Welcome!"Oh, so they have

internet on computers now!"

- Homer

Please grab a quiz on your way in.

Fill it out – you may win a PRIZE!

Daddy, you’re crazy!

- Joshua

Introduction

Web Developer Youth Worker Internet Safety Speaker Website operator Dad

Your Mom

Blow out of

proportion

Fight

CONFINE

As a generation they are

adaptive and balanced…

You… were born between 1982 and 2001 have many relationships that are

technology based can not live without technology live in a world dominated

by technology use the Internet more for play

than work are part of The Millennial

Generation

Is there a generation

gap?

You… were born between 1982

and 2001 have many relationships

that are technology based can not live without

technology live in a world dominated

by technology use the Internet more for

play than work are part of The

Millennial Generation

I… was born between 1960

and 1981 have few relationships but

they are deep am interested in

technology saw an explosion of

technology in my lifetime use the Internet more for

work than play am part of GenerationX

Internet 101

“During my service in the United States

Congress, I took the initiative in creating

the Internet. ” - Al Gore

…is the publicly accessible worldwide system of interconnected computer networks.

is made up of thousands of smaller commercial, academic, domestic, and government networks. It carries various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

“Check us out on the inter-

web ” - Brent Butt

Web sites deliver information Web applications allow you to

perform functions or tasks

Web Sites and Applications

What is Web 2.0 & UGC?

User Generated Content

“Web 2.0 refers to

a perceived second

generation of web-based

communities” - Wikipedia

How many do you know?

Examples of Web 2.0 & UGC Web Sites

http://web2logo.com/

n. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.

You on You TubeBroadcast Yourself

Flickr

“what does that mean - CC

license? how did he get that

license on his photos.”

What is a Social Network?

Most social network services are primarily web based and provide a collection of various ways for users to interact, such as chat, messaging, email, video, voice chat, file sharing, blogging, discussion groups, and so on.

“I Worship God not

facebook."- Colin Owen

Social Networks

“It’s notMySpace -

it’s His space”

Employers looking at blogs/MySpace accounts

Employees are getting fired over content in blogs/MySpace etc.

"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your

intentions. You may have a heart of gold - but so does a hard-

boiled egg."- Anonymous

“I have often regretted my

speech, never my silence."

- Xenocrates

“I have often regretted my

speech, never my silence."

- Xenocrates

“It’s no secret that employers are now screening job candidates by Googling them. Which means you might not get a job if you’ve posted something compromising about yourself on MySpace (or anywhere else), and forgotten about it, or if someone else has posted something unpleasant about you.”

- John Pospisil

“I have often regretted my

speech, never my silence."

- Xenocrates

“Do you have any skeletons in your closet? Maybe you do, maybe you don't - that's personal - but the government, corporations, employers, parents, strangers or a spouse feel that they have the right to know. They want the dirt.”

- Clayton Norlen

“I have often regretted my

speech, never my silence."

- Xenocrates

Blogs YouTube Facebook/MySpace/Xanga Friendster Live Journal comments on blogs Wiki’s Online forums…

Applies to anywhere you can post personal information on the Internet that can be tracked to you.

Solutions?

"If its called common sense,

then why do so few people have it?"

- Justin Jones

"Knowledge speaks, but

wisdom listens.”- Jimi Hendrix

Better Web BrowserFirefox [FREE] (www.mozilla.com/firefox)Why Switch: – 10 reasons (www.switch2firefox.com/whyswitch)

#2 – Popup blocking#4 – Simple Privacy/Annoyance Eliminator#5 – Better Bookmarks and History#7 – Customizable and Extendable

"Education is a progressive

discovery of our own ignorance."

- Will Durant

Accountability Software

• X3Watch [FREE] or • X3PRO [$19.95US]

(www.x3watch.com)

The dirty little secret is not going

away. It's a big, hairy monster.-xxxChurch.com

Parental Control Software

K9 Web Protection [FREE]• Content Control (filtering)• Usage Logging• Limited Time Control

(www.k9webprotection.com)

"Education is a progressive

discovery of our own ignorance."

- Will Durant

Parental Control SoftwareSafeEyes [$49.95US]• Content Control• Usage Logging• Time Control• Usage Alerts• Program Control• Free 15 Day Trial• Easy to configure with multiple

accounts“It offers

everything you expect from a parental

control app.”- PC Magazine

n. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.

PowerPoint slides available at:

http://www.slideshare.net/youthpoint

Questions & Answers

“You ask for the answers, I’ve only got one – that a man leaves

the darkness when he follows the Son.”

- Larry Norman

"Do, or do not. There is no

'try'."- Yoda