We recently received a grant from the Virginia Humanities Coalition for the Education of Internet Safety and Public Awareness Campaign of Sovereign Power. We wanted to share that presentation with you. It will be required reading in Virginia schools. It’s after the break:
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Virginia is the first state to require internet safety lessons. I need to take the classes.
You would think I am making this up, but this is totally true. A recent AP story explains:
On a screen at the front of a classroom, Gene Fishel flashed an online social-networking profile of “hotlilflgirl,” which said she was 15, enjoys being around boys and wants to meet new people.
The next image revealed the real “hotlilflgirl”—a mug shot of a 31- year-old man who was convicted of sexually abusing 11 children he met online and was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
“Not little, not fly and not a girl,” said Fishel, a Virginia assistant attorney general. He warned his audience about the dangers of sharing personal information on the Internet and agreeing to meet Web acquaintances in person.
Fishel’s presentation at James River High School recently was one of many being held this school year in the state, the first to mandate that public schools offer Internet safety classes for all grade levels.
Nationally, Texas and Illinois are among states that have since passed their own Internet safety education laws, but unlike Virginia they don’t make the courses mandatory.
Now, time to make an internet safety presentation. Check back tomorrow! Official presentations here.
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