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Online
Safety for Children | Parental
Controls & Software |
Ratings Organizations
| Kidsafe links
This site provides
links to information about Internet safety for children. Included are organizations
devoted to this issue, reviews and ratings of software solutions as well
as explanations of when, how and which tools to use. Also included is a
starter list of recommended kid safe sites.
Online
Safety for Children (Organizations & Info)
Netparents
http://www.netparents.org
Safety tips
and information for children and parents are among the resources at this
useful site.
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Cyberangels
http://www.cyberangels.org
The "Largest Internet
Safety Organizations since 1995" provides excellent resources and site
assessment.
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Safekids.org
http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
Check out the Child
Safety brochure written for the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children by Larry Magid, Los Angeles Times columnist.
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Parental
Controls and Software Solutions
(filtering,
blocking, browsers and ISP solutions)
Netguards:
Parental Filtering Software
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/
utilities99/parfilt01.html
Useful review of
several software packages.
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Figuring
Out Filters: A Quick Guide to Help Demystify Them
http://206.236.152.83/articles/articles/
19980201_5733.asp
Article appearing
in School Library Journal, Feb. 1, 1998. Although written for librarians,
this well know expert on filtering provides clearly explains how filtering
softwares work.
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Parental
Controls (WorldVillage)
http://www.worldvillage.com/wv/school/html/
control.htm
A comprehensive
listing of software including Web browsers and filtering/blocking utilities.
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Internet
Safety Software (About.com)
http://familyinternet.about.com/home/
familyinternet/msub04.htm
From the Family
Internet Guide at About.com
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Parental
Controls from Safekids.com
http://www.safekids.com/filters.htm
Excellent chart
of filtering software and comprehensive listing of ISP's (Internet Service
Providers) that offered filtered content.
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Ratings
Organizations
RSACI
http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html
The Recreational
Software Advisory Council on the Internet provides a ratings system based
on PICS* that may be used with a Web broswer such as Internet Explorer
or Netscape
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SafeSurf
http://www.safesurf.com/
The "Original Internet
Rating system" provides a ratings system based on PICS* that may be used
with a Web broswer such as Internet Explorer or Netscape
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* PICS - the Platform for Internet Content
Selection Standard
Kidsafe
links
700+
Great Sites
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/
amazing.html
" Amazing Spectacular
Mysterious Colorful web sites for kids and the Adults who care for them."
An excellent resource! information for parents, teachers as well as recommendations
of kid safe sites.
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Jean
Armour Polly's 100 Great Sites in Ten Categories
http://www.netmom.com/ikyp/samples/
hotlist.htm
From the author
of "The Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages"
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CyberMoms'
Approved Links (by age and subject)
http://www.cyberangels.org/cybermoms/links.htm
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Gateway
to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org/
simple1.html
Directory of educational
sites searchable by grade level.
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KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Directory of sites
which may be browsed or searched by keyword. Includes information about
the site and suitable grade levels.
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Ask
Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/
Easy to use search
engine for children (with filtered content).
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Web
Searching, Sleuthing and Sifting
http://www.angelfire.com/in/virtuallibrarian/ismain.html
6+ descriptions
and lessons on Web searching by Angela Elkordy.
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Kid's
Search Tools
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
Excellent compilation
of search tools for children and their parents.
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Last Updated:
December 18, 1999
copyright 1999-2000 Angela
Elkordy
tech_teacher@mailcity.com
http://www.thelearningsite.net/toolkit/kidsafe.html
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