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The following behaviors can and do occur online every day: Students who perpetrate the above acts online have never learned proper [|Netiquette]. It's up to us to make sure that //our// students know exactly what proper Netiquette is all about! //We don't want our students being accused of this behavior while using the Net during school activities (or even while using the Internet while at home)!//
 * //Bullying - click to learn more about cyber bullying//
 * //Defamation (libel or slander, ie., video podcasts or forum posts that publicly slam, insult, or otherwise denigrate an individual)//
 * //Hate Speech (Xenophobia, racism, etc.)//
 * //Sexual Harassment//
 * //Spamming (the unwanted delivery of excess of information about a topic)//
 * //Stalking//

Good sites that communicate to kids about the need for safe Internet habits:


 * [|Kids Domain] Safe Surfing! kids' guide
 * [|Boston Public Library] Kids' Page
 * [|Kids Online] a great example of a kid-safe online community
 * [|Get Safe Online] - check out their [|ten-minute ABC's of safety], including how to protect your PC as well as your identity
 * [|Wired Safety] - information on staying safe for kids, tweens, and teens; it's really worth a look!
 * [|Internet Superheroes] - comic book styling makes this safety site fun to learn from
 * [|Have you ever been cyber-bullied?] - take this quiz and find out

//Please add links above or below that will help us learn how to educate our students about using the Internet responsibly and safely.//


 * [|A Great Collection of Sites and Tools for Internet Safety] - a //fantastic// resource from Somers Public Schools in Connecticut; includes links about chat room, email, and instant message safety, filtering and monitoring tools, kid-friendly search engines, sites with kid-friendly surfing features, safe harbor sites, how to report online abuses, etc. Check this site out!!!**

[|Use Policies and Safety] - a strong collection of links from 4Teachers that covers the whole spectrum of Internet Safety issues.

[|Disney's Interactive "Surfswell Island"] - It's all about Net Safety, done in a high-interest, easy-to-use format for kids. (There's also the Disney-UK site's [|"Safe Surfing with Doug"], which includes a nicely-done Safe Surfer Charter.)

//[|Netiquette] -// from author Virginia Shea, hosted by one of the oldest sites on the web: "//'Netiquette' is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. This page provides links to both summary and detail information about Netiquette for your browsing pleasure."//

[|Netiquette from an educational staff development perspective] - from the Texas Center for Educational Technology, includes "netiquette for kids" guidelines

[|Netiquette Quiz] //-// from Learn the Net