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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		Predators (Including Information on Luring and Grooming) “How to recognize ‘grooming’: Teach your kids” by Anne Collier (BlogSafety by Tech Parenting Group) http://www.blogsafety.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1200000033 • Tactics and links to other resources Online predators: What you can do to minimize the risk by Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidpred.mspx • Information on how predators work, tips for parents, and guidelines for children Predator Tip Sheet by i-SAFE http://xblock.isafe.org/docs/Eluding_Internet_Predators_Tip_Sheet.pdf • Tips and reminders for recognizing potential problems This site was developed by the Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom at Virginia Tech. For additional input please contact John Wenrich