{"id":180,"date":"2017-05-04T12:37:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T16:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2019-08-15T11:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T15:18:22","slug":"internet-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/internet-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Internet Safety: Guidelines for Students and Parents<\/h4>\n<p>Wellesley Public Schools believes in strong partnerships between home and school. The student\/parent resources below will help educators and parents, together, empower young people to harness the power of the Internet and digital technology for learning and life &#8212; both in the classroom and at home.<\/p>\n<p>We take Internet safety very seriously at school and urge you to do the same at home. The guidelines for students and for parents were adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commonsensemedia.org<\/a>. Please visit the student\/parent resources at the bottom of the page for helpful information such as family media agreements and tip sheets, instructions for safety settings on MAC and PC, and more.<\/p>\n<h4>Guidelines for Students<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Be mindful of how much time you spend in front of a screen, continue to enjoy other activities and people in your life.<\/li>\n<li>Never enter information about yourself online without first checking with your parents. Never include home address, telephone number, school, photographs or passwords.<\/li>\n<li>Never go alone to meet someone you know only from the Internet. Any meeting should be in a public place with a trusted adult present.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t tell anyone anything online that you would not want others to know.<\/li>\n<li>If you are made uncomfortable in a chat room, leave it. Don&#8217;t put up with rudeness, bullying, or provocative chat.<\/li>\n<li>Report threatening, harassing, or abusive messages or pictures to your parents.<\/li>\n<li>Do not answer threatening or obscene emails or chat room messages.<\/li>\n<li>Never download anything unless it is from a trusted source. Do not click on anything in an email unless it is from someone you know.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Guidelines for Parents<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize that media is a big part of your student&#8217;s life. Talk to them about what worries you and why. Keep an open dialog with your student.<\/li>\n<li>Talk about what it means to \u201cbalance\u201d time spent with technology, media, and other activities. Identify some steps your family can take to balance screen time with face-to-face time.<\/li>\n<li>Set screen time limits and don&#8217;t be afraid to enforce them. Consider making the dinner table a device-free zone, in which no family member (not even the adults) may use a cell phone, tablet, or computer.<\/li>\n<li>Set reasonable expectations for online behavior. Tell your student never to respond to threatening or obscene messages.<\/li>\n<li>Talk with your student about online interests and friends and ask to see the sites she\/he visits.<\/li>\n<li>Harassment is a crime. If your teen receives obscene or threatening messages or pornography contact your Internet service provider and the police.<\/li>\n<li>If you install filtering software or parental controls, remember that nothing is 100% foolproof. No software can replace talking to your teen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Student\/Parent Resources<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fbi.gov\/publications\/pguide\/pguidee.htm\">FBI Parent Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeepsafe.org\/\">The Internet Keep Safe Coallition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.klgreer.com\/\">Katie Greer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netsmartz.org\/Parents\">Netsmartz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.safekids.com\/\">Safekids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.safeteens.com\/\">Safeteens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/blog\/15-apps-and-websites-kids-are-heading-to-after-facebook\">15 Sites And Apps Students Are Heading To After Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/educators\/family-tip-sheets\">Family Tips Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/privacy-and-internet-safety\/age\/tweens\">Internet Safety Tips For Middle School Kids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/pdfs\/fma_all.pdf\">Family Media Agreements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Filtering, Parental Controls and Privacy Settings<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/constantguard.comcast.net\/\">Comcast Xfinity Constant Guard Security And Parental Controls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/parental-software-review.toptenreviews.com\/\">Top 10 Home Internet Filtering Product Reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/\">Safety For Pc Users<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thexlab.com\/faqs\/internetsafetychild.html\">Safety For Mac Users<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/support\/residential\/quick-answers\/fios-parental-controls.htm\">Verizon Fios Parental Controls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20169886-how-to-protect-and-unprotect-your-tweets\">Twitter Privacy Settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/445588775451827\">Facebook Privacy Settings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet Safety: Guidelines for Students and Parents Wellesley Public Schools believes in strong partnerships between home and school. The student\/parent resources below will help educators and parents, together, empower young people to harness the power of the Internet and digital&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/internet-safety\/\">Continue reading <span> Internet Safety<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-180","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","","tg-column-two"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 18:00:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}