This document discusses both the wonders and dangers of the internet. It notes that the internet now has over 800 million users globally and content is uploaded at an astonishing rate. However, it also notes the dark side of the internet, including cyberbullying, unwanted contact from strangers, and inappropriate content for children. It provides tips for parents on how to help keep children safe online, such as using privacy settings, discussing appropriate behavior, and setting screen time limits. Finally, it notes that everything done online leaves a digital footprint that can have lasting consequences.

1. THE WONDER
OF THE INTERNET
Image courtesy of Michelle Lamberson

2. = 1997

3. Webheads in Buenos Aires, July 2011: Vance, Michael, Jen, Rita

4. Who/Where are the
Webheads?
800+ members in
approximately 50 countries

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs

6. A GLOBAL AUDIENCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4CR3GoB3YY

7. In 2011 48 hours of content
uploaded every minute

8. POLITICS: EGYPT
CC image: alhussainy
CC Images: Ahmad.Hammoud

9. Man - the compulsive communicator
(David Attenborough)

10. FACEBOOK - 900 MILLION
USERS
EARTH: about 7 billion people (2012)

13. ROBIN GOOD ELLUMINATING

15. ONLINE
GAMING
from the World of Warcraft
CC image from Graham Stanley

16. LET’S PAUSE
FOR A MINUTE AND
CONSIDER THE .....

17. THE DARK SIDE
OF
THE INTERNET

18. HOW TO BE CYBER SMART
CONCERNING CHILDREN
• CYBER BULLYING
• UNWANTED CONTACT WITH ONLINE
STRANGERS (Stranger Danger)
• INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT

19. UNWANTED CONTACT WITH ONLINE
STRANGERS (Stranger Danger)
• Know the privacy settings of the software you
are using
• Don’t give out personal information that tells
people where you live unless you know people
well
• Consider multiple identities

20. INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
• Filters only work with very young children
• Have computers in a public space in the home
until at least high school age
• TALK to your children about what they do
• Discuss VALUES, and what is and what is not
approriate
• Ask your children’s teachers if they do this at
school

21. CONCERNING CHILDREN
DISCUSS THE
IDEA
OF
‘SCREEN
TIME’
AND AGREE
ON
LIMITS

22. YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

23. Google knows more
about you than you do!
(And now probably
Facebook too.)

24. YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
• EVERYTHING you do is recorded and leaves a
trace somewhere
• Don’t say anything about someone online that
you wouldn’t say to the person face to face
(f2f)
• Don’t go online if you’re drunk, etc!
• Consider a personal and a professional
identity (Have more than one identity)