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

 

 Definitions

BeWebAware: Internet 101 by Media Awareness Network
http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/internet101.aspx
• Short glossary of several Internet terms

Glossary by Symantec
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html
• Extensive glossary of computer terms

Internet Definitions by Netsmartz
http://www.netsmartz.org/safety/definitions.htm
• Extensive online glossary

The Librarian’s Guide to Great Web Sites for Kids by American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/guide.html
• Definitions of new technologies (end of paper)

OnGuard Online: Glossary by Federal Trade Commission
http://onguardonline.gov/glossary.html
• Standard glossary of computer terms


This site was developed by the Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom at Virginia Tech.
For additional input please contact John Wenrich