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C-SAVE | STAYSAFEONLINE.org
NCSA launched the Cyber Security Awareness Volunteer Education Project (C-SAVE) in April of 2009. The program will teach youngsters not just to be wary of online predators and bullies but alert to the tricks of data thieves and scam artists. Curriculum is customized for three grade levels: K-2, 3-5 and middle/high school. What makes this program unique is that they plan to use "tech pros" from the technology industry to deliver the curriculum in the classroom.
Nortel LearniT
Nortel LearniT is an initiative of Nortel Community Relations to prepare teachers, students, and learners of all ages to develop 21st century skills that will provide a basis for their ongoing engagement in learning and personal achievement. Their lesson plans and guides include several lessons on cybersafety, covering topics like spam, hoaxes, cyberbullying, online predation and analyzing web sites to determine validity. The site is translated into multiple languages, including Spanish.
Protecting Kids Online [Video]
The Center for Safe Schools in Pennsylvania has produced this 22-minute Internet safety video: <b>Protecting Kids Online</b>. This Internet safety resource speaks to parents and caregivers on topics from understanding the serious repercussion of cyber-bullying to learning how to safeguard our children from online predators. There are many first-person accounts and real stories told here that would be helpful in generating a discussion.
Parents to File Grievances over MySpace School Assembly
A group of eight Windsor High School parents will file grievances with Re-4 School district in the wake of an Internet safety assembly that saw one girl leave in tears. The eight parents came together feeling nothing has been done since several high school students and their MySpace pages were used in an Internet safety presentation by Cheyenne Police Department officer John Gay on Aug. 19, the first day of school in the Windsor-Severance Re-4 School District.
Parents learn how to safeguard children against portable pornography
Diane Hillas considers herself illiterate when it comes to technology, so she was surprised to hear her 12-year-old son's PlayStation Portable game console can be used to download Internet pornography. The 51-year-old Modesto mother of three was at a cyber safety seminar at Modesto's Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation on Saturday afternoon, and said she would check every portable communication device her family owns once she got home.
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Along with marketed content for the PlayStation Portable, Nicolakis said Playboy started a service called iBod. The service started in 2005 and allows users to download soft porn to their device.
Wallpaper of nude photos and explicit ring tones are some of the other materials available through built-in Web browsers in portable devices like the iPhone, Nicolakis said, and parental safeguards are nonexistent or just now becoming available.
He said another avenue for pornographic material is user-generated photos or videos sent from cell phone to cell phone.
Teens are reportedly taking sexually explicit photos of themselves and sending them to friends, but the images can easily be sent without consent to others, Nicolakis said.
"That's child pornography, and that's a felony," he said. "If you think you're immune to it here in Modesto, you're wrong. It's probably already happened, you just don't know yet.
Adina's Deck: Back To School Newsletter
Learn the latest about Adina's Deck, the award winning cybersafety film, which now has two additional sequels. The team is available for school assembly programs.
Public Humiiation or Net Safety Ed?
Anne Collier recounts the saga of the Windsor High School teen who was recently singled out at a school assembly meant to warn students about the dangers of providing too much personal profile information on MySpace. She asks us for input on whether we think this is effective cybersafety training - or a form of public humiliation.
MySpace lecture generates outrage
Students and parents at Windsor High School are outraged after a Wyoming police officer doing a presentation on Internet safety scrutinized individual students' MySpace pages, calling the students' pictures "slutty" and saying their sites invited sexual predators. The officer, John F. Gay III of the Cheyenne Police Department, picked out six or seven Windsor High School students' MySpace pages and began to criticize photos, comments and other content until one student left the room crying.
Some See Risks in Youngsters Creating Blogs
Unlike a typical social network page, a blog can be seen by anyone and at least one young fashion blogger says she's been recognized by strangers on the street - a worrisome turn for adults worried about privacy and predators. For the bloggers, it's a chance to keep track of their obsession, with input from friends or other fashion fans.
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On her blog, 12-year-old Tavi Gevinson posts photos of herself wielding a toilet plunger, posing in a room covered with newsprint and wearing a paint-splattered tutu inspired by Dolce & Gabbana's spring 2008 collection.
She's part of a young generation of fashion bloggers who display their outfits for all to see. "Well I am new here," she wrote March 31 in her first post at Style Rookie. "Lately I've been really interested in fashion, and I like to make binders and slideshows of 'high-fashion' modeling and designs."
Zwinky.com warning for parents
It's an animated website that claims it's for young audiences. Zwinky.com looks innocent enough. But is it a safe place for your tweens?
Online safety: Dispelling common myths
At NECC 2008, a panel of internet safety experts agreed: Education is the best tool to keep kids safe online.
Klicksafe tv ad with subtitles [PSA]
This ad transfers the situation of the Internet to the real life to show that parents often don't really know what their kids are doing and so don't protect them properly
Internet Dangers for Kids [Video Interview]
On this edition of "Dr. Syd's House Call," pediatrician Dr. Sydney Spiesel talks with Emily Bazelon about a recent study on children and the Internet. It turns out sexual predators are not nearly as common as old-fashioned bullies.
AB 307: California Education Code Section 51871.5
California State-approved technology plans that meet certain criteria must be in place before federal funding for technology may be secured by a school district. Education Code Section 51871.5 also requires the addition of a component to educate students and teachers on cyberbullying and Internet Safety, among other topics.
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On or before July 1, 2007, the Superintendent shall develop
guidelines and criteria for inclusion in the education technology
plan required pursuant to subdivision (b). The guidelines and
criteria shall include a component to educate pupils and teachers on
the appropriate and ethical use of information technology in the
classroom, Internet safety, the manner in which to avoid committing
plagiarism, the concept, purpose, and significance of a copyright so
that pupils are equipped with the skills necessary to distinguish
lawful from unlawful online downloading, and the implications of
illegal peer-to-peer network file sharing. -
The guidelines and
criteria shall include a component to educate pupils and teachers on
the appropriate and ethical use of information technology in the
classroom, Internet safety, the manner in which to avoid committing
plagiarism, the concept, purpose, and significance of a copyright so
that pupils are equipped with the skills necessary to distinguish
lawful from unlawful online downloading, and the implications of
illegal peer-to-peer network file sharing.
Realizing Ed Tech's Potential in the Face of Internet Issues
Instead of using scare tactics and statistics that are misleading, we must paint a realistic picture and use statistics appropriately. Rather than pass legislation that puts constraints on schools, Congress needs to fund online safety education and public awareness campaigns that show the true picture. "You can't get there from here." it's not just the punch line of a driving direction joke. For educators, whose destination is the realization of educational technology's potential, that punch line sometimes seems closer to the truth than we like.
How online predators target children
One of the most dangerous, insidious aspects of the Internet is the targeting of children by online sexual predators. These criminals employ a series of clever, manipulative tactics to reach out to children in an effort to get them to meet in person. Any parent with children who use the Internet should be aware of the strategies employed by online predators.
Cyber Bullying Lesson Plans for Middle School Students
Middle School Lesson plans on cyberbullying, personal safety and predator education.
Internet Safety for Teens: Getting It Right [pdf]
VERY helpful document!!! <br><br>A growing number of people are promoting Internet Safety Education in effort to keep youngsters safe from Internet sex offenders. But be cautious about some of the statistics that you may find from lectures, pamphlets, videos and web sites. Not all of the data accurately reflects what researchers have learned about cyberpredator crimes. For the <b>real stats and myths vs. realities on child predators </b>, download a copy of: <b>Internet Safety For Teens: Getting it Right</b> . This fact sheet (created by Dr. David Finkelhor at the Crimes Against Children Research Center) is packed with helpful clarifying information for your next presentation.
Flash Animations and Video Cybersafety Lessons
Flash cartoons based on Charlie’s Angels that teach kids about how to stay safe on the internet from the folks at Wired Safety. Topics include: Cyberbullying, Predators and Strangers, Personal Information, Piracy, Cyber Citizenship, and Protecting your computer.
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