Parent Education

Lake Washington PTSA Council Parent Education Presents

Internet Safety: Creating Real Safety in a Virtual World

Learn how you can view your actions from the criminal's perspective and adopt online procedures that will reduce your risk. Six free presentations are being offered by the Lake WA School District for parents and their children. The topics addressed will vary to be age-appropriate for the 2 sets of presentations.

Elementary Level Presentations:
 

The Lake Washington School District has contracted with Linda Criddle, founder of Look Both Ways, an Internet Safety consulting firm, to inform parents on how to keep their families safe in the constantly changing virtual world.

A 13 year Microsoft veteran, Criddle is the author of the award winning book "Look Both Ways - Help Protect Your Child on the Internet", has written an online credited course entitled, Internet Safety for Educators for Washington State University, and is currently working on a complete K-12 Internet Safety Curriculum.

This presentation is not your common '10-tips for Internet Safety' or intended to instill fear of internet use by school aged children. Instead participants will acquire a deeper understanding of:

• Why Internet safety is not a 'teen' issue; everyone faces online safety issues - even those who don't personally use the Internet

• The landscape of online risk - what factors create an environment ripe for abuse

• How to identify the information you are really exposing online, not just what you think you're exposing

• How to think like a predator and how to avoid their traps for financial, emotional or physical exploitation

• How to manage life on the web and the impact of information permanence

• Why the victims of cybercrimes are NEVER at fault

• How to create a realistic positive dialog about online safety with others

Linda Criddle encourages parents to bring their students along to hear this information together. To read more about Internet Safety, go to Linda's website here. If you have any questions about this event, please contact Joanne Hall, Chair, Parent Education Liaison, LWSD PTSA Council at jjjahall@juno.com