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Are you CyberSafe?

Cyber Predators Title

A Cyber predator uses the Internet to hunt for victims to take advantage of in ANYway, including sexually, emotionally, psychologically or financially. Cyber predators know how to manipulate kids, creating trust and friendship where none should exist.

Educators

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Cybertipline
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children maintains the CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for cases of child exploitation. Reports may be made online or by calling 1-800-843-5678. This site also provides manly links and resources to prevent predation.

*NetSmartz Real Life Stories
Scroll to the bottom of their site to find, "Julie's Journey, Amy's Choice and Tracking Teresa." Again, NetSmartz offers short video clip stories chronicling the choices of young girls who met face to face with someone they met online. There are accompanying lesson plans in the form of activity cards for both middle and high school. (grades 7-12)

C3 Institute (CyberEthics, CyberSafety & CyberSecurity)
Educational outreach on the ethical, legal, safety and security implications of technology use.

NetLingo
Learn your "net lingo" - thousands of definitions that easily explain the Internet and the online world of business, technology, and communication.

Play It CyberSafe
Advice for teachers, parents and teens on staying safe - from the Business Software Alliance. Includes multi-lingual curriculum, resources and research articles.

Parents

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*Internet Safety and Cyber Predator Awareness
Welcome to the State of Ohio's Attorney General's Internet Safety and Cyber Predator Awareness Site. Several different sections that make up this site are on Cyber Predators.

Help Delete Online Predators
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children line up tips for parents to use when talking with their children about online predators.

CyberPredator Communication Tools (.pdf)
I-Safe America's Guide to how predators use technology (chat, phone, email, instant messaging) to lure their victims.

A Safety Net for the Internet: Protecting Our Children
Juvenile Justice Journal article on protecting children from cyber predators.

Students

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*CyberTipline's Know the Dangers
The way to stay safer is to understand the dangers and follow some simple rules to help you steer clear of trouble. Their *public service announcements are powerful to watch.

It Happened
From Cyberwise Canada - read stories from other kids who didn't pay attention to the dangers and had bad experiences.

* Indicates this resource was shown in CTAP IV Cybersafety PowerPoint.


last updated on 21-Apr-2008
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