1. November 10, 2009

2.  Acceptable use  Internet Filtering  Social Web (MySpace, Facebook, etc.)  Cyberbullying  Plagiarism  Phishing

3.  Why do we need to have such a document?  What things need to be covered?  NID’s Technology Acceptable Use document

4.  The goal of the acceptable use document is to outline how the tools: computers, network, internet, resources (printers, scanners, personal storage devices) are to be used in your school or office.  To protect both the students and staff from using these tools improperly. Also to know what is or is not allowed with these resources.

5.  Hardware – what is available, what it can be used for, at what times  Internet – understanding that the content and material is not under the control of the school and that care with this tool must be taken in use of it.  Internet use as a educational tool, not a entertainment or personal communication tool (web, e-mail)

6.  In what ways tools like the Internet are acceptable, how e-mail should be used as a contact tool.  What information can be taken or brought into the school using storage devices (CD, Flash Drives, etc)

7.  The NID website at www.ni.lcms.org provides a outline of a Technology Acceptable use document at : https://ni.lcms.org/ClientData/1074/Assets/ documents/school/curriculum/technology/ac ceptable%20use%20policy.docwww.ni.lcms.org https://ni.lcms.org/ClientData/1074/Assets/ documents/school/curriculum/technology/ac ceptable%20use%20policy.doc

8.  The Internet is a online version of the real world, and there is good and bad, objectional, offensive content, along with some great educational tools.  Internet Filtering attempts to limit access to objectional content and materials.  There are Free and Commercial tools to help schools with this problem.

9.  DNS system - OpenDNS for K-12 - http://www.opendns.com/solutions/k12 http://www.opendns.com/solutions/k12  A variety of Software, specifically Internet Filtering, or Security with Internet filtering (antivirus)  Internet Filtering devices – Internet routers, firewall devices, internet filtering appliances.  Internet providers who filter - http://www.illinois.net/services/filtering/ind ex.htm http://www.illinois.net/services/filtering/ind ex.htm

10.  There are many social websites that are used for contacting friends, companies, entertainers  Most popular Social Websites for all ages – MySpace, Facebook  Other Social Websites LinkedIn, Spoke, Twitter, Flickr, Bebo, YouTube, and many more.  Facebook and MySpace intend to remove accounts of people who are less than 13 years of age – based on the information provided.

11.  Keep in mind that there is no good way that allows these providers to know for sure the age of the person and the account(s) they may setup.  Never post information about your specific location, nothing you would not want printed in a paper about yourself.  People’s response differs when they are not face to face.

12.  Cyberbullying is the tormenting, threatening, harassing, humiliation or embarrassing, using the Internet, other digital technologies, or mobile phones.  Cyberbullying is people in the same age range or peer group, not someone older.

13.  Never give out personal information online  Never tell others your password to accounts  Explain to children if they receive such a message to share it with a parent, teacher or guardian.  Never put anything online that your would not want everyone to see.  Never send messages when you are angry

14.  Teach that you should interact with people online as you would interact with them in person.  Encourage parents to keep the computer in a busy area of the home  Know what people your child is interacting with online  Learn the variety of Acronyms  Do not take away access – many hide this activity in fear of loosing the privilege

15.  Cyber Bullying Web Sites  http://www.ncpc.org/topics/cyberbullying http://www.ncpc.org/topics/cyberbullying  http://www.cyberbullying.us/ http://www.cyberbullying.us/  IM and Texting Acronyms  http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php  http://www.aim.com/acronyms.adp?aolp=0

16.  Easy access to copy information from a variety of sources with the Internet.  From books  From magazines  From authors  From news (TV, Internet, and Newspapers)  From online resources (encyclopedias, dissertations, or other peoples work)

17.  Need to explain proper use  Need to verify sources – especially on the Internet – land of many “experts”  Have students provide a reference of sources to verify work  Online tools – for verification  Turnitin - http://www.turnitin.comhttp://www.turnitin.com  Learn to use Google to search Internet sources

18.  Phishing is the attempt to trick people into providing information to sources other than the one being presented.  Phishing exists in e-mail, web sites  One of the most popular forms of web phishing is presenting the user with a pop-up that makes the user think the computer is infected and that they need to purchase the product they are presenting to clean it – products that either cause more troubles or do nothing.

19.  This type of web phishing is quite common on social web sites since there is a high volume of viewers.  Some the of the most popular forms of e-mail phishing are personnel department requests, banking requests, and computer upgrades that require you to provide information about your accounts, or personal information to defraud you.

20.  Use a current web browser – make sure the phishing protection is turned on. Internet Explorer 7 & 8, Firefox 3 & 3.5  Verify the URL the last two parts for example (good: support.att.net) (bad: support.att.badprovider.com)  Good Antivirus, Spyware tools to keep these types of things reaching you in the first place.  http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/phish ing.aspx http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/phish ing.aspx

21.  Government – OnGuard Online - http://www.onguardonline.gov http://www.onguardonline.gov  Microsoft Online Safety and Privacy http://www.microsoft.com/protect/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/protect/default.aspx  Symantec – Risks http://www.symantec.com/norton/security_response /index.jsp http://www.symantec.com/norton/security_response /index.jsp  Content that I have gathered on these subjects http://cais.cus.edu/spicemk/computersafety.html http://cais.cus.edu/spicemk/computersafety.html