Internet Safety

For parents, this site provides an informative look into the Web 2.0 generation of kids and what they have available to them via the Internet and chatting tools.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/

The Texas Education Association has released a new site to help provide information about Internet Safety in the schools. You can find their web site at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/imet/intersafe/index.html

There are a number of sites out there about Internet Safety and most especially about the use of Social Network sites such as Facebook and MySpace. As a public education institution, there is very little a school can do to enforce the safety of students while they visit these sites. We try our hardest to block their access during the school day to these sites using proxy filters and education about safety at the district and campus level. However, proxy access sites spring up at an hourly rate to provide students a way past network filters.

MySpace tips for parents: http://www1.myspace.com/misc/tipsForParents.html

Facebook safety tips: http://www.facebook.com/help.php?tab=safety

MySafety Guide - http://www.wiredsafety.org/internet101/myspaceguide.html

Stop Cyberbullying - http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/

National Crime Prevention Council on Cyberbullying - http://www.ncpc.org/cyberbullying

Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens - http://www.cskcst.com/

In 2007, I was quoted in an article that was published in Austin Family about Internet Safety. The article is linked here and there are other similarly topics posted on their site as well.