[...]... Copyright and piracy Security and privacy Cyberwellness and balance Social engineering awareness Online/ Digital Reputation Gaming Safety Video game ratings, parental controls and playing games online 22 Online Safety and Technology Working Group Online -safety education at school Almost all educators agree that schools have a role to play when it comes to Internet safety A February, 2010 survey35 conducted... Internet -safety education from nonprofit organizations The U.S is home to numerous non-profit organizations and other operators of websites and blogs with online safety educational resources Addendum A at the end of this section lists just a sample of them When you count the numerous local and state resources, it is much larger Some of these groups have paid professional staff, others rely on volunteers and. .. (http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu/science_friendship_as _a_ health_factor.pdf ) Online Safety and Technology Working Group 17 Jenkins also talked about work he has done with the MacArthur Foundation that found that “kids who engage in participatory practices online also increase opportunities for civic engagement at about the same rate as being on the school newspaper, being on the debate team – the same sort of activities that have traditionally... individuals), this material is constitutionally protected and any efforts to keep children from seeing it must be balanced with the rights of adults to produce and consume such material At its September meeting, the Working Group heard from Jessica Gonzales of the National Hispanic Media Coalition and Steve Sheinberg from the Anti-Defamation League about the impact of hate content on youth Ms Gonzales warned... represent a tailored and scalable approach and factor in the high correlation between offline and online risk The approach would also work in concert with non-fear-based, social-norms education, which promotes and establishes a baseline norm of good behavior online Research also shows that civil, respectful behavior online is less conducive to risk, and digital media literacy concerning behavior as well as... nationwide 6 Online Safety and Technology Working Group • Create a Digital Literacy Corps for schools and communities nationwide • Make evaluation a component of all federal and federally funded online safety education programs (evaluation involving risk-prevention expertise) • Establish industry best practices • Encourage full, safe use of digital media in schools’ regular instruction and professional... currently available today to families, caretakers, and schools to help encourage better online content and communications They are most effective as part of a “layered” approach to child online safety The best of these technologies work in tandem with educational strategies, parental involvement, and other approaches to guide and mentor children, supplementing but not supplanting the educational and mentoring... “bullying and harassment, most often by peers, are the most frequent threats that minors face, both online and offline” – point not just to the OSTWG’s challenge but that of anyone charged with analyzing online safety solutions today – the need for better questions, based on a greater understanding of the nature of the Internet today and how youth use it What these two findings on the part of the ISTTF... Reduction Act, and sufficient resources, such as funds for travel by members and speakers and funds for meeting accommodations and staff support An unfunded mandate creates obstacles that can easily distract from the great work that such mandates can lead to by placing undue burdens on the citizens called upon to serve the American public Online Safety and Technology Working Group 9 2 Fill the prescription... people’s safety on the fixed and mobile Internet And, because of the key role young people increasingly play in their own safety online, it also points to the growing importance of online citizenship and media-literacy education, in addition to what has come to be seen as online safety education, as solutions to youth risk online Other important factors that need to be considered by any task force or working . information 2 Online Safety and Technology Working Group available on the state of online safety. The OSTWG would also include representatives from various. Nigam, Co-Chair Online Safety and Technology Working Group Anne Collier, Co-Chair Online Safety and Technology Working Group Date: June 4, 2010 On