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Kids create their own avatars and complete missions that educate them about cyberbullying, social media and mobile safety. Part of an Australian non-profit social initiative (Smart Online/SafeOnline) that uses kids to deliver campaigns aimed at educating their peers about cyberbullying/cybersafety issues. Registration is required and even though this is designed for use in Australia, anyone can play. A nice feature is that, as kids complete missions, they get an email summarizing what they have learned. This is the same agency that created the video, Pants Down

Great 30-second teen PSA on protecting yourself online.

An eleven year old gives an awesome one-minute rundown of all of the cool things he does with digital media at his school and in his life.

When is a phone not a phone? In the hands of children and tweens, today's cell phones are primarily used as text messaging devices, cameras, gaming consoles, video viewers, MP3 players, and incidentally, as mobile phones via the speaker capability so their friends can chime in on the call. Parents are getting dialed in to the social media phenomenon and beginning to understand-and limit-how children use new media

Peppy Video in cartoon-style that shows kids that they are not as "anonymous" as they might think. If they choose to cyberbully online, it is traceable.

A great video explaining about the responsible use of the internet. It has been very cleverly produced and speaks to - not at - young people

Great video to show students as an entree to a classroom discussion.

As part of Sound Transit's safety outreach for Link light rail, Sound Transit asked Seattle area high school students to develop short films that educated their peers about staying safe around Link...

Another great 30-second PSA on cyberbullying created by students at the Student Television Network Conference in Anaheim [March 2010]

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.

Excellent 8-minute video from the UK's Thinkuknow education program that helps children to understand what constitutes personal information. The assembly enables children to understand that they need to be just as protective of their personal information online, as they are in the real world. It also directs where to go and what to do if children are worried about any of the issues covered.

Short video clip from ACT AGAINST BULLYING with cell phone bullying prevention advice , as well as how to handle the text messaging bullying if it occurs.\n\n

UT Dallas History Professor Dr. Monica Rankin wanted to know how she could reach and include more students in the class discussion. She had heard of Twitter.The following is a short video describing her "Twitter Experiment" in the classroom with comments from students about the pros and cons of Twitter in a traditional learning environment.

BEST PRACTICES IN FAIR USE from the folks at Temple University's Media Literacy Education Lab. This is a case study of PROJECT LOOK SHARP and their use of media literacy materials. Included are discussion questions that would be appropriate for teaching teachers and/or students.

The Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) short animated video - Think before you upload! - aims to highlight the possible risks for young people of using on-line technologies such as social networking and gaming sites.

From British Columbia. This collection of short videos, hosted by computer guru Steve Dotto, demonstrates how kids use the Internet and explains the responsibilities of being an effective parent in the Digital Age.

We use this video frequently as an introduction at teacher trainings. The MacArthur Foundation is exploring how technology is changing kids and learning, committing $50 million to this initiative.

It will be most interesting to see whether the next generation of kids brought up by the Digital Generation will be any different.

Educational video which teaches fair use and copyright laws using Disney Characters.

A film made by 4th graders on blogging safety

A film made by 4th graders on blogging safety.