Top 7 Websites to Teach Kids About Internet Safety The ease with which anyone can use the Internet and can do so in such an anonymous way creates an environment that's especially dangerous for young and naive kids. While the Internet offers children with a wonderful opportunities to play educational online games or connect with pen pals from across the world, it also presents an open doorway into your home where numerous dangers can find a way to a child. The following websites are some of the best resources that parents and teachers can use to introduce kids to some of the things they need to be careful about when they're spending time on the Internet. NetSmartzKids The National Center for Missing and Exploited children volunteered an entire free website for children to learn all about safely using the Internet. Playing Online Games that Teach Safety Woogi World Complete 4 Missions to Enable Features Completely Missions to Unlock Features Webonauts Making the Right Choice Cyber Cafe Safe Email Use Wired Kids Schools or Parents Can Sign Up
What Exactly Is Phishing & What Techniques Are Scammers Using? I’ve never been a fan of fishing, myself. This is mostly because of an early expedition to a pond where my cousin managed to catch two fish with a bamboo pole, while the fancy fiberglass-reinforced rod I had caught me zip, zero, nada. Similar to real-life fishing, phishing scams aren’t always best when they rely on advanced tactics, but there are many new techniques motivated by social networks. The Basics of Phishing According to Microsoft’s Safety & Security Center, phishing can be summed up as: “A type of online identity theft. In other words, phishers are the Loki of the Internet. There is one point on which I disagree with Microsoft, however, and that’s their description of phishing as “a type of online identity theft”. Traditional Phishing In many cases, Microsoft is correct. But it’s not. Traditional phishing can be combated by refusing to follow links in such emails. You can also combat phishing using an Internet Security suite with anti-phishing features. Phone Phishing Conclusion
Webonauts Internet Academy Come play again later! Come play again tomorrow! 5 Ways to Keep Your Information Secure in the Cloud" Passwords are designed to keep our information safe from prying eyes. They're like locks. A hacker may force the door and break your lock, but most of the time a strong lock keeps people out. But let's be honest: Passwords are annoying. Remembering them is a pain, so we often take the easy way out and use simple passwords that we won't forget. But if they're easy to remember, they're also easy to guess. When the site RockYou.com was hacked in 2009, a security firm examined the 32 million compromised passwords and found that thousands upon thousands of users relied on the same basic phrases. The best passwords combine letters, numbers and symbols into an unusual configuration.
Texas Attorney General The proliferation of child predators using the Internet to target young victims has become a national crisis. A study shows one in seven children will be solicited for sex online in the next year. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is urging all parents and teachers to realize the risks our children face online, and take steps to help ensure their children’s safety. iKeepSafe Internet Safety Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today joined with the Texas Cable Association and the Internet Keep Safe Coalition to launch a new video that teaches children and parents about online safety. The video runs 16 minutes. Watch a Cyber Safety Town Hall Meeting Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and top investigators from his Cyber Crimes Unit are spreading the message of online safety to children and parents through a series of Cyber Safety Town Hall meetings. The video runs 1 hour and 23 minutes. View video as Windows Media (right-click to download). Internet Safety Video for Parents (Approx. 16 minutes)
Do students understand their ‘digital footprint’ and how it can affect their employability? Last year I presented to a group of 1st year Business School students on the topic of their use of Social Media and Social Networking websites and how this could have implications on their employability. Presentation: Social Media & how (students) can survive online (2010) This year I’ve been privileged enough to be invited back into lecture slots for all the first year under graduate Business School students (Law, Accounting & Finance, and Business). While the topic(s) and reflective activity the students are presented with are the same (including the majority of the responses given) the examples have been updated and improved … there are far more examples to choose from for a start! Click to view This year I have been able to incorporate the TurningPoint handsets (clickers, zappers, etc) to get real-time responses (and capture/record them too) to the content. I ask the question at the beginning of the session “Do you consider your online activity ‘safe’?”
Internet Safety As of July 1, 2013 ThinkQuest has been discontinued. We would like to thank everyone for being a part of the ThinkQuest global community: Students - For your limitless creativity and innovation, which inspires us all. Teachers - For your passion in guiding students on their quest. Partners - For your unwavering support and evangelism. Parents - For supporting the use of technology not only as an instrument of learning, but as a means of creating knowledge. We encourage everyone to continue to “Think, Create and Collaborate,” unleashing the power of technology to teach, share, and inspire. Best wishes, The Oracle Education Foundation
Texting and driving: Gruesome safety video goes viral Graphic UK ad: Texting 2die4 WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A British police force releases a shocking advert on the dangers of texting while driving. P 27, 2009 A graphic British public service announcement about the dangers of sending text messages while driving has become an internet hit and sparked debate around the world. The Gwent police force in Wales said on Wednesday that an excerpt from a video it made for use in schools has been viewed more than 6 million times on YouTube and other websites since it was posted last month. If we can get one person to change their behaviour then it will have been worthwhile. The 30-minute film shows a bubbly teenager named Cassie - "a nice girl from a nice Gwent Valleys family" - who triggers a pile-up that kills four people when she tries to send a text message while driving. Global message ... Advertisement