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Teens So you got naked online? Have you sent naked or sexual pics or video to someone and now regret it? It's not the end of the world. Take control and find out more about sexting. Read more » The Cloud - Dream on Professor Garfield Cyberbullying 101 VIDEO & AUDIO Home Donna Rice Hughes, president and CEO of Enough Is Enough, will be featured on the Executive Report, American Airlines’ exclusive talk radio programming. The Executive Report features interviews with CEO’s from around the globe. Award-winning producer Mark Larson interviewed EIE President Donna Rice Hughes for a 30 minute Internet Safety 101 Radio program. This spot airs in several of the top markets nationwide. Enough Is Enough℠ interviewed top clinicians, psychologists, law enforcement officers, industry representatives as well as parents, teens, victims of Internet-initiated sex crimes, a registered sex offender and others about the most compelling and relevant Internet safety topics today. About Enough Is Enough℠ Introduction: The Perfect Storm Despite the Internet's many wonderful benefits, a perfect storm has emerged for the online victimization of children. Pornography 101 Videos What is Pornography? Pornography: Access Pornography: Harms Empowering Parents Predators 101 Videos

Webonauts Internet Academy . Parents and Teachers| PBS KIDS GO! Webonauts Internet Academy is a web original game for PBS KIDS GO! that gives kids 8- to 10-year-old an opportunity to have some fun while exploring what it means to be a citizen in a web-infused‚ information-rich world. It is an engaging experience on its own but becomes all the more powerful when parents and teachers use game play as a springboard for conversations about media literacy and citizenship in the 21st Century. The Webonauts Internet Academy is a game about how to be safe and act respectfully online. Players create a customized space suit and complete a series of missions. The missions address key issues central to good citizenship: identity, privacy, credibility and web safety. Players also learn the importance of acting with respect both online and offline. At the end of the game, players graduate from the Webonauts Internet Academy and win a printable diploma. To help players get the most out of Webonauts Internet Academy‚ knowing some key terms will come in handy.

That's Not Cool Professor Garfield Online Safety Facebook for Parents Facebook is How Our Teens Connect Facebook is a huge part of many teens' lives. They use it to keep up with their friends' activities, play games, chat, post photos -- even do homework. And while public sharing always carries some safety and privacy risks (more on that below), with good judgment and strict privacy settings, Facebook can be used safely. What is Facebook? Facebook is an enormous, free social networking site with hundreds of millions of users all over the world. To use Facebook, you sign up with your email address, name, gender, date of birth, and password. As you complete your profile, you can select the people who can view each piece of information. Why it Matters Teens' willingness to share information can surprise -- and even shock -- parents who aren't used to such public disclosure. But Facebook's privacy settings have evolved since the site first started, and its users have evolved, too. How to Help Your Teen Use Facebook Safely Tips for talking to teens about Facebook

Archived ikeepsafe.org (US) You can help your child become a responsible, ethical digital citizen with healthy online relationships. To do that, you’ll use the same successful parenting skills that you’re already using at home. Resilient digital citizens recognize and seek out the 3Cs—appropriate contact, content, and conduct—in all digital settings (e.g., iPods,instant messaging, chat, computer games, game consoles, cell phones, text messaging, webcams) To help you teach your children to safely and ethically use their digital devices,iKeepSafe has created the following programs: Wise Tech Choices Be informed and guide young people to use technology in a way that enhances our relationships and improves our health, wellbeing, and productivity. Cyberbalance in a Digital Culture iKeepSafe’s most recent research,”Cyberbalance in a Digital Culture,” explores how cyberbalance impacts day-to-day life. Copyright and Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens iKeepSafe BEaPRO™ Parent App: Faux Paw the Techno Cat Project PRO

Google Drive Level Up Challenge - Teacher Tech Part of my lesson for this week is to introduce my students to Google Drive. Some of the students are adept at tech skills and others struggle with highlighting text. To help differentiate for the variety of Google Drive knowledge, I created a challenge list the students can choose from. The students choose the challenges on the list they wish to try. Marking off the challenge with an X gives them a “badge” or digital sticker and levels them up. alicekeeler.com/googledrivelevelup Make a copy of the challenge sheet. In column I is a link to directions for that challenge. After completing a challenge, place an X in column A. At the bottom of the spreadsheet is a tab to view all of the badges at once. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2016

The Educator’s Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons – The Edublogger The Edublogs support team regularly receives complaints and official requests to remove copyrighted content that users have placed on blogs. The legal jargon with respect to digital copyrights can be confusing – especially since different countries have their own laws and regulations. Understanding digital copyright is an essential skill we need to understand and teach our students. With this post, we hope to dispel a few myths and pull together a complete list of resources for teachers and students to use when blogging and working with content online. This post was originally written by Ronnie Burt, on the Edublogger, on Feb, 2012. Rule 1: You Can’t Use Everything You Find On the Web This may seem obvious, but judging by the notices we have received, many teachers (and especially students) are under the impression that if it is on the web, then it is up for grabs. If you and your students keep rule 1 in mind, then everything else should be fine. Rule 2: There Are Resources You CAN Use 1. 2.

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