Online Safety

Lesson 1

Online Safety

Online safety or Internet Safety, is the knowledge of maximizing the user’s personal safety and security risks to private information and property associated with using the internet, and the self-protection from computer crime in general.

The number of internet users continues to grow worldwide, internet, governments and organizations have expressed concerns about the safety of children using the Internet. Let’s watch a video to help us better understand Online Safety-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJbWA5u8cAY

 

  • Never give out personal information, such as your name, home address, telephone number, school name or mascot in a public message. Also, never send a person a picture of yourself without first checking with your parent or guardian.
  • Do not set up a “User Profile” on any Internet provider. People you do not know will be able to obtain personal information simply by looking up your profile. If you already have a profile, you should consider deleting it.
  • Be sure you are dealing with someone who you and your parents know and trust before giving out any personal information via E-mail or Instant Messages.

Internet Safety Rules:

  1. I will not give out personal information such as my address, telephone number, parents’ work address/telephone number without my parents’ permission.
  2.  I will tell my parents right away if I come across something that makes me feel uncomfortable.
  3.  I will never agree to get together with someone I “meet” online without first checking with my parents. If my parents agree to the meeting, I will be sure that it is in a public place and bring a parent along.
  4. I will talk with my parents about posting pictures of myself or others online and not post any pictures that my parents consider to be inappropriate.
  5.   I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message like that. If I do I will tell my parents right away.
  6.   I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online and using a mobile phone. We will decide upon the time of day that I can be online, the length of time I can be online and appropriate areas for me to visit. I will not access other areas or break these rules without their permission.
  7.   I will not give out my passwords to anyone (even my best friends) other than my parents.
  8.  I will check with my parents before downloading or installing software or doing anything that could possibly hurt our computer or mobile device or jeopardize my family’s privacy.
  9.  I will be a good online citizen and not do anything that hurts other people or is against the law.

Quiz-

  • What are your favorite things to do online?
  • What is personal information? Why should you keep it private?
  • What could you do to be safer online?
  • What would you do if anyone online asked to meet you face-to-face?