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Module 5: Personal Safety Online - Coggle Diagram
Module 5: Personal Safety Online
Online grooming
What to do?
Talking directly to your child without avoiding predators because afraid to upset them.
Warning signs
You find nude images or pornography on your child's computer
You see sexualised search results as your child 'googles'
Your child engages online with people they don't know personally
Your child uses sexualised language.
Your child spends an increasing and / or an excessive amount of time online.
Your child receives unexplained gifts
Your child is displays mood changes
Your child is excessively secretive about their use of communications technology, including social media.
There are people on your child's "'friends' list" that you do not know and your child has never met offline.
Who is at risk
all young people who use technology are at risk, some of course more than others
Police assistance
If you believe your or any child is in immediate danger please phone 000.
Online grooming occurs when an adult uses electronic communication (including social media) in a predatory fashion to try to lower a child's inhibitions
How to spot fake news
supporting sources?
determine if the info given actually supports the story.
check the author
Are they real?
check the date
reporting old news stories doesn’t mean they’re relevant to current events
Is it a joke?
research to be sure
read beyond
headline can be outrageous in an effort to get clicks
check your biases
consider if your own beliefs could affect your judgement
consider the sources
investigate the site
ask the experts
consult a fact-checking site.
Online Teen Safety Guide
Scams and Online shopping
You have to ensure that online shop have a lot of credits and positive reputation.
Common Sense Guideline
Insist that your teen employs privacy setting on social medias
Enforce general normals against using screen and online activity such as "No phones at the table".
Resist allowing the teen to use their phone in their room even if its their.
To monitor your teen's online activities consider taking advantage of some of the apps which can allow you to control what websites your kids have access to.
Meeting People Online: Stalker and Predetors
750,000 predators are online looking to foster inappropriate relationships with teens at any time.
Social Media Online & In Public
Social media has dramatically expanded the amount of their lives that teens can live online.
While social media allows teens to keep up with friends and family, even across vast distances, a lot of life’s dangers have followed them online as well.
ID Theft
Teens should be avoid to put too much their identifying information online.
When the predators aren't strangers: Online Bullying
Online bullying is a real possibility as well, and can have devastating effects, leading to long-term problems with self-esteem
There are some examples to look 1. Is avoiding online activities. 2 . Showing signs of depression.
Malware, Viruses and Spyware
Spyware is a malicious software that allows a third party to take information off your computer without your knowledge
Virus is a type of malware, it is a piece of software that will secretly enter a computer's operating system and manipulate it to damage its performance.
Malware is a generic term for all malicious software
How to Handle Gaming
Make sure your child is not obsessively thinking about gaming, even when the teen isn't playing
Make sure the child is not lying about gaming activities
Make sure your child is not in deep distress when games are being prohibited
Check if your child has a lack of interest in other activities and schoolwork.
Should My teen have a blog ?
92% of teens shared their real name , photos and their personal information.