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		Filtering BeWebAware: Get the Most out of the Internet: Technological Tools by Media Awareness Network http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/wa_teachers/safe_passage_teachers/getmost_techtools.cfm • Checklist for evaluating content-management products and related issues Filtering and Blocking by WiredKids http://www.wiredkids.org/safesites/filtering.html • Information about filtering, blocking, and outgoing software FilterReview.com by National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families http://www.filterreview.com/index.htm • Background for selecting the most appropriate filters “Why Filters Won’t Protect Children or Adults” by Nancy Kranich, Library Administration and Management 18(1): 14-18 (published by American Library Association) http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/issuesrelatedlinks/whyfilterswontprotect.htm • Educating about Internet safety as opposed to using filters This site was developed by the Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom at Virginia Tech. For additional input please contact John Wenrich