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CyberSmart Student Curriculum
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/
CyberSmart Student Curriculum
Free to educators, the CyberSmart! Student Curriculum empowers students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively.
Nonsequential, the free CyberSmart! Student Curriculum is easily integrated, in part or in full, into your current curriculum. Each lesson stands on its own. A consistent lesson model, including free reproducible student activity sheets, makes planning easy for thousands of educators worldwide.
CyberSmart! prepares students to use the Internet for communication, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving—the new basic skills for 21st century learning

Cyber Safe Kids : A Guide for Parents (secondary)
http://csriu.org/documents/cstparentguide.pdf
Cyber Safe Kids : A Guide for Parents with secondary students
"... schools can freely reproduce and send home to parents .... guidance here is grounded in research insight and effective risk prevention.
I do not think that fear-based messages and simplistic rules against normative online behavior will be at all effective. In these documents I encourage positive and active parent involvement - which research has shown lead to less risk taking behavior."

Cyber Safe Kids : A Guide for Parents (elementary)
http://csriu.org/documents/cskparentguide_000.pdf
Cyber Safe Kids : A Guide for Parents with elementary students
"... schools can freely reproduce and send home to parents .... guidance here is grounded in research insight and effective risk prevention."

Netbasics ... brilliant videos on Internet Safety
http://www.netbasics.org.nz/
Netbasics ... brilliant videos on Internet Safety ... highly entertaining / motivational / informational for students.
Issues and Risks when going online.
www.netsafe.org.nz

Signs that Computers and the Internet Rule Your Life
http://tr.im/kF10
25 Signs That Computers and the Internet Rule Your Life
Do you consider the Internet a basic utility? Do you have friends who know you better by your username than your real name? If somebody told you to “google it,” would you know what he wants you to do? Does your computer rule your life? Here are 25 signs that it does.
Computer addiction Internet addiction

YouDiligence
http://mashable.com/2009/02/18/youdiligence/
YouDiligence’s Genius Way of Helping Parents Protect Their Kids Online
"YouDiligence helps parents protect children from cyber-bullies and internet predators on MySpace and Facebook, indentifying problematic posts & alerting parents via email.
YouDiligence’s service offers pay-per-child plans starting at $9.99 a month."

eSafety Games
http://www.nwlg.org/esafetygames/
eSafety Games

Net threat to minors less than feared
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10142096-238.html?tag=mncol
Net threat to minors less than feared
A long awaited report from the Internet Safety Technical Task Force concludes that children and teens are less vulnerable to sexual predation than many have feared.
The report also questions the efficacy and necessity of some commonly prescribed remedies designed to protect young people.
The task force was formed as a result of a joint agreement between MySpace and 49 state attorneys general.

Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/isttf/
Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies
Final Report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force to the Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking of State Attorneys General of the United States
The Internet Safety Technical Task Force was created in February 2008 in accordance with the Joint Statement on Key Principles of Social Networking Safety announced in January 2008 by the Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking and MySpace.

Chat Danger
http://www.chatdanger.com/
Chat Danger ... how to keep safe while chatting
A site all about the potential dangers on interactive services online like chat, IM, online games, email and on mobiles.
The Chatdanger website has been created to inform young people about the potential dangers and ways of keeping safe in interactive areas online, such as chatrooms, instant messenger, online games and email, and also via mobile phones. The aim of the site is very much to inform and empower users of these services, so they can use these services safely, and not at all to discourage people from using these services.

ConnectSafely
http://www.connectsafely.org/
ConnectSafely is for parents, teens, educators, advocates - everyone engaged in and interested in the impact of the social Web.
The user-driven, all-media, multi-platform phase of the Web has begun, we all have much to learn about it, and this is the central space – linked to from social networks across the Web - for learning about safety on Web 2.0 together.
Our forum is also designed to give teens and parents a voice in the public discussion about youth online safety begun back in the '90s.
In addition, the site has tips for teens and parents, as well as other resources for safe blogging and social networking.

Net Family News
http://www.netfamilynews.org/subscribe.htm
Net Family New
Net Family News is a non-profit public service for parents and educators of online kids.
Here's how you can stay informed about the latest developments, and resources for kids' safe and constructive use of the Net.
Information from all over the Web and other media is screened for its relevance to online-parenting and -mentoring. Sources include researchers, reporters, children's advocates, government, and fellow parents. This is community news for a vital interest group: parents, teachers, and all other mentors of online kids.

E-safety (revised) (Becta UK)
http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=25934&page=1835
E-safety (revised) (Becta UK)
Developing whole-school policies to support effective practice.

Evolving Internet Safety (discussion group)
http://isenet.ning.com/group/evolvinginternetsafetysocialnetworkingdiscussions
Evolving Internet Safety - Social Networking Discussions
How are our discussions about safety on the internet evolving as students (and adults) become increasingly connected through social networking and other means? Have we changed our tone, and how?
This group is part of the (UK) Independent School Educators Network (ISEN), a social network (Ning) at http://isenet.ning.com

B4USurf
http://www.b4usurf.org/
With the B4USurf website, the BSA and its partners aim to provide educators and parents with information and educational resources to help youths understand the dangers that exist online and to surf safely and responsibly.
Tips are also available for youths. Our goal is to help teach youths about cyber-ethics and cyber-safety, even as they immerse themselves in the cyberworld.
We hope that you will find this educational resource helpful, and that you will make use of the materials on the site and contribute to it.

Medicine 2.0
http://scienceroll.com/medicine-20/
Medicine 2.0

KS3/4 ICT - Online Safety (online video)
http://www.teachers.tv/video/26942
KS3/4 ICT - Online Safety (online video)
This programme outlines simple classroom activities to help teachers to take practical steps to keep pupils safe online and to increase awareness of the potential dangers of internet usage.
E-safety consultant Dr Alan Beecham visits Rhodesway Secondary School in Bradford to work with a group of Year 9 students. Humanities teacher Haroon Gardee and Year 7 inclusion manager Max Crowther join Dr Beecham to gauge pupils' reaction to a fictitious profile they created on a social networking site.

Internet Safety (EdTechRoundup - podcast)
http://edtechroundup.com/2008/05/05/edtechroundup-podcast-episode-4/
Internet Safety (EdTechRoundup - podcast)
Sinclair Mackenzie and Doug Belshaw are your hosts this time around with the subject being Internet Safety.
The podcast features an interview with Ollie Bray, an expert on the subject and a guy who’s both interesting and doing fantastic things in Scotland at the moment.
35 mins

Are You Cyber Safe?
http://www.ctap4.org/cybersafety/
Are You Cyber Safe?
CTAP Region IV, a California-State funded project, has been a leader in cybersafety education for the California public school system since 1997.
Cybersafety is the safe and responsible use of the Internet and all information and communication technology devices, including mobile phones, digital cameras, and webcams.
CTAP Region IV has developed a collection of cybersafety training resources for download at the right of this page, including PowerPoint presentations, games, and handouts to our workshops.
The classroom poster on Cybersafety was funded by AT&T Education and is a free download. Districts and schools in the 7-county San Francisco Bay Area may contact CTAP for wall-size versions of the poster.

IMSafer
http://imsafer.com/
Being the parent of an online child is difficult.
IMSafer lets you know when your children may be in dangerous situations online, and shows you how they represent themselves in their online profiles.

Internet Offenders ... Research (Feb08)
http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/20080219_psy-press-release.pdf
Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults who target young children by posing as another youth, luring children to meetings, and then abducting or forcibly raping them, according to researchers who have studied the nature of Internet-initiated sex crimes.
Rather, most online sex offenders are adults who target teens and seduce victims into sexual relationships. They take time to develop the trust and confidence of victims, so that the youth see these relationships as romances or sexual adventures. The youth most vulnerable to online sex offenders have histories of sexual or physical abuse, family problems, and tendencies to take risks both on- and offline, the researchers say.
In short, the researchers draw a clearer picture about adults who troll the Internet for sex with minors in the study, “Online ‘Predators’ and Their Victims: Myths, Realities and Implications for Prevention,” published in the February/March issue of American Psychologist. The journal is published by the American Psychological Association (APA).

Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC)
http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/
Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC)
The mission of the Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) is to combat crimes against children by providing high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. CCRC is concerned with research about the nature of crimes including child abduction, homicide, rape, assault, and physical and sexual abuse as well as their impact.

Safeguarding children in a digital world (UK 13Ferb08)
http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35446
Safeguarding children in a digital world: Developing an LSCB e-safety strategy ... (UK 13Ferb08)
This publication has been designed as a toolkit to support local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and local authority personnel develop an e-safety strategy.
It comprises suggested guidance including strategy contents; outlines personnel who should be involved; and aspects that should be covered. Case studies, activities and exemplar materials kindly provided by local authorities help to illustrate practical steps to take.

Get Safe Online
http://www.getsafeonline.org/
Get Safe Online
It's as easy as ABC with our ten-minute internet safety guide. Our site is sponsored by the British government and leading businesses to give you free, objective advice.

The thinkuknow Cybercafé for Key Stage 2
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8%5F10/cybercafe/
The thinkuknow Cybercafé for Key Stage 2 pupils has been developed by CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection), alongside BECTA (The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) and the Internet Proficiency Group.
It aims to develop safe and discriminating behaviours for pupils to adopt when using the internet and other technologies.
Developed by teachers for teachers, the Cybercafé can be used safe in the knowledge that these free resources are appropriate for meeting whole-school policies relating to safeguarding and are fit for use in the classroom as well as within the PSHE/ICT curriculum.
The resources include a teachers' pack, which consists of teaching activities and background information on new technologies, including advice and guidance on staying safe, lesson plans and pupils' worksheets.
www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/default.aspx

Checklist for Senior Managers (Internet Safety)
http://www.safewiredschools.org/checklist.html
Checklist for Senior Managers on Internet Safety
The Internet can be viewed either as a limitless resource that children should be free to explore or something that is fraught with hidden dangers and unscrupulous people from which children need to be protected. Depending on where a school district and local community fall along this continuum, they may make very different decisions on how to--and, in fact, whether to--manage the content that their students can access over the Internet.
Here is a checklist that school officials can use when they approach this kind of decision.

Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse (USA)
http://www.safewiredschools.org/publications.html
Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse (USA)
The Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse Project has created a downloadable PowerPoint presentation. This presentation outlines public policy issues surrounding promoting online safety and compliance with the Childrens' Internet Protection Act.

Woogi World
http://www.woogiworld.com
Children's Way is a national not-for-profit organization that has developed this very cool and interactive website called Woogi World that:
1. Educates children and their parents on what TO DO and what NOT TO DO while using the Internet.
2. Brings families closer together by helping children, parents, and grandparents spend more time together, both online and offline.
3. Helps children use their time, talents and energies to serve in the real world—their home, school, and community.

Activity Cards for online internet safety
http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/activitycards.htm
Activity Cards for teaching and learning online internet safety
Click on the titles below to print age-appropriate activity cards. These activity cards are related to the online activities and easy to implement with few extra materials. Printable handouts are included. Parents may want to skim through the activities to get ideas for discussing Internet safety with their children.
Read "Introduction to Activity Cards" to learn more about using these activities with children.
Supplemental materials are also provided for you, including visual aids and worksheets.

Watch real-life stories
http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/reallife.htm
Watch real-life stories told by teens who have been victims of Internet exploitation.

NetSmartz411
http://www.netsmartz411.org/
NetSmartz411
NetSmartz411 is a parent and guardian’s premier, online resource for learning about Internet safety, computers, and the Web.
Search our knowledge base for answers to all of your questions about the online world! If you can’t find what you’re looking for, use the “Ask the Experts” tab to send us a question.
Your question will be answered by professionals who know a lot about Internet safety – the real-life analysts at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. We handle daily reports about the online exploitation of children; and we’ll show you the steps you can take to keep the children and teens in your life safer online.

Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org/
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use provides research and outreach services to address issues of the safe and responsible use of the Internet.
We provide guidance to parents, educators, librarians, policy-makers, and others regarding effective strategies to assist young people in gaining the knowledge, skills, motivation, and self-control to use the Internet and other information technologies in a safe and responsible manner.

Child Safety on the Information Highway
http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
Child Safety on the Information Highway
Personal computers are no longer the only method used for accessing the Internet. Children can go online from personal computers at home, a friend’s house, in school, a library, club, or cafe. Many game consoles can be connected to the Internet and used for chatting and other online interaction. It is also possible to access the Internet on mobile devices such as cellular telephones and other handheld devices. In other words children don’t have to be in the company of responsible adults to use the Internet.
There are no censors on the Internet. Anyone in the world — companies, governments, organizations, and individuals — can publish material on the Internet. An ISP links you to these sites, but it can’t control what is on them. It’s up to individuals to make sure that they behave in a way that’s safe and appropriate.
Guidelines for Parents

The NetSmartz Workshop
http://www.netsmartz.org/
The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for children aged 5 to 17, parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet.
The goal of the NetSmartz Workshop is to extend the safety awareness of children to prevent victimization and increase self-confidence whenever they go online.
These goals include how to ...

Is wireless connectivity safe?
http://www.emf-health.com/
Is wireless connectivity safe? ... some source websites to help inform this topic ...
www.emfacts.com
www.emf-health.com
www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk
www.neilcherry.com
www.bioprotechnology.com
www.mastaction.co.uk
www.microwavenews.com
www.powerwatch.org.uk
www.emfguru.org

Internet Safety
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/children/internet.html
Internet Safety
Wherever you are in the world, you must do your best to stay safe. That is also true on the Internet. Here are some ways to stay safe online.

Schools' e-Safety Policy and Guidance
http://www.clusterweb.org.uk/kcn/e-safety_home.cfm
Schools' e-Safety Policy and Guidance
The Schools' e-Safety Strategy Group comprises Teachers, Officers, Child Protection and Kent Police to advise on online safety in Kent schools.
| Kent Schools e-Safety Policy Guidance (May 2007) | Core Primary e-Safety Policy and Audit | Core Secondary e-Safety Policy and Audit | Parents' Consent Form and e-Safety Rules | Staff Information Systems Code of Conduct | E-Safety for Pupils with AEN | Download e-Safety Posters |

Know IT All
http://www.childnet-int.org/kia/
Know IT All
Know IT All is a set of award-winning resources developed by children’s internet charity Childnet International to help educate both young people, parents and teachers about safe and positive use of the internet.

Keeping children safe on the Internet is everyone's job.
http://tinyurl.com/2qxwuo
Keeping children safe on the Internet is everyone's job.
I.B. Asia Pacific Teachers Convention March 2007 (pdf of Handout)

BlogSafety Forum
http://www.blogsafety.com/
BlogSafety Forum
Welcome to the BlogSafety.com forum, where parents, teens, educators, and experts discuss and learn about safe blogging and social networking. You might call this social networking about the social networks!

Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens
http://cyber-safe-kids.com/
Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens
Essential strategies to keep children and teens safe online.
In Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens, Internet safety expert Nancy Willard provides you with need-to-know information about those online dangers and gives you the practical parenting strategies necessary to help children and teens learn to use the Internet safely and responsibly.
Free booklets for parents and teens.
Parent - Teen Internet Use Agreement

Internet Safety: Videos and PowerPoints
http://internetsafetyvideos.blogspot.com
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Think U Know
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
This website is brought to you by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre and contains loads of information on internet safety and safe surfing for young people. All hot topics about online safety are covered – including mobiles, blogging and gaming sites – and you can tell us if you feel uncomfortable or worried about someone you're chatting to online.
Think U Know is a site set up the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre in the UK, but its advice is relevant wherever you are.
"Parents should be aware that it's very frank and open about the potential dangers, so make sure you're around to offer support if they're disturbed by it. But perhaps better they be disturbed by the potential than fall into any traps."

Video Clips related to online safety
http://www.wiredsafety.org/wiredlearning/videos/
Video Clips related to online safety
Features the 4Ps video and the You Never Know series of public service announcements.
The 4Ps is a video by Parry Aftab that covers the dangers of Predators, Pornography, Privacy and Piracy.
The You Never Know series created by the Child Safety Research Institute, a Canadian partner of WiredSafety, is a series of Flash animations that portay a teenage boy or girl online with who they think is another 14 year-old. Each animation starts the same way, but has a different ending. It not only gets the stranger danger message across, it shows teens that predators may not be the only ones on the other end of the keyboard and can open conversations about cyberbullying and monitoring of communications.
| Predators | Pornography | Privacy | Piracy | 4Ps Series | You Never Know PSAs | Super Safe Kiddo | Kacie Renee Woody | dangerous chat |

Guidance Note on Flashing Images and Regular Patterns
http://tinyurl.com/yfe4uw
Ofcom Guidance Note on Flashing Images and Regular Patterns in Television
Ofcom Notes : UK
Flickering or intermittent images and certain types of regular pattern can cause problems for some viewers who have photosensitive epilepsy. These guidelines have been drawn up following consultation with leading medical opinion in this area with the aim of reducing the risk of exposure to potentially harmful stimuli.

Information on epilepsy: Photosensitive epilepsy
http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk/pages/info/leaflets/photo.cfm
Information on epilepsy: Photosensitive epilepsy
Epileptic seizures can sometimes be triggered by certain frequencies of flashing or flickering lights, or by certain geometric shapes or patterns. This is a fairly rare condition and is known as photosensitive epilepsy.
Computer screens usually operate at a high enough frequency that they do not provoke seizures. What may matter more is what is showing on the screen or the game. For example is the person looking at a flickering image or changing geometric pattern?

i-SAFE
http://www.isafe.org/
i-SAFE Inc. is the worldwide leader in Internet safety education.
Founded in 1998 and endorsed by the U.S. Congress, i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere.
i-SAFE incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic community outreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place. Please join us today in the fight to safeguard our children? online experience
Includes video clips that can be downloaded for use with students, teachers, and parents.

Internet Safety for Secondary Schools
http://www.cybernetrix.com.au/
Internet Safety for Secondary Schools

Internet Safety Education for Primary Schools
http://www.cyberquoll.com.au/hub.htm
Internet Safety Education for Primary Schools

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