SU and Verizon sponsor event for middle school students on Internet Safety
On Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 10:30 a.m., approximately 300 students from Syracuse City middle schools will come to Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel to discuss the choices they make when using the Internet. The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications are collaborating with Verizon Communications Inc., along with the Partnership for Better Education (PBE), on the Forum on Internet Safety to educate middle school students on Internet safety.
The forum will be hosted by Andres Irlando, president of Verizon New York region. The event will feature several presenters, including Anthony Rotolo, social media strategist and an instructor of multimedia technology at the iSchool and Mike McKeehan, a representative from Verizon Inc.
The Forum on Internet Safety is part of the larger program, The New York Partnership for Online Safety. During the next three months, Syracuse University students, under the direction of Rotolo, will be creating an online resource for middle school teachers, students, and their parents that focuses on social networking safety. This web site will feature webisodes designed to illustrate important concepts such as the risks associated with sharing personal information online and how social networking can be used to build a positive personal reputation that will benefit students in the future.
The SU team will also be creating print materials on Internet and social networking safety that will be distributed to the parents of approximately 20,000 students in the Syracuse City School District.