Internet Safety for Families
A Hotlist
Kids
Clicky’s Web World: What You Can Do
on the Web (NetSmartzKidz)
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/activities/clwebworld/clwhat2do.htm
NetSmartzKidz Internet
Safety games
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/games/index.htm
Get Your Web License (PBS KIDS)
Problem Solver: Cyberbullies
(McGruff)
http://www.mcgruff.org/ProblemSolver/cyberbully.htm
Kids’ Rules for Online Safety (SafeKids.com)
http://www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm
CyberEthics for Kids by
http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm
• Rules for using the Internet and information about hacking
Kids
& Parents
Internet Super Heroes: Cyberbullying
(use pull-down menus at bottom)
(WiredSafety)
http://www.internetsuperheroes.org/cyberbullying/index.html
GetNetWise Online Safety Guide (click
on age-level tips on left side of screen)
http://kids.getnetwise.org/safetyguide/
Website
directories & Search Engines for Kids
NetMom’s nice sites
http://www.netmom.org/nicesites.html
ALA Great
Sites for Kids http://www.ala.org/greatsites
Awesome
Library http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html
Family-friendly
sites: http://www.familyguidebook.com/safesites.html
Wired
Patrol’s List of Approved Sites http://kids.getnetwise.org/kidsites/wpmore
Kid-friendly Search Engines (just a sampling):
KidsClick http://www.kidsclick.org
Ask (Jeeves)
for Kids http: www.askforkids.com
Parents
Children
and Media
http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/
·
How
media can shape your child’s development and what you can do to create a
media-literate household
Internet Safety: Information for
Parents (WiredSafety)
http://www.wiredsafety.org/parent.html
Parenting Online (WiredKids)
http://wiredkids.org/resources/documents/pdf/parentingonline.pdf
staysafe.org for Parents
http://www.msn.staysafeonline.com/parents/default.html
Safe Kids www.safekids.com
·
Cellphones: http://www.safekids.com/cell-phone-safety-tips/
·
Facebook
privacy: http://www.safekids.com/facebook-privacy/
·
Child
Safety on the Information highway: http://www.safekids.com/child-safety-on-the-information-highway/
·
Tips
to stop cyberbullying: http://www.safekids.com/tips-to-stop-cyberbullying/
A Parent’s Guide to Online Safety:
Ages and Stages (Microsoft)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/parentsguide.mspx
iKeepSafe.org videos and tutorials
http://ikeepsafe.org/PRC/videotutorials/index.php
How To (staysafe.org)
http://www.msn.staysafeonline.com/toolbox/how_to/index.html
Young People, Music & the
Internet: P2P (Childnet International)
http://www.childnet-int.org/music/parents.html
Cyberbullying handouts [untitled] by Bullying.org
http://www.cyberbullying.org/pdf/Cyberbullying_Information.pdf
• Details about cyberbullying
(Canadian)
National Council on
Crime Prevention (McGruff)
-Internet Safety http://www.ncpc.org/parents/Internet_Safety.php
Social networking
http://www.ncpc.org/parents/social_networks.php
Definitions
BeWebAware: Internet 101 by Media Awareness
Network
http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/internet101.aspx
• Short glossary of Internet terms
Internet Definitions by Netsmartz
http://www.netsmartz.org/safety/definitions.htm
• Extensive online glossary
Filtering/Blocking
Filter Review (National Coalition for
the Protection of Children and Families)
http://www.filterreview.com/index.htm
Filtering and Blocking by WiredKids
http://www.wiredkids.org/safesites/filtering.html
• Information about filtering, blocking, and outgoing software
“Why Filters Won’t
Protect Children or Adults” by
Nancy Kranich, Library Administration
and Management 18(1): 14-18 (published by American Library Association)
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/issuesrelatedlinks/whyfilterswontprotect.htm
• Educating about Internet safety as opposed to using filters
Newsletters
FamilyTechTalk by
Larry Magid and Anne Collier (weekly podcasts)
http://www.familytechtalk.com/
Ready, Set, Game: Learn How to Keep Video Gaming Safe and Fun by Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/gamingonline.mspx
• Tips for parents to help children “play it safe with
online games”
Net Family News
Parent/Child
Sample Agreements
Family Contract for Online Safety by SafeKids.com
http://www.safekids.com/contract.htm
• Kid’s Pledge and Parent’s Pledge
Kids’ Rules for Online Safety by SafeKids.com
http://www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm
• Clear list of commitments
Rules ‘N Tools Youth Pledge by ProtectKids.com
http://www.protectkids.com/parentsafety/pledge.htm
• Family Internet safety contract
Using Family Contracts to Help Protect Your Kids Online by Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/famwebrules.mspx
• Sample contract for online code of conduct
Web Wise Kids: Internet Safety Plan by WiredWithWisdom
http://www.wiredwithwisdom.org/internet-safety-plan.pdf
• Formatted as, “If [blank] happens, I will [blank]”
Predators
Online Predators: What You Can Do to Minimize the Risk by Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidpred.mspx
• Information on how predators work, tips for parents,
and guidelines for children
Predator Tip Sheet by
i-SAFE
http://xblock.isafe.org/docs/Eluding_Internet_Predators_Tip_Sheet.pdf
• Tips and reminders for recognizing potential problems
To
Report Problems
Cyberstalking, Harassment, and Cyberbullying Form by Wired Safety: https://www.wiredsafety.org/forms/stalking.html
• Online form for reporting cyberstalking and cyberbullying
TheCyberTipline by
• Reporting mechanism for child sexual exploitation
GetNetWise: Reporting Trouble by
Internet Education Foundation
http://kids.getnetwise.org/trouble/
http://onguardonline.gov/filecomplaint.html
• Identifying, reporting, and educating children about
online crimes
Report a CyberCrime by
ProtectKids.com: http://www.protectkids.com/report/index.htm
• Cyber tipline and links to local FBI offices
Study of Entertainment Media
& Health: Internet by
Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/internet.cfm
• Two reports: (1) Internet use by young people in
grades 3-12 and (2) online food advertising that targets children