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Computer and Internet Safety Agreement*
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I want to use the Internet from the computer in my room. I know that there are certain
rules about what I should do online and I agree to follow these rules:
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- I will not try to access anything on the Internet that Jesus would disapprove of,
(a biblical standard.)
- I agree that my parents have the right to monitor how I use the Internet to help
keep me safe.
- I understand that my computer is connected to a home network and that network security
is very important. Anything that is accessed on the Internet from my computer will
affect all of the computers in our home.
- I will practice safe computing, & check for viruses whenever I borrow a disk
from someone or download something or open any attachment, even from someone I know.
- I will not download or install any software on my computer without first discussing
it with my parents.
- I will not give my name, address, telephone number, school, or my parents’ names,
addresses, or telephone numbers, or anything else that would help anyone find me
off-line (like the name of my sports team) to anyone I meet on the computer, even
to people I know.
- I understand that some people online pretend to be someone else. Sometimes they
pretend to be kids, when they’re really grown-ups. I will tell my parents about
people I meet online. I will not answer or send any emails or instant messages from
new people I meet online without discussing it with my parents first.
- I will not buy or order anything online.
- I will not fill out any form online that asks me for any information about my family
or myself without asking my parents first.
This includes forms for contests or registering
at a site.
- I will not get into arguments or fights online. If someone tries to start an argument
or fight with me, I won’t answer him or her & will tell my parents.
- If I see something I do not like or that makes me uncomfortable or that I know my
parents don’t want me to see, I will stop what I am doing and tell my parents immediately.
- If I see people doing or saying things online I know they’re not supposed to do
or say, I’ll tell my parents.
- I won’t keep online secrets from my parents.
- If someone sends me any pictures, links to sites I know I shouldn’t be going to,
or any e-mail or instant messaging using bad language, I will tell my parents.
- If someone asks me to do something I am not supposed to do, I will tell my parents.
- I will not call anyone I met online unless my parents say it’s okay.
- I will never meet anyone I met online, unless my parents say it’s okay and they
are with me.
- I will never send anything to anyone I met online by mail or over the Internet unless
my parents say it’s okay.
- If anyone I met online sends me anything by mail or over the Internet I will tell
my parents.
- I will not use something I found online & pretend it’s mine because that is
plagiarism and is illegal.
- I won’t say bad things about people online and I will practice good Netiquette.
- I know that my parents want to make sure I’m safe online, & I will listen to them when they ask me not to do something.
- I will alert my parents immediately if I ever receive a content blocked message while web
browsing.
I promise to follow these rules. (signed by child/teen)
I promise to help my child follow these rules & not to overreact if my child
tells me about bad things that happen in cyberspace. (Signed by parent)
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* A special thanks to Andy Mann, Instructional Technology Coordinator for the Ottawa
Area Intermediate School District, for alerting us to this valuable resource.
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