INTERNET SAFETY

By: Emily, Megan, Mary Jo and Madi

Pictures from Clip Art Office Online.

NETIQUETTE NED

The do’s and don’ts of communication on the internet.

The basic rule of netiquette is people do strange things when they get behind a keyboard.

It is network etiquette.

By Emily M.

Flames and Flame Wars

A flame is an angry, critical or hurtful electronic message.

A flame war is an exchange of notes on a computer forum.

By knowing netiquette you can avoid a flame war.

Emocations

Emocations are a textual expression representing the face of a writer’s mood or expression.

They are used to alert a responder.

Examples::-) Happy

:-D Laughing

Safety Tips

Tell your parents if you get something

bad.

Be careful what you say.

Don’t hurt someone’s feelings.

SLICK THE SPAMMERBy Megan K.

What is spam? Spam is the abuse of electronic

messaging to send unsolicited junk mail.

Some important things to remember:

Never reply to the “Remove Me” list.

If someone asks you to respond, do

not.

Do not use the “Remember Me”

list.

Do not open an e-mail attachment,

delete it.

Some tips to remember when sending an e-mail:

Check to make sure you have the right e-mail address.

Remember to hit send. Do not give out your e-mail address to

anybody you do not know.

By Mary Jo V.R U a Chatter

What is Chatting?

• Chat is an online place were people can talk to other people and share things to one another.

Benefits of chat room are

Sharing information

• You don’t really now who you are talking to.

• It creates gossip

Things you might encounter in chat room!

Some Downfalls

are

• You could talk to a person who is much older than

you.

Some risks are

Things you should do if something goes wrong.

Get off line Tell your parents

Type of information you shouldn’t give out.

Name Social security School you go toaddress

Personal information

And bank information

Surfer Dude By Madi L.

Internet

The internet is a computer network linking smaller computer networks to the worldwide web.

What does www stand for?

www stands for World Wide Web It is something to get you to different sites

wwwwww

Safe Surfing

Be nice Do not use rude language Do not break any laws

Information on the internet

Stuff to say on the internet

Be polite Don’t type in capital letters (IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE SHOUTING)

You should never

Give out your address or phone number on the internet Say anything inappropriate on the internet