Internet Safety
Parents please continue to encourage internet safety in your home. Here are some useful tips and reminders to remember when allowing your child to access the internet.
"For Safer Internet Searches:
Ensure your children are only finding appropriate images by setting the following in Google Preferences
– go to www.google.ca
– next to the search bar click ‘Preferences’
– increase the filter to “Use Strict Filtering”
- save preferences
For Safer YouTube Usage:
– go to www.youtube.com
– at the bottom of the page, in gray, you will see “Safety mode:” and then “Off” in blue
– click “Off’ to switch it to “On”
– click Save
These steps will hide all comments and filter out most YouTube videos that contain content that would be considered inapporpriate by parents. Please note that clicking “Save” only affects the Safety mode for your current YouTube session. In order to save and lock your safety settings, you need to create and log in to your own YouTube account.
For information on Cyber Bullying:
http://stopcyberbullying.org/
Photos and Videos: Children in elementary school should not be sending or posting photos or videos of themselves online without the close supervision of a responsible adult. This includes e-mailing pictures or videos to friends.
Personal Information on Websites:
Never type in personal contact details (including e-mail address, website address, telephone number, home address, etc…) into a web form or when leaving comments on a website. Also, many social networking sites, such as Pinterest and Facebook, require that users acknowledge that they are 13 years old or older before opening an account. Please encourage your child to follow these age guidelines" (2015).
Internet Safety tips have been taken from Mme Rudick edublogs
Parents please continue to encourage internet safety in your home. Here are some useful tips and reminders to remember when allowing your child to access the internet.
"For Safer Internet Searches:
Ensure your children are only finding appropriate images by setting the following in Google Preferences
– go to www.google.ca
– next to the search bar click ‘Preferences’
– increase the filter to “Use Strict Filtering”
- save preferences
For Safer YouTube Usage:
– go to www.youtube.com
– at the bottom of the page, in gray, you will see “Safety mode:” and then “Off” in blue
– click “Off’ to switch it to “On”
– click Save
These steps will hide all comments and filter out most YouTube videos that contain content that would be considered inapporpriate by parents. Please note that clicking “Save” only affects the Safety mode for your current YouTube session. In order to save and lock your safety settings, you need to create and log in to your own YouTube account.
For information on Cyber Bullying:
http://stopcyberbullying.org/
Photos and Videos: Children in elementary school should not be sending or posting photos or videos of themselves online without the close supervision of a responsible adult. This includes e-mailing pictures or videos to friends.
Personal Information on Websites:
Never type in personal contact details (including e-mail address, website address, telephone number, home address, etc…) into a web form or when leaving comments on a website. Also, many social networking sites, such as Pinterest and Facebook, require that users acknowledge that they are 13 years old or older before opening an account. Please encourage your child to follow these age guidelines" (2015).
Internet Safety tips have been taken from Mme Rudick edublogs