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Orland School District 135 and the Orland Park Police Department have combined efforts to assist parents in protecting children on the Internet. On-line computer exploration opens a world of possibilities as an irreplaceable tool for learning and educational resources. As with any medium, there are also risks of receiving inappropriate material, e-mail messages that are harassing, and providing personal information that may wind up in the arrangement of an encounter. The school district and police department urge parents to get to know their child's on-line friends just as you get to know all of their other friends.
The best way to assure that children have positive on-line experiences is to stay in touch with what they are doing. Have them show you how to use the Internet or on-line service. If you have a concern about your child's on-line activities, talk to them.
Keeping Children Safe on the Internet at School
The Internet is a valuable educational resource that is used responsibly and appropriately by the staff in Orland School District 135. Safeguards are in place to protect our students from objectionable material. All users of the Internet must sign an Acceptable Use Policy which outlines approved, appropriate use of the network. All computers are equipped with a filtering system. Students are limited to word processing and software programs without a password. Internet access is authorized directly by staff members.
Information from the Internet must pass through a filtering program before it is displayed on the computer screen. This filtering program blocks potentially objectionable Internet material before it gets to the student. The filtering system analyzes and catalogues each site, identifies thousands of suspect sites, and updates our list of approved student sites daily.
Keeping Children Safe on the Internet at Home
Tips from the Orland Park Police Department
1. Keep the computer in a public room. Do not put it in a child's bedroom where it is difficult for you to monitor what the child is doing on-line.
2. Teach your child not to give out personal information on-line such as their full name, address, phone number, or school information.
3. Check out the filtering features built into browsers that empower parents to limit their child's access only to those sites that have been rated appropriate for children.
4. Other software programs block websites that are known to be inappropriate for children. These programs can be configured to filter out sites that contain sexual content or violent material. For a directory of these programs, please log on to: www.getnetwise.org
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