Communications Technology For Social Spaces Assignment 3 Formative
- 1. Safe Internet usage for children (Ages 5-12) By Luke Harrison (Formative task as part of Assignment 3 submission)
- 2. Safe internet usage? Since the internet has been available to the public there have always been concerns with its safe usage for all users specifically young children and the elderly There are several methods in place to allow this, however I will cover the top ten otherwise this presentation could be 100+ slides. I will specifically look at safe internet usage for children but some can apply to all internet users
- 3. Rule 1 Make sure your firewall is switched ON To navigate to your firewall go to START >> CONTROL PANEL >> WINDOWS FIREWALL And ensure on is selected (See below)
- 4. Rule 2 Ensure you have anti-virus software installed There are hundreds out there the easiest to use, install and is free is AVG Don’t forget to perform daily updates and weekly scans for viruses
- 5. Rule 3 Ensure you have internet security installed There are hundreds out there some come just as the interne security but most come in a packages with antivirus software e.g. AVG mentioned on the previous slide.
- 6. Rule 4 Ensure you have parental controls set up In Internet Explorer simply select Tools >> Internet options >> Content >> Enable Then simply set up your options, the window is shown below.
- 7. Rule 5 Ensure you have parental control software installed and set up Just like antivirus software there are hundreds out there and most are free For example there is Freeshield shown below
- 8. Rule 6 Nothings better than physically observing the child If they know the parent is there and watching them 99% of the time they will not attempt to go to any websites they shouldn’t plus if the parent is there then they can also help them if problems arise.
- 9. Rule 7 Set rules and limits to the children’s internet use This can be limits to internet use, time frames when they are allowed to use it. Ideally when the parent is available
- 10. Rule 8 Pop-ups These are unwanted advertisements which may distract the young user to another website with seedy marketing gimmicks, they may even contain explicit content. To prevent against these ensure internet explorer has pop-up blocker turned on, it should look like the image below.
- 11. Rule 9 Ask what websites your child is going to go on With software like “Spector Pro” you can log to see if they have been truthful and are going onto suitable websites and typing suitable text
- 12. Rule 10 Find out what children their age should be going on Then simply influence (not force) your child to go on those websites. The child will feel better for going on websites the have been allowed and asked to go on Although children cannot be completely trusted because of their immature curiosity and so software at rule 9 can help monitor this.