Effective Internet Safety

Connie White Director of Technology & Media

Lakeview AcademyGainesville, Ga

• Education and Accountability is essential.

Effective Internet Safety• Committee• Assessment• Framework• Communication• AUP’s Signed• Faculty, Parent & Community Training• Integrate Internet Safety Curriculum• Revise Annually - Repeat

Where Should we Begin?• Form Committee– Safety Coordinator– Network Admin– Media Specialists– Technology Teacher– Curriculum Specialists– Dean of Discipline

• Assessment -Survey staff to determine components currently in place.

• Framework– AUP’s for Employees and Students

• Employee• Upper School• Middle School• Lower School• School Computing Wiki

– Network Security Systems in place• Virus/Spyware Protection• Firewall/Internet Filter/Monitoring System• Wireless System

– School Policy

• Communication– Faculty – Student– New Faculty & Student

• AUP’s Signed• Faculty, Parent & Community Training– Current Issues, Trends & Devices

• Integrate Internet Safety Curriculum– CyberSmart– NetSafe– NetSmartz– iSafe– BSA Play it Cybersafe– iRules Internet Safety Rules– Net Alert

• Additional Components– eSafe Georgia– “Missing” game from Web Wise Kids– Advisor Ethics Videos– Internet Research & Citation – Computer Applications– Video Production– Laptop Launch– Classroom Management

• Revise Each Year– Issues, Trends and Devices are constantly

changing.– Curriculum is continually revised as new resources

become available.– New students, faculty, parents must be brought

on board.

• Scope and Sequence

Internet Resources• NetSafe Step by Step Guide:

http://www.cybersafety.org.nz/kit/index.html• School AUP 2.0: http://landmark-project.com/aup20/pmwiki.php• Internet Safety Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SgWZk7GRLw• Cyber bullying Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=seOQyMvG99w• School and Computing Wiki:

http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Acceptable_Use_Policies• Cyber safety Curriculums:

http://www.familyinternet.info/Teachers_Curriculums.htm#