Resource #1
Title: NetSmartz Workshop
Source: http://www.netsmartz.org
Brief Description: Netsmartz.org covers everything a parent, educator, teen, tween or child would need to know about internet safety. Created as a program of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Netsmartz.org has tips, facts and even games.
Review: This site has quick tips for parents on talking with their kids about every kind of internet safety. From blogging to cellphones, social networking, gaming and predators. For each category they provide facts, conversation starters, presentations and videos for parents and children to watch. Not only does Netsmartz.org provide information for parents, but games, and videos for kids of all ages to play and learn online safety.
Key Benefits: It’s tips, facts and conversations starters make it easy for parents to work with the website and their children to teach internet safety.
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Resource #2
Title: A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety (U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Source: http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/parent-guide/parent-guide
Brief Description: A site for parents who feel that their child may be in danger. Created by the FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, this site gives background knowledge, the signs your child may be at risk, what to do in response to this, and frequently asked questions.
Review: The facts, signs, response ideas and frequently asked questions are all helpful to parents but it does not help them talk to their children more easily about internet safety. Although its facts are dependable and knowledgeable, it gives signs for parents to look out for in their children that they may be at risk, and what to do if they see these signs in their children. The frequently asked questions section gives parents a good idea what other parents are asking, and how to answer any of those questions.
Key Benefits: The signals for if a child might be at risk online is extremely helpful to parents who know what their children are doing online, and the response techniques seem easy and dependable.
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Resource #3
Title: Microsoft - Safety & Security Center (Teach kids online security basics)
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/security/family-safety/childsafety-internet.aspx
Brief Description: This site gives four major tips on how to teach kids online security.
Review: With four main tips on passwords, social networking, blogging, and fraud, it really covers the basics of internet safety. And although it’s title is to “teach” kids online security, they don’t give parents a helpful way to talk to their kids, just basic facts about internet safety, and how they can keep kids safe, not how to teach their children to keep themselves safe. But the tips and facts are very helpful and to parents who don’t know the basics, it can give them a good head start.
Key Benefits: Gives parents the four major basics of internet safety such as passwords, social networking, blogging and fraud.
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Resource #4
Title: Radical Parenting (10 Ways to Teaching Common Internet Sense to Teens)
Source: http://www.radicalparenting.com/2010/05/06/10-ways-to-teaching-common-internet-sense-to-teens/
Brief Description: Gives ten great ways for Parents to connect with their teen(s) about internet safety.
Review: This is just one of the many great articles this site has to offer parents about teen internet safety. It gives them tips on connecting with their teen about the subject and talking about the internet. They also give links to other articles within their website to help get a better understanding on things like cyber-bullying, being a cyber-citizen and online friends.
Key Benefits: Facts are great for parents to easily get the message through to teens about internet safety, with teen facts and tips for parents.
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Resource #5
Title: StaySafeOnline.org (Basic Internet Safety for Kids)
Source: http://www.staysafeonline.org/in-the-home/basic-internet-safety-kids
Brief Description: Gives tips and resources to parents on connecting with kids about internet safety.
Review: Created by the National Cyber Security Alliance’s K-12 Working Group a group consisting of kids to teach parents on how to talk to kids just like themselves about internet safety, it is a site that parents can trust will help them connect to their own children. With as many as 21 tips for parents on teaching kids internet safety, this site is great. It also gives tips and hotlines to call in emergencies, and additional resources for parents to do more research on the subject.
Key Benefits: Created by a group of kids, for parents is a great way to insure communication between parents and their children. And with so many tips extra tips and resources there is sure to be some to help parents understand and teach kids internet safety.
