Safer Internet and SMART rules

You receive some junk mail. What should you do?

• Reply to the message asking them to stop sending you mail

• Open the message and read it

• Delete the message without reading it

Someone sends you a nasty text message. What should you do?

• Tell my teacher/parents/carer and refuse to be upset by the message.

• Send them a mean message back.

• Text them a message asking them to stop.

Someone sends you a nasty text message about somebody else. What should you do?

• Tell my teacher/parents/carer about the message.

• Forward it your friends, after all it is only a joke.

• Text them a message asking them to stop.

You come across a website by accident that makes you feel uncomfortable. What should you do?

• Panic because it is your fault that you found yourself on this page.

• Hit the stop button on your web browser then the back button. Tell your parents or a teacher.

• Close the window immediately.

You are designing your own personal online space. What should you do?

• Cover it with photos and add your address and phone number so people who read your page can contact you.

• Just add general information about your hobbies and interests but don’t add any detailed information

• Add your email address so people can tell you what they think of your page.

You are surfing the internet when a banner pops up, telling you that your computer is infected with a virus.

What should you do?

• Ignore it. They’re likely to be selling something and wanting to pass your information onto others.

• Click on it straight away and download the program they recommend to solve the problem.

• Just click on the banner to see what it’s all about. No harm in that.

A stranger sends you a rude picture that makes you feel uncomfortable. What should you do?

• Reply to them asking them to stop sending images like that and delete the picture.

• Forward the message onto somebody else, so you look “cool” too.

• Tell my teacher/parents/carer and show them the picture.

A friend sends you an email with an attachment. What should you do?

• Open it straight away.

• Read through the message to see if the attachment is mentioned before opening it.

• Open it because you are pretty sure you have anti-virus software.

You are using the web to find some information for a homework project. You find some really useful stuff. What should you do?

• Cut and paste it into your work. No one will know that you didn’t write it

• Believe what you read – everything on the web is true

• Make notes of the key points to use in your work

You have met someone in a chatroom and they ask you to meet them in real life. What should you do?

• Meet up because you’ve been chatting to them for ages and you’re sure you can trust them.

• Ask them to send you a photograph so you’ll recognize them when you meet up.

• Tell a responsible adult before deciding what to do.