Please be respectful and polite online

1. DO NOT reveal your identity, or give out any personal, identifying information online or over the phone.
    DO NOT complete user profiles or use social network sites with profiles that tell others about your life.
    DO NOT attach/post pictures of yourself, family, or friends.
    (Ex. Don't list school or church name, age, gender, parent's name, address, sports team you play on, credit card number,
    computer password, or phone number, and never answer questions like: "Are you home alone?")

2. NEVER RESPOND to email, in a chat room, on a social networking site, or to newsgroup messages that are harassing,
    disturbing, threatening, inappropriate, hateful, hostile or that make you feel uncomfortable...Do show/tell a parent.
    NEVER RESPOND to any messages from unfamiliar addresses.

3. NEVER MEET IN PERSON someone you have met in cyberspace ... Someone can EASILY lie about who they really are.
    DO NOT call on phone/cell an online acquaintance...THEY CAN TRACE YOU!

4. DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING that you see/read online (many websites contain inaccurate or false information).

5. DO CHANGE your email password regularly.
    DO NOT SHARE your password with anyone outside your family, and
    DO USE a gender neutral appropriate, respectful screen name that does not attract attention or give your personal information.

6. NEVER SEND photographs online and be careful using a webcam.

7. NEVER allow anyone to photograph you with a camera phone.

***DO NOT post anything online that you would not mind being posted in the Principal's Office at your school or displayed on the refrigerator at your home!