Internet / TechnologySafety Class

Internet usage awareness for children,

youth and adults.

Outline:• Internet Basics:– What is the internet?– The internet was invented

by Al Gore, right?– Who is surfing?

• Shared Music / P2P Sites– What are P2Ps (ex.

LimeWire)?– Everyone’s question….Is it

legal?

• Social Networking– What is Myspace.com and

facebook.com?– Is it safe?– Videos about social

networking sites.

• Instant messaging– What is instant messaging?– Who is chatting?– Chatting abbreviations

• Education:– Education for Children– Education for teens– Education for Adults

• Parental Controls:– PC loaded software– SonicWall demo– Pricing for defense

• Social issues:– Computer in the bedroom– Communication with kids

 • Question and Answer

Time:

Internet Basics

Internet Basics• What is the internet??

Websters Dictionary: an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world

Internet Basics• What is the internet??

Websters Dictionary: an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world

• Internet, invented byAl Gore, right?The Internet was originally developed by DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, as a means to share information on defense research between involved universities and defense research facilities. Al Gore really did have a substantial part in the legal framework and governmental issues related to the internet.

Internet Basics• What is the internet??

Websters Dictionary: an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world

• Internet, invented byAl Gore, right?The Internet was originally developed by DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, as a means to share information on defense research between involved universities and defense research facilities. Al Gore really did have a substantial part in the legal framework and governmental issues related to the internet.

• Who is surfing??215,935,529 Internet users as of Dec/07, 71.7% of the population

P2P Filesharing Software

P2P Filesharing Sotware• What are P2Ps (ex. LimeWire)?– Short for peer to peer, P2P is a form

of file sharing where users trade files with each other, versus downloading them from a centralized server. Peer-to-peer networking employs a system in which each user can see the files that every other connected user has to share.

P2P Filesharing Sotware• What are P2Ps (ex. LimeWire)?– Short for peer to peer, P2P is a form of file

sharing where users trade files with each other, versus downloading them from a centralized server. Peer-to-peer networking employs a system in which each user can see the files that every other connected user has to share.

• Everyone’s question….Is it legal?– P2P sites and software are legal but any

copyrighted material shared and or downloaded by its users without written consent, IS NOT.

P2P Filesharing Sotware• What are P2Ps (ex. LimeWire)?

– Short for peer to peer, P2P is a form of file sharing where users trade files with each other, versus downloading them from a centralized server. Peer-to-peer networking employs a system in which each user can see the files that every other connected user has to share.

• Everyone’s question….Is it legal?– P2P sites and software are legal but any

copyrighted material shared and or downloaded by its users without written consent, IS NOT.

• Play lime wire video.– http://reviews.cnet.com/

Quick_Tips_Legal_file_sharing_with_LimeWire/4660-10621_7-6718085.html

Limewire Screenshot

Social Networking

Social Networking

• What is Myspace.com and facebook.com?–MySpace/Facebook is a social

networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music

Social Networking

• What is Myspace.com and facebook.com?–MySpace/Facebook is a social

networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music

• Is it safe?– Social networking sites are as safe

as their weakest content.

Social Networking

• What is Myspace.com and facebook.com?– MySpace/Facebook is a social networking

website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music

• Is it safe?– Social networking sites are as safe as their

weakest content.

• Videos about social networking sites.– http://www.nsteens.org/videos/social-

networking/– http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/

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Instant Messaging

Instant Messaging• What is instant messaging?– Instant Messaging, also called "IM,"

allows two people to communicate in over the Internet just as if they were having a face-to-face talk with the other person. It is much faster than email. Some Instant Messaging software allows you to track when another person "logs on" or "logs off" of the Internet. Some software also gives you the ability to send files to your friends, and receive files they send to you.

Instant Messaging• What is instant messaging?

– Instant Messaging, also called "IM," allows two people to communicate in over the Internet just as if they were having a face-to-face talk with the other person. It is much faster than email. Some Instant Messaging software allows you to track when another person "logs on" or "logs off" of the Internet. Some software also gives you the ability to send files to your friends, and receive files they send to you.

• Chatting Statistics?– 75% of teens use Instant Messaging compared to 42% of

adults – 65% of all parents and 64% of all teens say that teens do

things online that they wouldn't want their parents to know about

– 28% of online teens say they use code words on a daily basis to hide online conversations from their parents

– Over half (51%) of parents either do not have, or do not know if they have, software on their computers to monitor where their teenagers go online and with whom they interact

Instant Messaging• What is instant messaging?

– Instant Messaging, also called "IM," allows two people to communicate in over the Internet just as if they were having a face-to-face talk with the other person. It is much faster than email. Some Instant Messaging software allows you to track when another person "logs on" or "logs off" of the Internet. Some software also gives you the ability to send files to your friends, and receive files they send to you.

• Chatting Statistics?– 75% of teens use Instant Messaging compared to 42% of adults – 65% of all parents and 64% of all teens say that teens do

things online that they wouldn't want their parents to know about

– 28% of online teens say they use code words on a daily basis to hide online conversations from their parents

– Over half (51%) of parents either do not have, or do not know if they have, software on their computers to monitor where their teenagers go online and with whom they interact

• Chatting abbreviations– LOL , JK, PIW, PAW

Education

• Education for Children

• Education for Teens

• Education for Adults

Parental Controls

• PC loaded software– K9 Web Protection, NetNanny, CyberSitter, CyberPatrol

• Hardware Devices– ZoneAlarm Secure Wireless router – Dlink Router with Secure Spot Software– Sonicwall TZ 150

• Pricing for defense– Software solutions Free to $49 to $99– Hardware devices:

• Dlink $100• ZoneAlarm $150 - $175• Sonicwall TZ 150 $ 325 -$400

Social Issues

• Computer in the bedroom

• Communication with kids

• Common Sense

Resources

Internet Resources:www.wiredsafety.orgwww.netsmartz.com

www.nsteens.orgwww.netsmartkidz.com

 

Books:Logged On and Tuned Out

Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn To Use the Internet Safely and Responsibly

Questions?&

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