Mrs. Hatcher- 8th gr.- ISAFE Personal Online Safety

8th grade students at Gelinas attended a workshop on ISAFE Personal Online Safety with Mrs. Hatcher. There was a brief discussion of recent news concerning online safety issues with Facebook, MySpace, etc.

In addition, students worked on a class activity in which they were divided into 5 "expert" groups. Each group represented an area of Internet safety such as "Privacy Online", "Safety Resources", and "Online Interaction". Each group had to share at least two rules about online safety with their classmates.

Library Information Center Resources on Internet Safety:

Books:

• Safe surfing on the Internet by Art Wolinsky- 004.67 Wol
• MySpace Safety: 51Tips for Teens and Parents by K. Farnmham- 004.67
• Everything you need to know about staying safe in Cyberspace- J. Croft- E025.04 Cro
• Online social networking by Sylvia Engdahl, ed. - 004.67 Onl

Websites:

http://www.isafe.org/

http://www.netsmartz.org/

http://www.wiredsafety.org/youth.html