Revised to include use of Web 2.0 collaborative tools and 21st century skills in the communication spectrum.

A quarter of UK internet users aged eight to 12 had profiles on Facebook, Bebo or MySpace last year, research has found, although the lowest minimum age set on any of the sites is 13. Ofcom's annual Children's Media Literacy Audit for 2009 also had bad news for the music industry, finding that 44% of children between 12 and 15 thought downloading shared copies of films and music for free should not be illegal.

Tim and Moby teach students the basics about copyright law. A subscription is required to access this material. Note: Some of the other modules are free, including Online Safety, Information Privacy, Digital Etiquette, Cyberbullying and Blogs. See: http://www.brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship/

10 Rules to Guide Student Activities and Behaviors online.

Katherine Evans wanted everyone to know: Ms. Phelps was the worst English teacher she'd ever had. So Evans, a Florida high school senior and honors student, posted a Facebook page to publicly criticize the teacher. Two months later, though, Evans was suspended for cyberbullying the teacher with her very precisely named group, "Ms. Sarah Phelps is the worst teacher I've ever had," on the social-networking site.

In the first federal appeals court opinion dealing with "sexting" - the transmission of sexually explicit photographs by cellphone - a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that parents could block the prosecution of their children on child pornography charges for appearing in photographs found on some classmates' cellphones.

14 rules of cell phone etiquette with additional guidelines for young mobile users.

ELEVEN Perth senior high school students have been suspended after a Facebook site was created to verbally attack and cyber-bully an experienced but unpopular teacher.

A Frenchman will face trial after hacking into Twitter accounts, including that of U.S President Barack Obama, a French prosecutor said.

A short guide to recognizing and avoiding phishing scams done by the folks at CommonCraft.com

30 second PSA on the dangers of Sexting.

A comparison of five Digital Citizenship models: ISTE NETS, Bailey & Ribble, IKeepSafe/C3 Framework, Digital Citizenship & Creative Commons, Protecting Students in the 21st Century. The chart can be downloaded here.

Three-minute video from the folks at Common Sense Media. Ten rules of the road will help kids make smart decisions online. Teens and tweens deliver the message.

See chart for descriptions of roles students play in bullying situations. To see the Olweus Bullying Prevention program used to address cyberbullies, check out the work of this group of school psychologists.

How and when social network sites go about such policing of their users is up to them. Do the sites take such matters seriously? Some good (and bad features) of each are reviewed.

The Six Principles of e-Teaching: Integrate, Lead with "Hands-On," Build Hard Skills, Involve Students, Connect Students with Real World, Showcase student work. A database of lesson plans is included on this site. LearniT-TeachiT is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting business, industry, governmental agencies and other organizations to use the power of technology 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.

Custom Google Search Engine" with copyright-free images suitable for students.

This section contains links to a variety of scenarios of ethical and unethical technology use by students. The scenarios will include discussion questions and brief commentary.Doug welcomes real receiving real incidents from your experiences as a library media specialist, teacher or parent that would make good discussion starters.

Lesson Plan that uses the fictional "All About Explorers" web site to encourage learners to be more discerning in their use of websites and to think about issues of reliability, validity and bias.

This fictional site was developed by a group of teachers as a means of teaching students about the Internet. Although the Internet can be a tremendous resource for gathering information about a topic, they found that students often did not have the skills to discern useful information from worthless data. The teachers set out to develop a series of lessons for elementary age students in which they would demonstrate that just because it is out there for the searching does not mean it is worthwhile.