Keeping kids safe on the information super-highway:Part 1 (You are going to do Part 2)

dComputer and Network Security

Theft of Personal Information

Cyber-bullying

Online Predators

Steps for website evaluation

Adapted from i-Safe America materials (http://www.isafe.org)

URL

Look and Feel

Content

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stop USE

Check the URL

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What’s in a name?Web Address Portion

Meaning

https secure site

gov reserved for US government

org reserved for a non-commercial organization

edu Reserved for a US educational institution

com commercial

~ a personal site

us United States

html/htm hypertext markup language

pdf portable document format

php hypertext preprocesser (a dynamic page)

asp application service provider (another type of dynamic page)

exe executable file (could contain a virus)

net for networks

Check the Look and Feel•Does it look professional?•Is it well organized?•How easy to use is the site?•Are there advertisements?•How long does it take to load?•Is author information available?•Can you tell when it was last updated?

URL

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Check content using the 5 W’s

URL

Look and Feel

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•Who wrote the pages and are they an expert in the field? (Authority?)•What does the author say the purpose of the site is? (Bias? Written for what audience?)•Where does the information come from? (Citations?)•When was it created or last updated? (Dates?)•Why is the information useful for my purposes?

This Week

• iSafe i-LEARN Online– Child Safety– Online Behavior– Personal Information– Computer Security

• Readings & Discussion