Internet+Safety

Prince Philip Grade 7/8s attended a presentation by internet expert Rob Nikel on "Staying Safe in a Wired World' on April 19th, 2010. Rob shared practical advice and "survival" tips to safely using the internet. These are just a few of the highlights of the presentation. Refer to his website (link below) for more details.

[|Rob Nickel Internet Safety Website]

-has been on the Dr.Phil and Oprah shows -was an OPP officer for 14 years -was a detective in the Child Pornography Section and the first canadian police officer to go online undercover to interact with pedophiles looking to exploit children -acted in this role for roughly 7 years -trains police officers from around the world in the latest in internet safety and misuse
 * __Rob Nikel "Staying Safe in a Wired World" Presentation HIghlights:__**

-as part of his Dr.Phil appearance, Rob went online posing as a youth in Las Vegas and within 5 minutes was involved in inappropriate chats with 3 individuals. One of which he continued to chat with for 4 days. This individual eventually asked to meet Rob, whom he thought was a young person.

-Rob demonstrated how simple it is to acquire personal information of children online now. He went online and found a photo of a young girl from Barrie, Ontario posted on a facebook-like website. Within 1 1/2 minutes he had personal information including her name, address, phone number, name of her friends, favourite foods, music interests, school name and information, and a map to her house, including photos of her home.

Rob stressed how important it is to not assume that what you do or send on the internet is not anonymous. He explained how emails we send include "headers" which they don't show in regular form but can easily be accessed by anyone who knows how to call up the headers.

He also discussed how chat rooms are not what the seem with over half of "chatters" in a kids chat room are actually adults, many of which posing as children.

With all of the blogging, MSNing, Facebooking and other internet "pursuits" kids are involved in it is essential that students and parents are aware of the dangers and misuses of the internet. We were fortunate to have Constable Sach of the Saskatoon Police Force in our classroom on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 to give a presentation on Internet Safety. View the attached powerpoint to see what Constable Sach had to share.
 * __Constable Sach of the Saskatoon Police Force - Internet Safety Presentation__**