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ONLINE SAFETY / CYBERSAFETY / INTERNET SAFETY

Guidelines for Cybersafety
It's great to see classroom Blogs and Wikis being used at Westmere. As we (teachers) get to grips with giving students the 'reigns' and let them be the decision makers on the Blogs and Wikis, we need to make sure we are guiding our students into making safe online decisions.
 * ALL CLASSROOM WIKIS AND BLOGS MUST BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN ORDER FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT. **


 * We have a whole-school policy that students use only their first name online and NEVER associate their name with a photo or video of themselves. **

**__Developing Cybersafety / Online Rules with your students.__** When developing rules and guidelines with your students you'll need to consider the following? Do the students realise the implications of sharing information about themselves online? Have cybersafety rules been created in collaboration with students? If yes, are these rules on display and available in your classroom and on your Blog or Wiki?

Here are some ideas which could help you in setting guidelines and rules in your classroom. Remember, these need to be referred to with the students on a regular basis. n.b. All students should have signed a Cybersafety Agreement and returned it to school.
 * Do you have permission to publish each student's image online?
 * If an image of a child is published, why is it not safe to have their name too?
 * It's great having video footage on our Wiki. How should you introduce yourself?
 * When responding to information online (giving feedback of some sort), why do we need to be respectful?
 * Who is the person emailing us? Are they who they say they are?
 * Why did we take [|www.google.com] off our homepage?
 * How can you keep yourself safe when viewing links that take you to YouTube?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Where can you go to find links to learning websites? (each class Blog or Wiki seems to have their own website links page - cool!)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What would you do if you came across a website you didn't think was appropriate? Who would you tell?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Never give out your personal information online (full name, address, phone number etc).

The senior digikids have been working together to create rules for safe online practice for our Westmere Kids. Here is the draft; <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 54.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Check if it’s appropriate to post on a wiki/blog ( e.g no bad language, no violence). <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 54.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Check with an adult first before posting. <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 54.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Ask yourself… should kids be watching this? <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 54.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Get permission from an adult before going online. <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 54.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Watch NEW youtube clips with an adult. <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 54.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Don’t EVER give personal information online (e.g full name, address, phone number and email address) to strangers. <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 54.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · NEVER lie about what you are doing on the computer. <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 54.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · NEVER click on pop-ups (unless you know what they lead to). <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 54.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · Create an online class treaty with your class ||
 * __01 September 2010:__**
 * Online safety for Westmere kids:

Links for Internet Safety
Hector's World - Episodes/Videos Hector's World - Lesson Plans and Resources Hector's World - Info for Kids (explaining what internet is etc) Hector's World - For Parents and Teachers NetSafe

More Rules & Ideas

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reporting Inappropriate Websites
<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">How to report an inappropriate website which will be blocked from internet access: (n.b. pretend the 'tree' website is inappropriate. Also, there is no sound)

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