Electronic Safety

Keeping yourself safe on the internet and cell phone

Intended for Grades 4-5

Do you have a computer at home?

Yes N

o

4%

96%1. Yes

2. No

Do you have/use a cell phone?

Yes N

o

14%

86%1. Yes

2. No

Do you ever play games online?

Yes N

o

5%

95%1. Yes

2. No

Do you have an e-mail address?

Yes N

o

13%

87%1. Yes

2. No

Do you ever use Chat groups?

Yes N

o

37%

63%

1. Yes

2. No

Have you ever visited Facebook, Myspace or other “social sites”?

Yes N

o

26%

74%1. Yes

2. No

Have you ever sent or received a text message?

Yes N

o

25%

75%1. Yes

2. No

Have you ever bullied someone online?

Yes N

o

71%

29%

1. Yes

2. No

Have you ever been bullied online?

Yes N

o

54%

46%

1. Yes

2. No

Electronic Enemies:

1) Cyberbullies

2) Spammers

3) Defamatory Sites

4) Child Predators

5) Cellphone Abuser

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What is Cyber Bullying?

Cyber bullying is sending or posting harmful or cruel text or images using the Internet or other digital communication devices, including cell phones and PDA's (personal digital assistants)

Cyber-bullying can include:

• Sending cruel, vicious or threatening e-mails or IMs.

• Creating Web sites that have stories, pictures and jokes ridiculing others.

• Posting pictures of other students/kids online with derogatory phrases or questions attached to them.

• Using someone else's e-mail to send vicious or incriminating e-mails to others.

• Using instant messaging tools to harass others.

Save your Identity

• Only share passwords with parents/guardians

• Change your passwords routinely

• Set webpages, profiles, blogs, etc. to private

How much is too much?

Discuss with an elbow buddy what information is safe to put on a webpage, blog, myspace or a facebook account.

Too much information:

• Do not give away your gender, age, or location in screen names

• Avoid posting photos that could be damaging now or in the future

• All pictures should be altered to remove identifying information

• Don’t post plans or where you are located

• Think about real life effects of posts

Defamatory Sites

Changes information on your site without your permission

Creates a site about you without you knowing

Posts negative material or lies about you

Created by cyber-bullies

Have you ever been a victim of a cyber bully?

Students Who've Been Bullied Online Between Grades 4-8

57%

43% Yes

No

Ways to handle cyber-bullies:

• not giving out your passwords or any personal information to anyone, either online or in person.

• not replying to a message from an online bully. • blocking e-mail or instant messages from the

sender. • You can also save harassing messages and forward

them to your Internet Service Provider (ISP). ISPs are companies, such as AOL, Netscape, and NetZero that provide Internet access to consumers. Most ISPs have policies that restrict users from harassing others over the Internet.

• Be aware! Cyber bullies can easily change screen names.

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Ways to handle cyber-bullies:• Ignore the bullying or tell them to stop.• Tell a parent, teacher or trusted adult if

you are being bullied online. This isn't "tattling“ or “snitching.”

• If you know someone else who is being mean to other kids online, tell them to stop and then tell a parent or teacher.

Spammers

Sends you junk e-mails or texts

Sends e-mails to everyone in their address book or in contact list

Sends links to sites that contain inappropriate materials

Sends the same material repeatedly

Cellphone Abusers

Send bullying text messages

Take pictures of people on their cameras without their consent or knowledge

Use cell phones to text links to inappropriate sites, spam by phone

Gang up on someone by group texting

Child Predators

Intent is to meet children for illegal purposes

May intend to harm you

May suggest to meet in real life

Gathers facts about you from your websites, chat, and profiles

Avoiding Electronic Enemies

- It is important to know who you are talking to when using electronic devices.

- Anything you say to someone on-line or in a text has a permanent record, it will NEVER go away

- You should report anyone who makes you feel uncomfortable to an adult.

- Never attempt to “fight back” electronically

Electronic Safety Pledges

I Pledge…

• I promise to tell an adult about e-mails or text messages that make me feel uncomfortable, bully me, or bully others.

• I will tell a parent if anyone asks for my personal information including but not limited to phone numbers, addresses and passwords.

• I will never meet anyone from online. I will tell an adult if someone online asks to meet me.

I Pledge…

• I will not create sites, post comments, or post pictures with the intent of hurting someone’s feelings.

• I will not use a cell phone or a computer to bully someone else, even if they have previously done it to me.

• I will not say things electronically that I would not say face to face.