This document provides information and advice about staying safe online. It discusses some of the common risks people may encounter on the internet, such as viruses, spyware, and interacting with strangers. It also addresses issues like cyberbullying and privacy settings. The document encourages students to be aware of potential dangers and to get help from college staff if they experience any problems like online bullying.

1. Staying Safe on the Internet

2. We LOVE the Internet!
 The internet is an amazing place! You probably use it most days at College to
research work and at home, on your PC or phone just to have fun.
 When you imagine how many billions of people are using the Internet at any one
time, then overall it is actually a pretty safe place. However, as with anything
so good, there are bound to be a few things that are not so positive.
 The Internet and particularly Social Media do have a few pitfalls and you
need to be aware of them in order to use it confidently and safely
 Email
 Websites
 Search Engines
 Moodle
 Social Media

3. We really LOVE Social Media!
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=welcome#!/BurnleyCollegeALevels

4. How safe are you?
Watch ‘Claire Thought She Knew’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WEnqnq1Hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoEG7R5Len0
http://old.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullFilm.aspx

5. Have you ever….?

6. The A-Z(ish!) Quiz of Net Safety

7. A
 What A can be sent via email that could
contain a virus?
 What A is a computer program that
displays adverts on your computer
screen, often installed without you
realising?
 What A is software you should install on
your computer before surfing the
internet?

8. B
 What B should you do to anyone who
adds you on messenger sites that you do
not know?
 What B is a Social Networking site that
used to be popular with teens, but has
since lost many users to facebook?
 What B is short for weblog?

9. C
 What C is a place on the internet where you
can communicate to lots of people or private
message other users?
 What C involves the use of information and
communication technologies to support
deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviour by
an individual or group that is intended to harm
others?
 What C is a small file that is sent to a web
browser and stored on a user’s computer?
These files can then be read by a server to
remember preferences or personal details.

10. F
 What F is a popular social networking website
with over 800 million registered (not
necessarily active!) users worldwide?
 What F is a means of preventing certain types
of material reaching your computer?
 What F is a program that checks all data
passing between your computer and the
internet to see if it is safe and permitted?

11. G & M!
 What G is the term used to describe when an adult encourages a
youngster to meet up with them; this is often done in chat rooms?
 What G is the email service provided by a popular search
engine?
 What M is the name for bad software like viruses, spyware etc.?
 What M is the official name of a service like Yahoo or MSN used
to chat online?
 What M is the name of the act of supervising what goes on in a
chatroom or other online service?
 What M is the name of a social networking site that lost popularity
to Facebook and that Justin Timberlake recently purchased a
stake in?

12. P
 What P is the name of the settings you should always
update when on Social Networking websites?
 What P is often four digits and used to confirm
identity, particularly at ATM machines?
 What P is a series of letters, numbers and/or symbols
that only you should know that is used to confirm your
identity?
 What P is an attempt to trick people into visiting
malicious websites in order to steal personal
information/details often via pretend emails from
banks?

13. S
 What S is the name given to the act of using
the internet to find and make friends and stay
in touch with people?
 What S are people you do not know that you
should not add on Social Network sites and
Messenger services?
 What S is a program that lets you make
phones over the internet? You can talk to
other users of this program for free or pay to
call ordinary telephones.

14. T & V!
 What T is a method of sending short messages from
one mobile phone to another – sometimes referred to
as SMS?
 What T is a malware program that is not what it seems
to be? These pretend to be useful programs like word
processors but really they install spyware or open up
your computer to hackers?
 What V can infect your computer by deleting your
files, stealing your data or even let hackers take
control of your hardware?
 What V is the term used to describe a video that gets
popular simply through internet sharing?

15. For more information…
http://ceop.police.uk/
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoEG7R5Len0
http://old.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullFilm.aspx

16. Finally…
If you are being bullied online by
anyone in College, speak to
your tutor immediately. For
YOUR safety, online bullying is
taken VERY seriously, and can
lead to suspension or expulsion
from College.