Barbara Taylor's List: Online safety

From Common Sense Media, this curriculum has great lessons and resources. Check out the scope and sequence chart for lessons organized by grade level (K-12) that cover important topics like online safety, privacy, cyberbullying, information literacy, and giving credit. Also check out links to curriculum toolkits, the blog, and resources for educating families. Lessons and other materials are FREE, but you may need to register once and sign in to download lessons.

From Canada's Media Awareness Network - good compilation of risks faced by students

Good coverage of online marketing risks - see 1) Tip Sheets links on right including Internet checklists for different aged students and for their parents and 2) the online games for different age levels.

Keeping Kids and Teens Safer on the Internet: great videos and othr resources in English ans Spanish for students of all ages.

Good overview of COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act that affects children under 13.

Another good page from Media Awareness Network in Canada - good overview of what a good AUP includes.

Safety tips for parents (and teachers) about social networking and privacy. See link on right to "Friend Finder" game

Safer Internet Day (SID) is organised by Insafe in February of each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world. This website showcases some of the exciting activities and events that took place across the globe to celebrate the day.

An overview of COPPA from Federal Trade Commission who enforces it.

Tips for parents about COPPA - useful for teachers too

"TeachersFirst offers this sample as a service to teachers seeking to set up blogs for their classrooms. It should not be seen as legal advice or as a legal document. Teachers wishing to use this document in total or in part must give credit to TeachersFirst for any portions used from this sample." Customizable Word doc that allows teachers to list purpose, safety guidelines, terms and conditions for students, and consequences of violating the warranty. Students must sign to participate.

"TeachersFirst offers this sample as a service to teachers seeking to set up wikis for their classrooms. It should not be seen as legal advice or as a legal document. Teachers wishing to use this document in total or in part must give credit to TeachersFirst for any portions used from this sample." Customizable Word doc that allows teachers to list purpose, safety guidelines, terms and conditions for students, and consequences of violating the warranty. Students must sign to participate.

Gaggle - provider of safe email accounts for students - also provides other tools - blogging, polling, podcasting; check other links at top of page.

From Steve Anderson's blog: "Below are sample Social Media Guidelines I helped to develop for our district. Use them as an example of a way to create an environment where social media use is promoted by your school or district but there is not a policy in place that makes that an impossibility."