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Organized by ASPIRA of NY, a Latino youth services organization. This site is dedicated to promoting cyber awareness, particularly within the Latino community, and to helping parents protect themselves and their children against cyber predators, bullies and frauds. Information on cyberbullying, cybersafety, cyberfraud and cyberpredators is available in English & Spanish.

Christine, if you need more spanish resources for cybersafety, check this site.

Anne, this is also a great site. Thank you for these resources.

PBS Kids tackles the topic of bullying, including how to handle it, innocent by-standers and online bullying. It's My Life is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to create safe, engaging, and educational online media for kids aged 9 to 12. Content is available in English and Spanish.

Links to over 85 agencies involved with cybersafety education, with commentary about each site. Inludes cybersafety resources in Spanish.

Resources to help students nationwide understand the importance of privacy, security and online reputation. Includes presentations, downloadable curriculum and resources in English and Spanish.

The Cable Industry's effort to educate parents about protecting their child's identity online. Click on the video link at the bottom of the page to access six flash videos: Internet Safety Pledge, media literacy, phishing and predators, kids' blogging content, privacy issues, etc. Resources are in English and Spanish.

Another video in the Google/YouTube Online Safety series. Covers online behavior and uncovering valid resources. Many of these resources are available in both English and Spanish.

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.

Netsmartz Internet and Real World Safety Pledges for elementary, middle and high school students in both English and Spanish.

Instructional and classroom materials and videos in both English and Spanish, coded for grade-level appropriateness. Train-the-trainer materials are also available. A drop-down menu provides direct links to pages customized for each state, to make it easy to form educational partnerships.

Panwapa, which means "here on this earth" in the Tshiluba language, aims to foster the foundation for global citizenship and community activism in young children, ages 4 to 7. Featuring an entirely new group of Muppet characters, Panwapa consists of an interactive website, a DVD, and print materials that are available to children around the world in five languages -Arabic, English, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish. Sponsored by Sesame Street & Merrill Lynch.

Kids learn about the dangers of the internet, online chatrooms, instant messaging, social networking sites, situations to avoid and how to keep their identity private. Three PSA's are included. Resources are available in English and Spanish.

2.5 minute video from the YouTube Safety Team with tips for enjoying YouTube safely. Reviews community guidelines and what is/is not allowed. Includes discussion of copyright, dealing with insulting comments, hiding objectionable words, privacy,

This excellent series of interactive case studies explores 8 topics: Wireless, Social Networking, Digital Permanence, Cyberbullying, Misinformation, Fair Use, Privacy and Downloading. Through multimedia activities, students examine issues affecting schoolwork, class papers, entertainment activities and online safety. Units are illustrated with Nickelodeon-style graphics and include assessments of learning. "Power to Learn" is Cablevision's nationally recognized education initiative. Some of the resources here are available in Spanish.

Learn how to stay out of trouble online by learning about copyright rules, fair use, scams, hoaxes, and flaming. This Nortel LearniT video series offers help on online ethics issues. The site is translated into half-dozen languages, including Spanish.

Great 2-minute video produced by the YouTube safety team with tips for teens about privacy, cyberbullying and cybersafety.

Great 3-minute safety video from the YouTube Safety Team. "How to recognize and steer clear of tricks online" covers scams, phony free offers, phishing, pop-up contests etc.

What is tXt Learning? Trivia by phone. It's mobile education for students in GR 6-12 that finds you where you are. Questions cover math, English, science, Spanish and college prep. And all Q&A are provided by the National Education Association. New questions are sent everyday.

30-second PSA. Part of the Project Safe Childhood national media campaign to combat the increase of sexual predators using the Internet to entice and sexually exploit children: http://www.knowwheretheygo.org. Stresses importance of knowing where your kids go online. Site includes video PSA's, webisodes, radio PSA's and transcripts available in both English and Spanish and offers links to a digital library of free multimedia resources available by topic.