1. Online Safety

2. Text Speak! How much do you know?
See if you can identify as many of the different text abbreviations as you can

3. What does it mean? Laugh Out Loud LOL Oh My God OMG By The Way BTW
BRB
GTG
ATM
POS
PIR
WTTP
CD9
L(MIRL)
Laugh Out Loud
Oh My God
By The Way
Be Right Back
Got To Go
At The Moment
Parent Over Shoulder
Parent In Room
Want to trade pics?
Code 9 – Parent About
Let’s Meet in Real Life

4. Objectives of this session
Raise awareness of the potential risks of life online
Provide you with tips for online safety at home

5. The Need to Raise Our Awareness
Parents
Children
Bridging the gap of knowledge around the internet
The Gulf of Internet Knowledge

6. Risks of using the internet & new technologies
Content, i.e.:
Exposure to inappropriate content, including online pornography, ignoring age ratings in games (exposure to violence associated with often racist language), substance abuse
Lifestyle websites, for example pro-anorexia/self-harm sites
Hate sites
Content validation: how to check authenticity and accuracy of online content
Contact
Grooming
Cyber-bullying in all forms
Identity theft (including ‘frape’ - hacking Facebook profiles) and sharing passwords
Conduct
Privacy issues - including disclosure of personal information
Digital footprint and online reputation
Health and well-being - amount of time spent online (Internet or gaming)
The internet is a fantastic resource and can stimulate learning for your child. The internet has many positives, but you need to remember it also carries risks.

7. Benefits of the internet
Educational games and programmes
Research information
The opportunity to communicate with people from all around the world
The opportunity to share resources and ideas with people that have the same interests
Shopping around the world without leaving your computer

8. Our Advice to you Know what your children are doing online
Ask them to teach you to use any applications
Keep the computer in a family room - this means you can keep more control of what they do (i.e. Webcams)
Learn how to check web history and engage with technology
Monitor apps and messengers so that you are aware who and how your children are interacting with
Here are some top tips for parents. The most important one is to keep the computer in a family room. Children will be less likely to be inappropriate if you are sitting behind them on the sofa watching TV!
There is a huge gap between what children use the internet for, and what their parents think their children know about the internet. To bridge the gap, ask your children to show you what they are doing online. Ask them to explain to you about IM or chat rooms- it may be difficult at first, but persevere as it will be worth it!
Also remind your children about the risks associated with sharing personal information- what is personal information? Who should they share information with- if anyone?

9. Our Advice to You
Help your children to understand that they should never give out personal details to online friends - personal information includes:
their usernames
address
mobile number and any pictures of themselves,
If your child receives spam / junk & texts, remind them never to believe them, reply to them or use them.
Help them to understand the risks of what could happen if they send a picture of themselves via social media etc.

10. Alternative Kid Friendly Search Engines
Kid Rex
Squirrel Net
Kidtopia

12. Parents guide to technology
One of the things that parents can struggle with is information on particular devices that their children are using.
The parents guide to technology has been designed to support parents in this area with information on smartphones, gaming devices and other internet enabled devices.