How to stay safe on the internet

NEVER download ANYTHING without a parents permission
BE CARFUL! Don’t give anyone your password, or your name, or your school, or your address, or your birthday. If you already gave your friend your password, make sure you can make a new password!

ONLY I.M, text, and email with people you KNOW!

I said to I.M, text, and email people you know. That’s because there are some VERY mean people out there! They pretend to be kids, BUT THEY’RE NOT!!! If there is someone you don’t know who is emailing, I.M, or texting you you,TELL A GROWN-Up and block them.

Viruses

Don’t open emails you do not recognize! They can give your computer a virus. A computer virus is a lot like flu virus. If you open an unsafe email, you can get a virus and accidentally spread it to other computers. So if you don’t recognize an address, DON’T OPEN IT!!!

Websites

Only go to websites you and your parents KNOW are safe! If you are going to play on a new website, show your mom or dad /mom and dad how it works and see if they think its okay.

Free Internet Safety Video

I learned a lot from a video I saw on Brainpop. You can watch it with your parents and learn a lot!

The End!

I hope you learned a lot! Have a great day!
Photo: Internet Safety Video on BrainpopJr.com

By Jr. Reporter

Poptropica is a very popular website, and I must admit I play it quite a lot. Normally, it’s fun. BUT on Halloween, appropriate words and scenery go downhill. The other night, my friend told me about the “Haunted House.” So, I went to the website as a new character under a “disguise,” and the second I landed in the haunted house section, I knew just from the start, it was nothing but trouble!

I grabbed the key from the virtual bat and went inside. I found the words “Find the draught of the dead.” I told my mom right away!! She knows a lot about about computers, so she snapped pictures, while I found the what should I call it? “not so good stuff.” Then, I inspected the kitchen and found the words “Ice soothes the burning dead.” My mom snapped that too. Finally, I found a picture of a skull. I told her to snap it. Oh yeah, they let kids start doing this at age 6. Note to parents: keep kids away from Poptropica.com for Halloween!

Did you know that the same person who wrote Diary of A Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, is in charge of Poptropica? I found that out by reading Nick Magazine. So, I wondered if we could write to him on Facebook. There are a lot of pages for Poptropica and Jeff Kinney, but my mom said it didn’t look like he was the one who made them. Next, we looked at the official website for Diary of A Wimpy Kid, but it said that Jeff Kinney can’t answer emails. I wish Jeff Kinney would know that some of the things in the Poptropica Haunted House are too scary for kids.

Here are the pictures my mom snapped: