Internet Safety

“Doing the Right

thing online”

RCPS 5th Graders

Fall 2006
The Internet:
•Educates Us
•Entertains Us
•Connects us

•False information
•Opens your home
to the outside world.
•Bad People
Meet Clicky, Your net safe guide

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 Be Smart… UYN

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clip from netsmartz.org
Some Basics
The computer works on the net by accessing other computers at
addresses with an application called a browser.

“Surfing the web” is spending time searching for web pages using an
address like Google or “Ask.com”.

Email (electronic mail) and Attachments (items “stuffed” in the

message) are ways to talk and send data to others.

Chat and instant messaging is a way to talk to others with an

application like AIM or YAHOO. It’s called “IMing” someone.

Viruses, & hacking, are when bad people do bad things to others for
unkind fun or money. Example: hacking a password.

Plagiarism is copying someone’s work then calling it your own… it’s

illegal.

Passwords should be strong and hard to break vs

Weak and easy to break.
 Password Safety

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 Pledge:
Tell an adult
about anything
you see or find
on the internet
that makes
you feel
uncomfortable
or confused.
 Can you be sure who you are
Talking to on Instant Message?

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clip from netsmartz.org

Wizziwig: Are you Sure?

 Online
Social Sites

Bad people called predators can watch

and read your information

Don’t give predators any reason to contact you.

 Pledge:
Don’t share
information about
your family, relatives
or friends.

Don’t share your

name, address,
phone numbers, or
the location of your
house to anyone on
the internet. Why would he want to know?
 Giving away too much info.

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clip from netsmartz.org

Chat/Instant Messages
Different screen name just for chatting avoids Teresa’s problem.
 Pledge:
Do not answer messages
that make you feel
uncomfortable,
or are threatening.

Tell your parents or

trusted adult about
anything that
makes you feel
uncomfortable.

Do not send threatening

or mean messages to
others.
Email
Your Newest
Who? You don’t know! email friend?

Attachments - infect the

computer.

Chat/Instant Messages
Different screen name just for chatting
avoids Teresa’s problem.

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Virginia Community Policing Institute
 Pledge:
NEVER meet
someone, from the
internet,
by yourself.

Ask your parents

for permission and
help to meet
someone in a
public place.
File Sharing- Don’t be Pirate
• Access to another computer or share YOUR files.
• Download music?… save a file to YOUR computer
from someone else’s computer.
• Breaking copyright and legal use laws
The Internet
is an ever
increasing
part of our
world…
use it
wisely!
Do the right thing on
the internet
Realize that File Sharing and
downloading music for free is
illegal.

Don’t Copy other peoples work. It’s

stealing… called Plagiarism.

Make up strong Passwords that use

letters and numbers (not regular
words or names)

Ask your parents if your home computer

is protected from hackers and
viruses.
Be Safe Online

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 Discuss Internet Pledge with your
parents.
Then follow these guidelines.
Tell an adult about anything you see or find on the
internet that makes you feel uncomfortable or
confused.

Don’t share information about your family, relatives

or friends. Don’t share your name, address,
phone numbers, or the location of your house
to anyone on the internet.

Do not answer messages that make you feel

uncomfortable, or are threatening. Tell your
parents or trusted adult about anything that
makes you feel uncomfortable. Do not send
threatening or mean messages to others.

NEVER meet someone, from the internet, by

yourself. Ask your parents for permission and
help to meet someone in a public place.
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 Bad Guys on the Web
NetSmartz.org
Meet the Bad Guys on the Net @
NetSmartz.org
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/activities/clwebworld/out
laws.htm
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