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The Guidelines on Child Online Protection (COP) are aimed at establishing a safe and secure cyberworld for future generations. The set of four guidelines advocate empowering children and young people through education and awareness; providing information, advice and safety tips for parents, guardians and educators; and providing key information to policy makers as well as to industry in order to formulate national and international strategies.

Cybersafety in a Web 2.0 World: What Parents & Policymakers Need To Know [PDF]

Interview with the Honorable Melissa Bean, Larry Magid, Nancy Willard and Sharon Miller Cindrich.

If you're planning on showing the Digizen.org film on Cyberbullying at your school, be sure you download the teacher's guide that goes with it at http://www.digizen.org/downloads/Let'sFightItTogether-guide.pdf

From the EduCause Learning Initiative: Seven Things You Should Know About Second Life.

[Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey]
Leading and Learning with Technology, Vol. 32, Number 7
Everyone has an internal compass but adults need to teach children how to find and use it. This article includes some scenarios that require students to use their internal compasses.

Designed for teachers and produced by the staff at Nettrekker, this 14-page document is a free download.

1).Helps you better understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code. 2). Collects, organize & archive the information you might need to support a fair use evaluation. 3).Provides you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records, which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it. 4). Provides you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records [example], which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it.

The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy, is a research-based report on scores of longform interviews with teachers. It shows that the fundamental goals of media literacy education-to cultivate critical thinking and expression about media and its social role-are compromised by unnecessary copyright restrictions. The report concludes with a call for educators to develop a consensus around their interpretation of their most valuable copyright tool: fair use.This project was funded by the MacArthur Foundation.

Presentation by Nancy Willard outlining the dangers of association with online communities by at-risk youth. This includes self-harm communities, hate groups and gangs and suicide communities.

Case Study and discussion points. Includes answers to legal questions.
A bad idea has turned into a full-fledged legal battle ever since the principal of Gibbons Preparatory School, Cornelius Southwick, learned that a group of male students at his school created a website that ranked the qualities of every freshman girl - often in mean-spirited, unflattering ways.

2005 Report by Dr. Beth Manke, Associate Professor, Human Development, California State University, Long Beach. Often the most dramatic incidents of cyberbullying get the attention of educators, parents and the authority. Those incidents that involve threats, particularly death threats and those that result in school shootings and suicide attempts prompt intervention for both the perpetrators and victims. We must remember, however, that all cyberbullying, even the less dramatic incidents including the spreading of rumors and saying mean things online can be harmful as they can erode a child's self esteem and confidence and lead to later academic difficulties, interpersonal problems and psychological distress.

VERY helpful document!!!

A growing number of people are promoting Internet Safety Education in effort to keep youngsters safe from Internet sex offenders. But be cautious about some of the statistics that you may find from lectures, pamphlets, videos and web sites. Not all of the data accurately reflects what researchers have learned about cyberpredator crimes. For the real stats and myths vs. realities on child predators , download a copy of: Internet Safety For Teens: Getting it Right . This fact sheet (created by Dr. David Finkelhor at the Crimes Against Children Research Center) is packed with helpful clarifying information for your next presentation.

Make your students and staff aware of the potential infringements. Most teachers and students use music in their video and then publish or use in it in a public setting while thinking they've done nothing wrong. But, their lack of knowledge about the laws does not make them immune. \n

This guide from Nancy Willard provides educators with insight into these concerns and guidelines to prevent and respond. This guide provides only a brief overview of these concerns. More information, as well as implementation documents, is available in Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press)

This guide from Nancy Willard provides parents with insight into these concerns and guidelines to prevent your child from being victimized by or engaging in online harmful behavior. It also provides guidance on things you can do in either case

From NEA Today: Access, Adequacy & Equity in Educational Technology Results of a survey of America's Teachers and Support Professionals on Technology in Public Schools & Classrooms.

ReCut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video .

A Future of Media Project funded by the Ford Foundation. This study looks at what kinds of uses of copyrighted works are legal online. It identifies nine common kinds of re-appropriation practices, including satire and parody, criticism and video diaries.

Written for Mankato (MN) Area Public Schools.