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		Research Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation’s Youth by Center for Missing & Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/ResourceServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=869 • Documentation of youth exposure to sexual soliciation, sexual material, and harassment Safe & Smart: Research and Guidelines for Children’s Use of the Internet by National School Boards Foundation http://www.nsbf.org/safe-smart/index.html • Suggestions for using the Internet as a positive force Statistics: Teen Internet Safety by National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (commissioned by Cox Communications) http://www.netsmartz.org/safety/statistics.htm • Risks and opportunities of teen Internet use Study of Entertainment Media & Health: Internet by Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/entmedia/internet.cfm • Two reports: (1) Internet use by young people in grades 3-12 and (2) online food advertising that targets children This site was developed by the Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom at Virginia Tech. For additional input please contact John Wenrich