A PARENT’S GUIDE TO INTERNET SAFETY MAINE PRINCIPAL’S ASSOCIATION STUDENT TECHNOLOGY ABUSE.
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Transcript of A PARENT’S GUIDE TO INTERNET SAFETY MAINE PRINCIPAL’S ASSOCIATION STUDENT TECHNOLOGY ABUSE.
A PARENT’S GUIDE TO INTERNET SAFETY
MAINE PRINCIPAL’S ASSOCIATION
STUDENT TECHNOLOGY ABUSE
Students are using the sites above to interact with kids all over the world
The information they place on these sites are used daily by pedophiles
Students who type in the name of their school and their first name can put themselves in serious jeopardy; a person with evil intentions might find them in, literally, under a day.
*MY SPACE.COM *FACEBOOK.COM *ZENGA.COM *LIVEJOURNAL.COM
WHAT CAN SCHOOLS DO?
Assistant principals all over the state are given privileges to view these sites at schools, so they can do searches of who and what students from their schools are posting.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
Assistant principals are creating profiles, pretending to be a student at his/her school
He/she receives hits immediately from students from the school
He/she goes directly to the student to explain they could have been a “bad” guy
Many kids have disappeared and been found dead; authorities are tracing it to a meeting that was set up on MySpace.com
Help
TEACH THE CONTROLS
There are safety features that can be enabled on MySpace, that kids are not using
However, they need to be diligent to still not put in identifying info., because the “bad” guys have found a “back door” to get into the profiles.
Actually visiting to a student’s site that contains too much information, during an assembly, and illustrating how, within seconds, someone can have a photo of this child’s home available…. is very powerful.
CYBER BULLYING
Kids are using school e-mail and even personal
e-mail accounts to send threats to other kids, to teachers, and to create a bomb threat (weapon threats in Southern ME)
One student sold another student’s truck on e-BayKids are taking photos, with camera phones, of an
immoral nature and posting them online….they think it’s in secret but….
EDUCATORS HAVE HELP
No matter if a threat was written at home or not, we can take action
Isolate the computerContact our IT personnel, or student’s ISP Inform local law authoritiesCall MCCTF, Detective Scott Bradeen (Maine Computer
Crimes Task Force) Any threats of shooting or bombing, call Det. Bradeen
Call Federal Agencies – FBI has a Maine office that works mainly with hate crimes, civil rights issues in schools ([email protected]
MORE ADVICE….
Students logging in is critical We need our tech people to save router
log files. This will save enormous man hours in case of a cyber bomb threat etc.
We should add remote desktop assistant on classroom computers
Even if a “hate crime” on computer did not originate at the school, we need to offer mediation and/or counseling.
Having a banner that must be read before logging onto any computer stating, “YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO PRIVACY” is effective.
See no evil? Not an excuse for schools anymore EVEN IF WE FIND
SOMETHING ON A BLOG OR MYSPACE THAT WAS NOT CREATED IN SCHOOL, WE CAN STILL READ THE RIOT ACT AND INVOLVE PARENTS
ONE STUDENT PUT A PHOTO OF SELF IN A DRUNKUN STATE…..SCHOOL DID ABOVE…student not allowed in sports
USE IDEA “DISTRACTS FROM DAILY EDUCATIONAL PROCESS”
RESOURCES AVAILABLE
www.haltabusektd.org/resources/online.htm www.netcrimes.net Bullying.org Bullybusters.org Jayne Hitchcock, president of Halt Abuse Harassment issues require a warning that it is
illegal & is better if message given by a law enforcement officer
Personal computers, floppy disks, and plug in drives from home should be banned; way too much can be brought in; puts school in a high risk
Plus, personal computer search will require probable cause; school computers do not
WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT REGARDING OUR
POLICIES? FILE SHARING PROGRAMS – INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS CAN BE
CIVILLY LIABLE IF A DOWNLOADED COPYRIGHT MUSIC OF SOFTWARE IS TRACED TO HIS/HER COMPUTER
ITUNES, DVD’S, VIDEOS, IF NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL USE; NOT ALLOWED
IPODS, IF NOT BEING MONITORED SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED Cell phones with video capability are a very serious threat. If we have any
issue with improper use of cell phone, such as a picture showing up on a myspace blog, we can call cell phone provider and get help in the abuse of the phone. (i.e. harassment)
SRO’s (student resource officer) should be considered at high school level…..they are not armed; they can discern if and when Attorney Gen. is required, or help create sanctions at schools.
A Parent’s Guide to Internet is a great brochure
Internet Safety Tips List of those to call in order of
seriousness:local policelocal FBI
www.ic3.govwww.cybertipline.comwww.missingkids.comwww.netsmartz.org
Training CD’s available at www.fbi.org
IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US: HOME, SCHOOL, & LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO STAY ON TOP OF THESE ISSUES