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Internet Safety

Presented in cooperation with


Family Resource Center
Parent Teacher Association

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TRAVEL TIPS

Plan ahead
Look for Privacy Statement
Know who you're talking to

Internet Safety

Filtering Programs

Parent Sites

Kids Sites

Kids Search Engines

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Internet Safety

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http://www.americalinksup.org/Tips for Parents and kids.

http://www.missingkids.com/quiz/kidquiz.html Safety Quiz of Kids.

http://www.missingkids.com/quiz/parentquiz.html Safety Quiz for Parents.

http://www.missingkids.com/quiz/internetquiz.html On-line Quiz for kids.

http://www.hpl.hamilton.on.ca/children/intersaf.htm Many links for parent and kids safety on-line.

http://www.safesurf.com/index.html A site that has rated web sites for kids safety. You can filter your Internet Explorer browser.

http://www.safetyed.org/ Safety Ed International Inter Safety Resources, Education, and Child Advocacy.

http://www.lycos.com/parentalcontrol/getnetwise.html GetNetWise, Many useful sites for parents and kids.

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Filtering Programs

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http://www8.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/utility/filter/_open.htm Reviews of filtering utilities.

http://www1.surfwatch.com/about/about.htmlSurf Watch software. A demo is available for download.

http://www.cybersitter.com/index.html CYPERsitter filtering program. A demo is available for download.

http://www.cyberangels.org/ A group of volunteer cyber citizens of all ages and professions at you service for safety for youngsters on the Internet.

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Parent Sites

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http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet/benefits.html Benefits of the Getting on the Information Superhighway.

http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/parent.html Sites for Parents, Caregivers, Teachers and Others Who Care About Kids Compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

http://parents.surfmonkey.com/library/default.asp Parents' Online Library. This is the section where you'll find links to other web resources.

http://www.buddyproject.org/ Buddy Project Welcome to the Buddy System Project home page. This project uses technology to extend learning beyond the classroom walls and into homes of students.

http://www.buddyproject.org/parent/default.htm The Buddy Project’s Parent Resources

http://www.edbydesign.com/index.html Many activities for youngsters.

http://www.netmom.com/ikyp/samples/hotlist.shtml Net-Mom’s Internet Safe House The Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages

http://www.childrenspartnership.org/pub/pbpg98/partI98.html What’s at stake, Why Computers matter to your child. Alisting of hints for parents of children age 2 and up.

http://www.justuskidz.com/parents.html Helps find the best web sites on parenting and more.

http://www.parentech.org/ ParenTech is a unique technology education campaign that provides free resources for families and educators of middle school kids (grades 6-8).

http://www.familyeducation.com/bssq/ Understanding how your kids learn best. A brief on-line quiz.

http://www.pta.org/index.stm National PTA site.

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Kid Sites

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http://www.justuskidz.com/learn.html Games for kids of all ages.

http://www.beritsbest.com/ Berits best sites for children.

http://www.kidsville.net/frameset.htm A kids place but also notes for parents. Must join.

http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/KIDS/kidshome.html Kids’ Corner. Lots of activities.

http://www.kiddonet.com/ KiddoNet-Fun, Safe Internet for Kids.Games, Homework helper, and even a web page composer.

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Kid Search Engines

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http://www.askanexpert.com/ Ask an expert site.

http://www.westga.edu/~library/depts/govdoc/kids.shtml This page is a listing of U.S. Federal Government web sites that have been designed for children and youth.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ A web search by librarians for kids.

http://www.wellesley.mec.edu/MS/Great_Sites/Great_Sites.htm TekMom links to many learning sites especially search engines for kids.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/teaching/kidsearch/kidssearch.htm Search engines for kids.

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This site was designed and developed for the Middletown Schools' Family Resource Center
by Roberta Avery, Vivian McRae Wesley Elementary School, Teacher

roberta.avery@snet.net
Last update: November, 2000 http://www.wesleyan.edu/mtsd/macdonough/safety/safety.htm