A short informational presentation for educators on the role and responsiblity they have to educate students on Cyber Safety. Includes link to lessons.

1. Cyber Safety for Educators Maria Petropulos Fowler Unified School District

2. New Federal Legislation Protecting Children in the 21st Century “Schools and libraries must also certify that, as part of their Internet safety policy, they are educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including cyberbullyingawareness and response and interacting with other individuals on social networking sites and in chat rooms. “

3. California Legislation Chavez Bill, AB 307 2006 Ed Code section 51871.5 “to educate pupils and teachers on the appropriate and ethical use of information technology in the classroom, Internetsafety, avoiding plagiarism, the concept, purpose, and significance of a copyright…”

4. Digital Citizenship Digital Citizenship reinforces the positive aspects of technology so that everyone can work and play in this digital world.” ISTE 2008, Digital Citizenship in Schools

5. District Responsibility to Protect Against Inappropriate Content Safe Internet environment Filtering software [Lightspeed] Safe search environment through the FCOE Portal. Subscription databases netTrekker World Book Encyclopedia Streaming Video Visual Thesaurus

6. Staff Responsibility Ensure use of district provided safe search engines & databases by students Begin reviewing elements of Digital Citizenship with students using district provided curriculum.

7. Internet Usage Children between 8-18 use the computer for more than an hour a day 74% have a computer with Internet access* 31% have high speed access (that number grows each year)* *The George Lucas Foundation, “Synching Up With The iKid,” Edutopia, October 2005.

9. How Students Perceive the Internet 19% of teens feel safer online than in the real world* 39% of students trust people that they chat with online* 24% of students say they see nothing wrong with chatting with a stranger* 10% of students have been asked to keep their Internet relationships a secret * iSAFE America Student Assessment, 2004

10. Online teens frequently communicate with people they have never met: Nearly one third (30%) of online teens said that they have talked about meeting someone whom they’ve only met through the Internet. 28% of online teens said they use code words on a daily basis to hide online conversations from their parents (e.g. “PIR” means “parent in room”).

11. Students Need to Learn that they are vulnerable to predators, even if they feel invincible How dangerous it is to post personal information and photos online how to remain as anonymous as possible when using the Internet to avoid endangering themselves how to recognize and repel the advances of a predator what to do and who to talk to if they feel they have been approached by a stranger online that it is NEVER a good idea to meet in person someone they have “gotten to know” online

12. Cyberbullying

13. How Are Teens Cyberbullied? Post pictures of victims without their consent Pretend they are other people online to trick others Spread lies and rumors about victims Trick people into revealing personal information Send or forward mean text messages

14. When teens were asked why they think others cyberbully, 81 percent said that cyberbullies think it’s funny. Other teens believe that kids who cyberbully Don’t think it’s a big deal Don’t think about the consequences Are encouraged by friends Think everybody cyberbullies Think they won’t get caught

15. Copyright and Ethical use of information What is safe/legal in regards to playing games or downloading music/video What CAN I copy?

16. Where do I start?