Virginia Internet Safety Guidelines              

Intro Page Age-Appropriate Guidelines Cyberbullying Definitions E-Mail Ethics Filtering Hate Sites Identity Theft Instant Messaging Organizations Internet Benefits & Risks Legal: National Legal: Virginia Laws Newsletters Online Games Parent/Child Sample Agreements Peer to Peer (P2P)or File Sharing Predators (Luring / Grooming) Professional Development Reporting Problems Research Sample School & Division Policies Sites for Educators Sites for Kids Sites for Older Kids Sites for Parents Social Networking (Blogs,         Personal Web Pages, Chats Student Instruction: Lesson Plans/         Curricula Virginia Law Virginia Guidelines Booklet Virginia School Resources		Internet Benefits and Risks Cybercrime Newsletter by National Association of Attorneys General http://naag.org/publications/cybercrime/index.php • Online articles about different aspects of cybercrime GetNetWise: What are the Risks for Children Online? by Internet Education Foundation http://kids.getnetwise.org/safetyguide/danger/ • Overview of various Internet risks Parenting Online by WiredKids http://wiredkids.org/parents/parentingonline/index.html http://wiredkids.org/resources/documents/pdf/parentingonline.pdf (Printable version) http://www.wiredkids.org/parents/parentingonline/parentingonline-ES-v1.pdf (Spanish version) • Internet positives and negatives, plus tips for avoiding problems “The Positives and Perils of the Internet: Working Together to Make Your Family’s Online Experience Safe and Fun” by Donna Rice Hughes (ProtectKids.com) http://www.protectkids.com/parentsafety/positive_peril.htm • Safety tips for parents and children What Are the Risks by SafeKids.Com http://www.safekids.com/risks.htm • Brief overview of potential risks This site was developed by the Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom at Virginia Tech. For additional input please contact John Wenrich