Resources for the
Emerging Cyberparent!
Internet Hotlist for Parents
created by Dr. Joyce J. Valenza
Lincoln Park Public Schools
Introduction | The Internet and Online
Safety | The Safety Issue--Perspectives |
Parents as Educational Partners | Parent 'Neat Stuff' | Top Notch for Your Kids
Introduction
Concerned
that you don't know enough about the Internet to help your child? Concerned
about all the scary Internet stories? Not sure how to find out about information
everyone else seems to have? It is time to use the vast information storehouse,
known as the Internet, to YOUR advantage. It is time to add this tool
to your list of strategies for finding information you need and want. It is time to understand
the real value and the real dangers of the Internet. It is time to help
your child learn and grow in the information age.
It is time to start your adventure in cyberspace!
The Internet Resources
The Internet and Online Safety
- Safe
Surfing for Parents, Kids, and Newbies!--A
MUST SEE site
Part of the excellent site, Kid's Domain. Click on page of online safety
tips for kids. They have excellent information for you to share with
your children and information on blocking and monitoring software.
- Yahooligans! Parent Guide
"Safe surfing" is a family affair. As a parent, it's all about being informed
and open to the possibilities of the online world for you and your child.
Yahooligans! wants to help with a series of safe surfing guidelines.
- Chat
Danger: How to Keep Safe in Chat Rooms--A
MUST SEE site
Part of the excellent site, Kid's Domain. Click on page
of online safety tips for kids. They have excellent information for
you to share with your children and information on blocking and monitoring software.
- FBI's Safety Tips for
Kids on the Internet
Safety tips from the Federal Bureau of Investigations which all kids should
know and follow while online.
- A Parents Guide
to the Internet -- From the U. S. Department of Education, this guide
is intended to help parents--regardless of their level of technological know-how--make
use of the on-line world as an important educational tool.
- Safety
Surf -- Annotated listing of software that allows monitoring and parental
control features.
The Safety Issue--Perspectives
Parents as Educational Partners
- Especially for Parents --
The U.S. Department of Education online publications. Be sure to check out
the My Child's Academic Success Series and the
Reading Resources. Many links to quality sites as well.
- The New 'Homework':
Parents and Students Together on the Web: A Dozen Information Skills.
How to work with your children to build questioning and thinking skills as they learn to
effectively and critically use the Internet.
From Now One--The Educational Technology Journal, Vol 6 . . . No 5 . . . February, 1997
- Guides to Search Engines for Children
These are guides that children and teenagers can use to find specialized search
engines relating to their interests and school subjects. Also included are
guides for virtually every subject and specialty you can image.
- Reading
With Your Children at Home -- A
MUST SEE site
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site is an excellent site with links to
author's home pages, reviews of children's books, and a free online newsletter.
- Home2School
Help your child succeed in school. You can keep track of your child's progress
and view tutorials to help your child develop skills tied to New Jersey Core Curriculum Content
Standards.
Parent "Neat Stuff"
Top Notch for Your Kids
- Safe Surf'n Kids and Teens
Some of your favorite celebrities are here to give you tips on how to be smart
- and safe - when you surf the 'Net. Scroll down to see their tips, then go
ahead and take the Driver's Ed Challenge. It's your chance to get your Internet
Driver's License!
- Surf Swell Island: Adventures
in Internet Safety
You and your child can follow Mickey and friends around the island to learn
about privacy issues, online manners, viruses, and more.
- The Internet Safety
Game
KidsCom has kids games, chat rooms for kids, video game cheats and other activities.
Our kids' games focus on fun, learning and Internet safety.
- Teen
Safety on the Information Highway
Excellent article written for teens by Lawrence J. Magid. Be sure to see the
last section, Guideline for Parents.
- Safe Teens
Designed for teens to read about the issue of safety and develop awareness
of precautions. Good links for teens by subject category and information on
building computer skills.
Content by Dr. Joyce J. Valenza, valenza@lincpk.com
Last revised: September 25,
2003