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In 2006, legislation in the state of Virginia added a new component to the educational curriculum for GR K-12: Internet Safety for Students. This colorful 25-page Citizen's Cyberguide focuses on a middle school audience and integrates ethical standards that can promote their use of the web more wisely and responsibly. Includes information on general safety, social networking and gaming and is designed to help kids develop safety skills, cyberethics and respect regarding their behavior online. Materials were developed at James Madison University.

One 8th grade class's experience with backchanneling while watching a video. Great ideas here!

Cyberethics curriculum and lesson plan created for elementary and middle school teachers by the Department of Justice

TechLiteracy Assessment uses a blend of interactive, performance-based questions and multiple choice, knowledge-based questions to measure and report technology literacy for elementary and middle school students

Emily and Sarah Buder were honored at the White House on March 10th for supporting a young girl who was cyberbullied by starting a positive letter writing campaign. They later turned their efforts into a book, which is filled with letters from those who were bullied (or who were doing the bullying). It should be required reading for all middle schoolers. See the related story: http://bit.ly/h937uN

Excellent video from Peggy Sheehy of SECOND LIFE fame. \n\nWhen kids at the Suffern Middle School were asked to talk about education and their future, they gave Peggy Sheehy, the SMS media specialist, an earful. Listen and learn the bits of wisdom that can be gleaned from the students, if we only dare to ask them

The FBI-SOS Internet Challenge is an internet safety program designed to help students recognize potential dangers associated with the internet, email, chat rooms and social networking sites. The program addresses and defines topics serious in nature such as seduction, child pornography, solicitation, exploitation, obscenity and online predators. Students take web-based quizzes and review specific web sites aimed at promoting online safety.