersafety: safe and responsible use of technology

WWW.HULU.COM/WATCH/1420/SATURDAY-NIGHT-LIVE-MYSPACE SNL - MySpace and You Class

Cyberstalking (2006) 4% of youth Internet users received “aggressive” solicitations 1 in 7 received unwanted solicitations .08% met someone without parents’ permission Most victims voluntarily meet with Internet offenders

Why be Cybersafe? 96% of youth Internet users use social networking 9-17 yr olds spend @9 hrs/week @30% have their own web sites @41% post comments on discussion boards weekly

Cyberbullying Text Messages Cameraphone Messages Instant Messages Chat Rooms Discussion Boards Social Networking Groups Videos

WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=YDBFXX4BLXG Jump In Jump Out Cyberbully Video

What is Social Networking?

Why Cyberbully? Flame Harass and Denigrate Impersonate Trick Exclude

Flaming

Harassing and Denigrating

Impersonating

Tricking

Statistics (2006) 42% have been bullied online 35% have been threatened online 53% (admit) bullying online 58% have not told parents/adult about online bullying or threats

Cyberbully Cyberbullying often related to bullying Girls more active online communicators Relationship break-up? Put-downs and Get-backs

Cyberbullied Wannabe Bully or bullied at school Socially at-risk Sexual orientation

Bullying (1997) Occurs in school playgrounds every 7 mins and every 25 mins in classrooms 83% of students say watching bullying makes them feel uncomfortable 57% of bullying stops within 10 seconds when peers intervene By 24, 60% of bullies have a criminal conviction

Appropriate Responses Don’t respond or meet Save proof Block communications Tell an adult Contact ISP or service Contact parents Contact authorities or an attorney

Cybercrimes against children? Child Pornography Child Enticement Cyberbullying

Child Pornography It’s not what you think Not children in bathtubs How bad is it? 20,000 personal computers in Virginia How is it distributed?

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) BitTorrent, Limewire, KaZaa, etc... Trade pictures, video, software Trade pornography Trade child pornography If you search for pornography, you will find child pornography

Effects of Child Pornography Child Pornography breeds new child sex offenders 1.Pornography addiction 2.Inadvertent exposure to child pornography 3.Child pornography 4.Extreme child pornography 5.Attempts at hands-on

Child Enticement Children need to be protected Many teens think it’s not sex if you can’t get pregnant It’s not MySpace - It’s what they say... The things that people say or leave online are pretty permanent

WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=RVP-KZEOWW0 Think Before You Post Video

WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=HOWPGF1SOQM Everybody Knows Your Name Video

Cyberbully Children (and adults) get bolder online Lack of feedback prevents people from knowing when they’ve gone too far It can lead to suicide (and has)...

Other Considerations Google yourself Search for “your name” at Google Set up a Google alert for your name or site www.google.com/alerts

Got Data? Project Tomorrow: Speak Up www.tomorrow.org Student, Staff, Parent Surveys Free Data Results

Additional Resources Connecting Waters Resource Page http://www.ieminc.org/handbook/computerrel/cwtechres.htm CTAP Cybersafety Project http://www.myctap.org/cybersafety

Resources Used Saturday Night Live - MySpace and You www.hulu.com Jump In Jump Out, Think Before You Post, Everybody Knows Your Name Videos www.youtube.com Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/isttf/

Cybersafety Presentation for Connecting Waters Charter School

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