1 Teaching Students to Be Safe in a Digital Age Patti Fowler, SC Attorney General’s Office Martha Alewine, SC Department of Education.

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Teaching Students to Be Safe in a Digital Age

Patti Fowler, SC Attorney General’s OfficeMartha Alewine, SC Department of Education

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Did You Know?Online sales totaled $100 billion in

2005Online retail sales in the United

States rose to $32.4 billion and accounted for 3.6% of all retail sales in the second quarter of 2009, even as total retail sales fell 0.4%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales 2nd Quarter 2009 report.

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Did You Know?1 in 4 households have been

victims of ID theft in the past 5 years

33% of 13- to- 17-year-olds reported that their parents or guardians know “very little” or “nothing” about what they do on the Internet.

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Did You Know?

• 61% of 13 to 17 year olds have a per- sonal profile on sites such as Myspace, Friendster, or Xanga

• 14% have actually met face-to-face with a person they had known only through the Internet

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Facebook with 133,623,529 unique visits. MySpace with 50,615,444 unique visits. Twitter with 23,573,178 unique visits.

Linkedin with 15,475,890 unique visits. Classmates with 14,613,381 unique visits.

MyLife with 8,736,352 unique visits. Ning with 6,120,667 unique visits.

LiveJournal with 3,834,155 unique visits. Tagged with 3,800,325 unique visits. Last.fm with 3,473,978 unique visits.

As of October 25, 2010

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Do Your Students Know?

Internet Safety is cumulative. There is NO single thing you

can do to completely protect yourself on the internet.

There are multiple components to staying safe.

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Scaffolding IndicatorsScaffolding Indicators

4 Standards4 Standards

PreK-12PreK-12

South Carolina Internet South Carolina Internet Safety StandardsSafety Standards

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Students recognize Students recognize their rights and their rights and responsibilities in responsibilities in using technologies using technologies with- in the context of with- in the context of today’s world.today’s world.

Standard 1: Digital Standard 1: Digital CitizenshipCitizenship

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Students use critical Students use critical think- ing and think- ing and evaluation while evaluation while incorporating incorporating appropriate di- gital appropriate di- gital tools and resources into tools and resources into their education.their education.

Standard 2: Media LiteracyStandard 2: Media Literacy

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Students recognize the Students recognize the ethical and legal issues ethical and legal issues while access- ing, creating, while access- ing, creating, and using digital tools and and using digital tools and resources in order to resources in order to make informed decisions.make informed decisions.

Standard 3: Cyber-ethicsStandard 3: Cyber-ethics

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Students will recognize Students will recognize online risks and dangers in online risks and dangers in order to take appropriate order to take appropriate actions to pro- tect actions to pro- tect themselves while using di-themselves while using di-gital tools and resources.gital tools and resources.

Standard 4: Personal Standard 4: Personal SafetySafety

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AcademicStandards

NETS-SISTE

StandardsFor the

21st CenturyLearner

AASL

P21College and

Career-Ready

Relationship to other standards Relationship to other standards and initiativesand initiatives

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Safety MinutesSafety MinutesPSAsPSAs StandardsStandards

Recommended ResourcesRecommended Resources•NetSmartzNetSmartz•iSafeiSafe•WebWiseKidsWebWiseKids•CommonSense MediaCommonSense Media•SC K-12 ICT Scope and SequenceSC K-12 ICT Scope and Sequence

What We Have For YouWhat We Have For You

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This scope and sequence is intended as a guide for integrating information communication technologies into the curriculum using the Simple 4 (Plan-Act-Organize-Reflect) information-seeking and problem-solving process model. The skills included here were identified in the national Standards for the 21st Century Learner by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) in the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Students. Also included in this Scope and Sequence are the South Carolina Internet Safety Standards. This scope and sequence scaffolds the identified skills from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Simple 4 – ISTE - AASL STANDARDS K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Plan Analyze information needs in terms of questions or problems to be explored.

Plan strategies and follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects and make the real-world connection for using this process in one’s personal life. (1.1.1) (3.a)

I I I R R R R R R I U I U I U I U

Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation. (4.a)

I I I I R R R R R R R I U I U

Use prior and background knowledge to develop and refine a range of questions to frame the search for new understanding. (1.1.2) (1.1.3)

I I I R R R R R R R R I U I U

Display initiative and engagement by posing questions and investigating the answers beyond the collections of superficial facts. (1.2.1)

I I I R R R R R I U I U I U

Demonstrate adaptability by changing the inquiry focus, questions, resources, or strategies when necessary to achieve success and by persisting in information searching despite challenges (1.2.5) (1.2.6).

I I I R R R R R I U I U I U

Make informed choices among technology systems, information resources, and services.

Read widely and fluently to make connections with self, the world, and previous reading. (4.1.2)

I I R I U I U I U I U I U I U I U I U I U I U

Seek information for personal learning in a variety of formats and genres. (4.1.4) I I R R R R R R R I U I U I U I U

Apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information by planning strategies to guide inquiry (3.a)

I I I I R R R R I U I U I U I U I U

Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project. (4.b) I I I R R R R R I U I U I U

Use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions. (4.d)

I I I R R R I U I U I U I U

K-12 I CT Scope and Sequence

School Library Media Services

Office of eLearning

http://scschoollibraries.pbworks.com

Click on Click on IMPACTIMPACT: Teaching and : Teaching and Learning for the 21Learning for the 21stst Century Century

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SampleSampleLessonsLessons

ProfessionalProfessionalDevelopmentDevelopment

ITV ITV ProgrammingProgramming

Agencies & OfficesAgencies & Offices•Attorney GeneralAttorney General•SCDESCDE

• Office of Youth ServicesOffice of Youth Services• Office of eLearningOffice of eLearning• CyberSafety Task ForceCyberSafety Task Force

What We Can Do For YouWhat We Can Do For You

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DistrictDistrict

State

• Teachers• Students • Parents

• Teachers• Students• Parents

• Teachers• Students• Parents

• Teachers • Students• Parents

• Teachers• Students• Parents

Schools Schools Schools SchoolsSchools

What Can We Do For You?What Can We Do For You?

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SC Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

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History of the Task Force

The ICAC program was developed in response to• the increasing number of teens on the Internet, • the proliferation of child pornography, • the heightened online activity by

predators.

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History of the Task Force

The first ten Task Forces in the U.S. were formed in 1998 with grants from the U.S. Department of Justice.

South Carolina’s Task Force was one of the first ten formed, under the umbrella of the Attorney General’s Office.

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Mission of the Task Force

• To provide Internet safety awareness presentations and resources.

• To investigate and prosecute Internet crimes against children.

• To provide statewide training to law enforcement and prosecutors in various practical investigative and forensic areas.

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Members of the Task ForceTask Force Commander – Deborah ShupeProgram Manager – Chip PayneInternet Safety Education Coordinator – Patti FowlerThree Prosecutors – Megan Wines, Priscilla Jones, Kyle SennAppellate Practice Specialist – William BlitchSpecial Investigator – Lucinda McKellarComputer Forensics Examiner – Bobby BeltonLegal Assistant – Lisa GrayLaw Clerk – Guy Dabbs

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Partners and Affiliate Members of the Task Force

STATE: SLED, NCMEC (SC Chapter)

FEDERAL: ICE, NCIS, US Postal Inspection Services, FBI, US Probation and Parole, US Secret Service

LOCAL: 55 County and Local Law Enforce- ment Agencies

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Internet Safety – Why Now?

1. Increase in the number of ways to access the Internet and in the number of activities.

2.Increasingly younger ages who are accessing the Internet.

3.There are people on the Internet who intend to do harm to our children and teens.

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Internet Predators

A recent United Nations report indicates that there are some 750,000 predators on the Internet .

1 in 7 children have been sexually solicited online.

Once only in chat rooms, predators are now going through other social networking sites such as My Space and Facebook for information.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

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Task Force Record

Criminal Solicitation of a Minor – 198 arrests,137 convictions, 61 pending

Sexual Exploitation of a Minor – 79 arrests,59 prosecuted, 13 convictions, 46

pending

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Internet Safety Programs

Elementary Grades 3-5Middle School

High SchoolHigher Education

ParentsProfessional Development

Law Enforcement

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Internet Safety Programs – Students• Keep personal information private.• Share passwords only with parents.

• “Talk” with people online that you know in real life, not to strangers.

• Be kind and respectful online.• Social Networking • Cyberbullying and Sexting• Identity Theft, Phishing, Shadow Resumes

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Internet Safety Programs – ParentsApply parenting wisdom to your child’s screen time. Nothing is more effective than parent knowledge and supervision.

Communicate with your child about their use of media.

Establish guidelines and boundaries for screen time.

Know who your child is communicating with online.

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