Internet Safety
Please explore the files and links in the Internet Safety folder on your desktop. After spending some time exploring the files, please comment on the folowing:
Watch this video: Think Before You Post
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By: jonathan on February 6, 2008 at 8:26 am
i think the biggest issue raised is that people arent being careful when searching the internet. they’re not, the parents, teaching the kids that there people online that will be trying to hurt you, and that they need to be more careful.
By: Jordon on February 6, 2008 at 8:27 am
I would have to say that the biggest issue is child safety. Also, kids should know what websites to go and not got to. Parents should know where their children have been online and they should tell their children about the dangers on the internet.
By: Malcolm on February 6, 2008 at 8:28 am
i think that they should know that the internet is both a tool and a weapon, so they should teach their children about how to use the internet in a safe way.
By: Malcolm on February 6, 2008 at 8:32 am
i do think that the media does blow the situation with cyber bullying out of proportion, but i think that it is good that they educate the general public about the cyber bullying problem.
By: OLIVIAAAAAAAAAA on February 6, 2008 at 8:36 am
I think that kids should know that some websites are bad. You shouldn’t give out any personal information because you could get hurt. They should also know that a lot of websites are good, and they shouldn’t be scared of the internet.
A lot of parents don’t understand the internet, and they think it is evil. I’m not saying that parents should let their kids do whatever they want on the internet. I don’t think the media “blows it out of proportion” but they may exaggerate a little.
By: Hank on February 6, 2008 at 9:25 am
i think the issue is a little blown out of proportion by the media
By: Darby on February 6, 2008 at 9:27 am
Question 1
To me the biggest issue raised with internet saftey is the lack of privacy. Even if that person doesn’t go online a lot. Someone else can still put something about them online, when they don’t even know, that the peron put something about them online.
By: Lauren on February 6, 2008 at 9:28 am
I think that the bigest issue is cyberbullying. Alot of people go online and say rude and mean things about other people. They usually bully the people that they are talking to, which is just wrong. The bully might just be showing off to friends or some thing. But the piont is that cyberbulying hurts someone.
By: Darby on February 6, 2008 at 9:33 am
Question 2
I do feel safe online because, I don’t use the internet that much. I think there is no reason to not feel safe, If you don’t post any personal stuff online then you should feel safe.
By: Lauren on February 6, 2008 at 9:38 am
Personaly, I feel safe online because I don’t wander into ramdom websites with out a parent knowing. I think that if you go on IM or something you should go to a privite chatroom and only talk to people you know. I don’t have an IM, so I don’t feel like I have to worry as much about online threats. Knowing this I feel very safe online.
By: Darby on February 6, 2008 at 9:41 am
Question3
Kids now should know that you can’t take anything offline that you put on so if you put something online make sure it is not personal. They should also know not to put their address or phone number online unless they know that it is safe.
By: Catherine on February 6, 2008 at 9:42 am
i think the biggest issue rasied is cyberbullying because i have heard about numerous suicides, that really scares me. This part of computer has really taught me a lesson to be exrta super careful so stuff like doesnt happen to me or my friends.
By: Lauren on February 6, 2008 at 9:46 am
I think that kids should know that, yes, there are people who would hurt you emotionaly, and posibly physicly. People can do scary things. You need to be aware of what’s going on when you are on the internet.
By: Darby on February 6, 2008 at 9:47 am
Question4
I think that parents need to know what their kids are doing online and they need to know that the internet is not always bad.
By: Darby on February 6, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Question5
I didn’t hear about Cyberbullying that much before we started this project, so I guess that I will have to say no I don’t think that the media is blowing all of this out of proportion.
By: Lauren on February 6, 2008 at 9:33 pm
I think that parents should know that not all wbsites on the internet are dangerus, but, not all of them are safe. Parents should check the website that their child goes on before they have premission to use it. They need to make sure that the website is safe. I think that parents need to know how to do that in order to keep their child safe.
By: Lauren on February 6, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I don’t think that the issue is blown out of proportion by the media. The issue is one that children and teens need to know about. They need to know the what the dangers of the internet are and how to protect themselfs against cyberbullies and other poeple like that. They need to know what can happen to them if they go and meet a person that they met online. They could be killed or hurt. This issue is a very big one, and it needs to be adressed.
By: catherine on February 7, 2008 at 4:22 pm
i think that all schools should have a program like BCD’s they should teach kids how to be safe online, why they should be safe online, and tell them some of the ture stories we have been reading.
By: catherine on February 7, 2008 at 4:26 pm
i think parents should know just as much about computers and the internet as theirs kids do
By: catherine on February 7, 2008 at 4:34 pm
i do think internet safety is an important issue but i also think that the media makes a bigger deal out of it than they need to, they should talk about it alittle but not as much as they do
By: Joshua on February 7, 2008 at 9:10 pm
I think the biggest issue raised is the fact that kids are being abducted/kidnapped only because they think they found a friend, someone who cares about them but that is only an illusion made by creepy adults. I personally feel safe online because I make it a policy to not give any personal information to strangers who I have never met before. I think that kids should know the dangers of talking to people, and the dangers of posting something on the Internet that can never be removed. Parents should know as much as there kids do if not more because they are the ones who are responsible for the actions that there kids make. I think that it is a issue about Cyber bullying and all the other dangers of the internet but i also believe that the media is blowing it way out of proportion and is trying to scare people away from the internet even though it can be used as a very useful device.
By: michael on February 18, 2008 at 10:53 am
the biggest issue raised is kids giving out personal information, because the internet is available to eveyone in the world and kids should know that there are also bad people in the world that if they have some of your personal information could really harm you. so they have to be responsible online because no one can be for them, so they should be aware of this easy access ability for someone to get them hurt- they should know what coulld be harmful to them if someone on the other end has some of their personal information. i think that the issue is blown out of proportion by the media. parents should also enforce media awareness and being responsible online. i feel safe online because i dont give out personal information or go to chat-rooms or any web spaces were people can track you.
By: Ben on February 21, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I think that the biggest issue raised has been children getting friendly with people they don’t know. Just if they start talking to you, you don’t tell them where you live and sharing info about themselves that should be kept private.
By: Ben on February 21, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I think the media is only focusing on the bad sides of children on the internet. They only bring up how alot of kids make really bad mistakes like trusting people they don’t know through the internet. They don’t spend as much time looking at the good things on the internet.
By: Sam on April 9, 2008 at 10:21 am
I feel pretty safe on the internet. cyberbullying is becoming a problem though. This can become a pretty big issue in some communities, but i feel safe in mine. That was pretty creepy at the end though.
By: Sandy on April 9, 2008 at 10:22 am
The Janitor at the end of Think Before You Post is genuinely creepy and he has inspired me to stop internet bullying and put an end to sexual predators over the internet. Me, personally, am very safe.
By: matt on April 9, 2008 at 10:24 am
this is a pretty bad video
By: matt on April 14, 2008 at 11:27 am
these are all great, i think that all of these are very intelegent.
By: matt on April 14, 2008 at 11:29 am
I like the way that sam stated internet saftey. He does it in a way that every one can understand.
Pretty good
By: matt on April 14, 2008 at 11:33 am
The video where the girl posts her video online and it shows up in school on the bulleton board really shows how if yopu put a pic up of you on the internet than everyone can see it and it can never go away.
By: greg on April 14, 2008 at 11:34 am
my comment for all of this, is that although some people may think its funny its not, and and its a matter for the police.
By: greg on April 14, 2008 at 11:35 am
i feel so so sorry for the families that this crisses has happened to
By: Katherine on April 14, 2008 at 11:39 am
these videos are well done (sad and moving) in the sense that they convey their point very strongly and clearly, but maybe a bit to strong. I think there is too much hype in the world about internet safety. There are other problems that are infinately more important than this because it barely ever happens. I think that they have drilled it into our brains so much that no one at this school or other schools like this would ever do something to endanger them. Most people aren’t stupid enough to post pictures of themselfs online that they don’t want people to see. And most people wouldn’t talk intimately with a stranger online or give out their address. I personally feel safe online. the chances that anything significantly aweful would happen to me are miniscule so im not gunna worry.
By: Jonah on April 14, 2008 at 11:40 am
Cyber bullying shouldn’t happen; its good that a lot of poeple care and make an effort to help stop this unnessesary problem.
By: Katherine on April 14, 2008 at 11:41 am
p.s. this is really sad and this and one above is Bean
By: Eliza on April 14, 2008 at 11:44 am
I think that these videos all make a very good point. The biggest issue, in my opinion is cyber bullying. People can be so much more forward online than in person because they can’t get hurt back. And writing is so much less personal than talking so people aren’t themselves when they write. I don’t think anyone could say the same things in person that they do online. I know I couldn’t.
But, I think that things can get blown out of proportion on the media and with the parents. The internet is a very safe place if you are careful how you use it.
By: erin on April 14, 2008 at 11:45 am
I agree with the movie think before you post because you shouldnt post things online that you know you will regret. Also i feel safe online because its not like i give out any personal informatoin.
By: susannnnna on April 14, 2008 at 11:50 am
I think that people shouldn’t put things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to see, like in the ‘think before you post’ video. i love erin.