The Internet And Children – What’s The Problem? Internet Safety

The internet has become an integral part of our and our children's lives. A world has opened up which offers many positive opportunities.

 Children start using computers from a very early age and are increasingly using the Internet more and more whether it is at home , in  school , on their mobile phonesor on a game console. With this in mind, internet safety and knowing how to help protect children and young people from online is essential.

Just as we want to keep our child safe in the real world, we want to do the same in the virtual world. It is important that we understand enough about the internet to keep our children safe from harm but is equally important that we equip our children with the skills they need to keep themselves safe so they can experince the Interney positively and responsibly.

VIDEO : INTERNET SAFETY - KAREN'S EXPERIENCE

Karen is a mother of two and attended a STOP IT NOW! Internet Safety seminar.Here she talks about why she thinks it is important for parents to learn about internet and how their children are using it. 

11 FACTS ABOUT CYBERBULLYING

1 ) Nearly 43% of kids have been bullied online. 1 in 4 has had it happen more than once.

2 ) 70% of students report seeing frequent bullying online. Filling up your friends' Facebook feeds with positive posts  ) instead of negative ones can boost school-wide morale. Start a Facebook page for students to submit positive acts they see in school to promote a culture of positivity on and offline. Sign up for Positivity Page.

3 ) Over 80% of teens use a cell phone regularly, making it the most common medium for cyber bullying.

4 ) 68% of teens agree that cyber bullying is a serious problem.

5 ) 81% of young people think bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person.

6 ) 90% of teens who have seen social-media bullying say they have ignored it. 84% have seen others tell cyber bullies to stop.

7 ) Only 1 in 10 victims will inform a parent or trusted adult of their abuse.

8 ) Girls are about twice as likely as boys to be victims and perpetrators of cyber bullying.

9 ) About 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out say it has happened more than once.

10 ) Bullying victims are 2 to 9 times more likely to consider committing suicide.

11 ) About 75% of students admit they have visited a website bashing another student.

Resource :https://www.dosomething.org

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

What is Social Bookmarking?:




Have you ever e-mailed a friend or family member and sent them a link to a website you thought they might find interesting? If so, you have participated in social bookmarking.
What is social bookmarking ? It is tagging a website and saving it for later. Instead of saving them to your web browser, you are saving them to the web. And, because your bookmarks are online, you can easily share them with friends.



What Can Social Bookmarking Do For Me?:



Not only can you save your favorite websites and send them to your friends, but you can also look at what other people have found interesting enough to tag. Most social bookmarking websites allow you to browse through the items based on most popular, recently added, or belonging to a certain category like shopping, technology, politics, blogging, news, sports, etc. You can even search through what people have bookmarked by typing in what you are looking for in the search tool. In fact, social bookmarking sites are being used as intelligent search engines.

Resource : http://webtrends.about.com