Safety on the internet In % of households used the internet – now over 90% What are the risks or dangers linked to using a computer?

Risks Virus Chain letters Junk mail Offensive s Chatrooms Fraud eg ebay/paypal

What do we use the internet for?

Banking Shopping Music Weather Homework Holidays Google earth Chatting. Can basically go anywhere in the world. Shops in New York, museums in London, someone’s home in Australia.

How much time do we spend on line everyday? Add up all the time you spend online, watching TV, playing playstation etc. Many young people spend 5 hours a day or 35 hours a week. Disadvantages to spending too much time online?

How much time do we spend on line everyday? Add up all the time you spend online, watching TV, playing playstation etc. Many young people spend 5 hours a day or 35 hours a week. Disadvantages to spending too much time online? Homework can suffer Real friends can suffer Become unsociable Increased arguments with family Become less active Get into relationships with people that you don’t know

Introduction to Chat online Chat rooms – habbo hotel Instant Messaging – MSN Messenger Blogs – Bebo, Myspace, Picso Many young people use chatrooms like msn messenger, bebo. There is often competition to have lots of people in their contact list? Do they know them all?

Why is education so important in this area? UK Children Go Online report by Sonia Livingstone. 2005: 49% of young people say that they have given out personal information, such as their full name, age, address, phone number, hobbies or name of their school, to someone that they met on the Internet. One third 9-19 year olds who use the internet at least once a week report having received unwanted sexual or nasty comments 57% of weekly internet users have come into contact with online pornography 4 in 10 Pupils aged 9-19 trust most of the information on the internet 1 in 12 children met face-to-face, someone they first met online

Our Advice to Parents Know what your children are doing online and who they are talking to. Ask them to teach you to use any applications you have never used. Keeping the computer in a family room means that you can share your child’s online experience – and that they are less likely to act inappropriately (i.e. via webcam etc). Help your children to understand that they should never give out personal details to online friends - personal information includes their messenger id, address, mobile number and any pictures of themselves, their family or friends - if your child publishes a picture or video online - anyone can change it or share it. Remind them that anyone may be looking at their images and one day a future employer could! If your child receives spam / junk & texts, remind them never to believe them. reply to them or use them.

Practical tips: It's not a good idea for your child to open files that are from people they don't know. They won't know what they contain - it could be a virus, or worse - an inappropriate image or film. Help your child to understand that some people lie online and that therefore it's better to keep online mates online. They should never meet up with any strangers without an adult they trust. Always keep communication open for a child to know that it's never too late to tell someone if something makes them feel uncomfortable. Teach young people how to block someone online and report them if they feel uncomfortable.

Some basic rules Never give out your real name, age, telephone/mobile number, address, Or where you are from Or your friends names Or your password

Some basic rules Don’t post photo’s of yourself on the web. People can send a photo of themselves, but it could be their neighbour, nephew or niece. Never arrange to meet anyone that you don’t know in real life, EVER. Even in Western Isles you are not safe. If you really want to meet up, bring a trusted adult. Don’t go into one to one chat rooms unless you know the person in real life

Some basic rules Always report any upsetting messages and leave a chat room the moment anything worries you. Take a note of date and time that you received an upsetting message and report them to a trusted adult. Do you know how to save a copy for future use?

To save what you can see on your screen press ‘Ctrl’ and ‘Print Screen’ then open a Word document and then ‘Ctrl’ and v to paste it

Never send hoax mail. Never threaten or abuse others. It can be traced by the police. What would you do if a complete stranger in Stornoway, Tarbert or Ness asked you for your mobile or home telephone number – would you give it to them? NO. Glasgow – no. Don’t do it on web either. If you are sent something that upsets you, you should tell someone you can trust. Who?

Parents, teacher, police, friend, youth leader, brother sister, Childline - know the phone number , Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre ( and Think u know ( Do parents know all their children’s addresses, passwords, user names? Would young people mind if their parents saw who was sending them s, or what they were sending? Are there sites they visit that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about?

Young people are often more pc literate than their parents. Don’t let them abuse that fact. Bottom line is ‘be safe and always tell’. Keep clear of ‘adult chat rooms’. Young people often want to get into things earlier than they should eg under age drinking, under age smoking, watching certificate 18 films at age 12 etc. Children and young people need boundaries. They are there for their safety. There are lots of codes that we all need to abide by – Green Cross Code, Country Code, Highway Code, school rules, house rules and computer rules. They are there to make our world a safer place.

Remember the internet is an excellent resource. It’s changed our lives dramatically in the last few years. Keeping in touch with and making new friends Banking Shopping Music Weather Homework Holidays Google earth