Cyber safety and appropriate use of social media sites are important topics to educate students, parents, and teachers about. Popular sites like MySpace and Facebook allow users to create profiles, share photos and media, and connect with friends but also present risks like oversharing private information, cyberbullying, and interacting with unknown individuals. It is important for young people to be aware of how much their personal information can be accessed publicly online and to represent themselves safely when using social networking sites.

1. Cyber Safety

2. Why is it important? Educate teachers, parents & students. Meet the kids where they are, not where you want them to be. Creating educational experiences that are meaningful to today’s youth.

3. My Space, Facebook, etc.

4. What is this “SpaceFace stuff” anyway? Interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos. MySpace & Facebook are the 2 most common social networking sites used by LS students ( today ). Pop culture has logged on as well. Both are blocked in the LSR7 school district.

5. MySpace.com Currently the worlds 5 th most popular English-language website. 3 rd most popular website in the US. Owned by NewsCorp (Fox Interactive Media)- they have the rights to everything that is published on MySpace. Typical profile includes: About Me, Who I’d Like to Meet, Interests, Details, Top Friends, etc. “Hotbed” for spyware.

6. Facebook.com Originally developed for college students, but recently opened up to anyone with an e-mail address. You join a participating network, such as a high school. #1 site for photos (ahead of Flickr)

7. Why it’s cool New form of expression. Assists in communication- way to keep in touch with friends and family. Meet people with similar interests – become immersed in a new community (basket weavers, gardening, new moms). Information Literacy- using technology in creative and useful ways.

8. Why it’s not Members frequently misrepresent themselves online- predators, identity theft, etc. Content can be questionable (pictures and text not suitable for minors). Frequently used a place for teens to harass, ridicule, & bully one another.

9. Bringing it home for kids Real students from LSW. Voluntarily put their own information on the WORLD WIDE WEB. Can be accessed by anyone. Discuss how much information can be detected from a simple screen name.

10. Jigsaw Activity

11. Jigsaw Activity

12. Examples LSW_Soccer_Stud_09 lil_mz_sporty_princess0890 Angel_Cardello_Duh LSW_Sport_Stud sexyscorpio_06 School, Sport, Age (thru graduation year) Gender, Interests, Age (birthday, month & year) Name, Gender School, Gender Birth Month, Age (thru graduation year) & sexual connotation

14. Leet Speak

15. Definition: Leet or Leetspeak ( 1337 or 13375|>34|< ) is written form of slang used primarily on the Internet, but becoming increasingly common in many online video games, which uses various combinations of alphanumerics to replace proper letters. The term itself is a form of the word &quot;elite&quot;, and the language it describes resembles a highly specialized form of electronic shorthand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L33tspeak

16. Definition: Leet or Leetspeak ( 1337 or 13375|>34|< ) is written form of slang used primarily on the Internet, but becoming increasingly common in many online video games, which uses various combinations of alphanumerics to replace proper letters. The term itself is a form of the word &quot;elite&quot;, and the language it describes resembles a highly specialized form of electronic shorthand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L33tspeak

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18. My parents are working late tonight. I have a copy of tomorrow’s math test. Mrs. Arnett is so hot. www.learnleetspeak.com

19. Other resources www.haltabuse.org www.spamcop.net www.isafe.org