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Keeping Kids Safe Online

American Library Association
The American Library Association provides tips and guidance for “kids, parents and the public” in a document called, Libraries, Children and the Internet in the 'Read! Learn! Connect!' section of their Web site. It includes recommendations for helping young people stay safe while using the Internet. It also explains the limitations of popular parental and institutional controls such as filters.

FBI
The FBI provides safety tips for kids on the Internet in a publication for parents as well as through youth-oriented Web pages. There is a page for children in grades K-5 and one for “kids and youth." The parent publication is in both English and Spanish, and explains the signs that your child is at-risk and what actions to take. The FBI suggests that parents communicate openly with their children and teach responsible Internet usage.

Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission is concerned with children’s online privacy. On this site you will find a section called “kids privacy” with information and tips for children, adults, teachers and the business community. It includes links to www.lycoszone.com and www.kidsprivacy.com where you can play short videos about protecting your privacy online.

GetNetWise
GetNetWise is a public service sponsored by Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that families have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences. It provides an online safety guide, information about tools used for protecting young people online, Web links for young people, and a process for reporting trouble online. This coalition recommends that kids and teens learn to take responsibility for their own behavior with guidance from families and communities.

I-SAFE America
Founded in 1998, I-SAFE America is an Internet Safety Education Foundation with major emphasis on empowering kids/teens with knowledge on how to act responsibly and be safe online. This Web site includes resources for youth as well as for their parents and teachers. Included are “Rules of the Road” to help you learn to “drive defensively on the information highway,” and online lesson plans (downloadable for free) for use at home, school and youth organizations to help young people stay safe on the Internet.

SafeTeens.com
This web site discusses the risks online and provides some basic rules. There are materials for both teens and adults including a document called Teen Safety on the Information Highway.

SafetyEd International
Safety Ed International provides information and suggestions for keeping young people safe on the Internet. Their resources are divided into five sections: Parents, Schools, Libraries, Teens, and Kids. The schools section includes a 'Teacher/Student Internet Acceptable Use Policy' that defines clear limits and establishes the expectation that students will get adult assistance when faced with concerns. The Teens section includes information on how to be “street smart” in a chat room, solving information overload with critical thinking skills, and the ramifications of downloading pirated software, music and movies.

Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse
The Consortium for School Networking has prepared a toolkit of resources to help guide school officials when they talk to parents and other community members about online safety issues. Components include a handbook, PowerPoint presentation, and short video.

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