I've been asked to help Facilitate an Internet Safety Course at the local Colleg
By saundyl
@saundyl (9783)
Canada
September 5, 2008 10:51pm CST
I've been asked to help Facilitate an Internet Safety Course for paretns at the local college. Part of Facilitating the course is coming up with the ciriculm for it. What I'm wondering is...what sort of suggestions does everyone here have?
We've already discussed adding not sharing personal information, being careful about talking about things you are doing ie school teams and names, caution when downloading things (of course copy right issues), cyber bullying, not clicking on the little "YOU'VE WON" ads on gaming sites.
Antivirus and parental filters (any suggestions for decent parental filters?)
Any other ideas and suggestions on what should be touched upon during the course?
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@echomonster (2225)
• Greenwood, Mississippi
7 Sep 08
I would definitely mention phishing scams. Sometimes people think they're safe when they're reading their email, especially when a familiar name like their bank appears to be sending them a message. That's definitely not always the case.
You should mention antispyware programs along with antiviruses. I rarely need my antivirus to clean an infection, but sometimes it seems like I could run my antispyware daily and find something new every time.
Perhaps you should also cover how parents should react if they find out their kids are doing something online that they don't approve of, be it accessing adult sites (a computer-savvy kid will probably be able to get past many filters), bullying, meeting unsavory characters online, etc.

