Internet+Safety

=The following pages have a number of sites to teach internet safety. These skills can't be explored enough and should be discussed and reinforced throughout the year.=

Grade level based lesson plans teaching digital citizenship. This is an excellent site and has great lesson plans. cleverstocks

Included you will see information on what you'll see on the site and how to integrate it into your classroom. If you have favorite sites that aren't listed, please email me lfisher@ffsd.mb.ca

__**Brainpop**__- There's both internet safety and cyberbullying videos with quizzes and activities as well. I'd say it's geared for Grades up to 6 although the quiz was pretty tough for younger ones. [|Brainpop]

__**NS Teens-**__ Older students learn about cyberbullying, email, IM, chatrooms, gaming, revealing too much, social networking, and other Internet safety tips through videos, games, and comics online. [|NS Teens]

There's also an 11-16 year old site worth checking out with videos. [|How much do you know about...]

Child Net- games, resources, and more for primary and secondary students to learn about Internet safety. There are follow up activities. An excellent site staring The Smart Crew. It covers 5 smart rules through 3D animated videos for 7-11 year olds. [|Child Net] There also is a site geared towards older students covering such things as plagiarism, copyright, cyberbullying, Perfect passwords etc. [|Child Net for Secondary Schools]

What it is: __**Internet Safety with Professor Garfield**__ teaches all about online safety, cyberbullying, sites you can trust and forms of media. This is one of my favorites because it has lesson plans for teachers, a parent section and Garfield videos that are fun and informative. It runs through a watch, try, and apply so it reinforces the lessons. I would use this site for Grades 3-6. Let me know if you agree. [|Internet Safety with Professor Garfiel]d

This is another favorite site especially for Grades 1 and 2. The Cyber Cafe is worth checking out for the middle years. I haven't really explored the junior high although I did look thru it and it seems pretty good. Let me know if you use it and what you think. __**Lee and Kim's Adventure**__ is a new resource for 4-7 year olds. There's a quick video with SID the superhero who teaches about navigating and keeping safe online. There is also a focus on digital citizenship centering around treating each other well and behaving responsibly. [|Lee and Kim's Adventure] __**Hector's World-**__ Great videos and activities for ages 5-7. My only complaint would be that their accent is a little difficult to understand. Video's can be seen in full screen and follow up activities are available. [|Hector's World] These only seem to work with FIREFOX. __**Think U Know Cyber Cafe**__ is a virtual environment where students can practice their online safety smarts. It is geared towards 8-10 year olds but probably can expand to older as well. In the cafe, students will help virtual kids make good choices when using email, texting, instant messaging, web browsing, creating an online personal space, and chatting in a chat room. Students are guided through a variety of scenarios where they must help the virtual kids make the right decisions about using the Internet. How to integrate Think U Know Cyber Cafe into the classroom: Kids spend an enormous amount of their time online. Just because they use the Internet a lot, doesn’t mean that they are good users of the Internet. Many students haven’t had adequate practice with protecting their online identity, keeping track of their digital footprints, or using proper netiquette. Students need to learn the appropriate way to use online spaces. The Think U Know Cyber Cafe is a great place for students to practice and learn how to stay safe online. Use the Cyber Cafe scenarios to guide a whole class discussion with a projector or interactive whiteboard. Discuss the different options that are presented and why one answer is better than the others. Students can also complete a tour of the Cyber Cafe on their own in a computer lab setting. Internet safety should be an ongoing discussion, we can’t assume that students will get it all the first time. Visit the cafe throughout the year for a refresher. Tips: Check out the rest of the Think U Know website for fantastic activities and information for kids from 5-1 [|Think U Know Cyber Cafe]

There's also an 11-16 year old site worth checking out with videos. [|How much do you know about...]

What it is: __**Disney’s Surfswell Island**__ is an interactive island where students go on an Indiana Jones type adventure with Mickey Mouse and friends around Surfswell Island to learn internet safety. Geared towards Grade's 2 -5{?} It is a true or false type game. When you're finished you can print off a certificate. I would probably do some sort of activity to find out what they know about personal information- virus' -texting etc. first. There's also a teacher's guide. [|Disney's Surfswell Island]

What it is: __**Cybersmart**__ teaches about safety and security, manners online, cyberbullying. It has downloadable worksheets-teacher guides-curriculum etc. Over this next year they'll be adding more lesson plans, interactive activities and videos. It's definitely a good resource and worth checking into. It's geared right from K- 12. [|Cybersmart]

What it is: __**Safety Land**__ is an interactive city that teaches Internet safety through a super hero and bad Internet character.Various questions are asked as they search different buildings. [|Safety Land]

What it is: __**Netsmartz Kids**__ teaches students about internet safety through fun songs, characters and interactive games. There's fun songs,games and activity cards. There's also a Parent's page. [|Netsmartz Kids]

What it is: __**Privacy Playground**__- This is a modern version of the 3 Little Pigs designed for ages 8-10. The Cyber Cyber Pigs learn about marketing strategies, spam, and protecting their personal information. This is a great game to use in the classroom to reinforce Internet safety.There's also activities and handouts. [|Privacy Playground]

What it is: __**Safe Surfing with Dongle**__ is an interactive movie/game where students learn safety tips on emails, chatting, playing games, and having fun online. This would be good in the computer lab in partners or in the classroom with the LCD and splitting the class into 2. [|Safe Surfing with Dongle]

r There's also an 11-16 year old site worth checking out with videos. [|How much do you know about...]

Here's an interactive board game to test your bully smarts.This is not cyberbullying specifically but is an excellent site to discuss and come up with strategies on Bullying. [|The Bully Roundup]

Child Net- games, resources, and more for primary and secondary students to learn about Internet safety. There are follow up activities. An excellent site staring The Smart Crew. It covers 5 smart rules through 3D animated videos for 7-11 year olds. [|Child Net]

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