One of eight interactive case studies for kids (GR 4-8) from Cable In the Classroom: Power to Learn.
Harassment and humiliation take on new forms in Cyberspace. Learn about the consequences, actions and reactions of using cell phones, the Internet and other digital devices to bully one's peers. This unit explores cyberbullying and the offline consequences for online actions. The graphics are Nickelodeon style. A short quiz assesses understanding. For the entire series, check out: http://powertolearn.com/internet_smarts/interactive_case_studies/index.shtml

One of eight interactive case studies for kids (GR 4-8) from Cable In the Classroom: Power to Learn.
Understanding the fair use exemption to copyright law is critical for students who routinely mine the Internet for digital media for class projects, research papers, and other educational purposes. This unit focuses on copyright and fair use. Case studies are explored. Students are asked to develop an essay question. The graphics are Nickelodeon style. For the entire series, check out: http://powertolearn.com/internet_smarts/interactive_case_studies/index.shtml

Use Flickr Storm with your students for locating imagery for digital storytelling projects. It locates multiple photos for you that relate to the keyword and annotates with a Creative Commons license, providing the user name you need for attribution. There is a great tutorial on using Flickr Storm at http://www.jakesonline.org/using_flickrstorm.pdf

Practical advice for parents with pre-tweens who are interested in social networking. The following ten tips will make your tweens safer on social networking sites.

Student demonstration of nine elements of digital citizenship using Glogster.

Example of student deliverable on plagiarism. Done using Glogster.

If the first decade of the 21st century was about data driven instruction and assessment, can we make the next decade about realizing potential of the student behind the data and publishing to authentic audience as part of student's school lives? Some great examples are given here of "Hand it In Teaching" vs. "Publish It Teaching"

ImageStamper is a free tool for keeping dated, independently verified copies of license conditions associated with creative commons images. You can use it to safeguard your use of free images from license changes, or to prove you are the original image creator.

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.

NS Teens video - uses Comic Characters to get across a message about cleaning up your social networking profile.

FaceBook Safety Center - a revamped help portal featuring educational information for users, with sections dedicated to parents, teens, teachers and law enforcement professionals. The educator section contains quick and helpful advice for administrators, including advice for teachers with accounts and removing student profiles that are harmful in intent.

10-minute video from Web Wise Kids telling Katie's story. Note: there are other versions of this video available, but this one is the most complete because her parents are helping to tell the story. Katie is now the WWK's Spokesperson & Ambassador to Youth. She shares her powerful first hand testimony with other young teens and parents so they know that what happened to her and her family can happen to them.

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.

Silvia Tolisano has provided us with a helpful list of SKYPE JOBS FOR STUDENTS.

Kids learn the research process through an interactive game board designed for and provided by the Kentucky Virtual Library.

Put a watermark on your Flickr photos and images to protect your copyright.

This comprehensive resource will tell you everything you need to know about plagiarism, from the basic facts to free detection tools to preventing it in both the physical and online classroom.

Thematic unit on digital citizenship for students in middle school aged 10-14. For this unit we have broken it into two weeks. Week one will be on plagiarism, copyright, and creative commons. Week two will be on online etiquette and cyberbullying. The students will learn about each theme over a course of days. After the two themes have been examined, students will complete a final project related to the goals.

What happens if someone posts an unflattering, or worse, a scandalous or compromising picture of you on Facebook? What are your rights? That's a sensitivity that we need to start nurturing by training our kids -- and our employees -- to use online tools responsibly', says Anna O'Brian, a PHD student in digital technology. What happens when only some of us know how to use these connective technologies to improve our lives (as opposed to overwhelming ourselves even more). In other words, what happens when only a small portion of online users is actually digitally literate?

A free-to-play "alternate reality game" from the UK commissioned by Channel 4 Education that is intended to give teenage players a personal encounter with everything from identity theft to cyber stalking. Kids (age 14-16) explore websites, search for clues, receive phone calls, chat on IM, and tackle puzzles and mini-games. Through thirteen challenges, (each lasting 10-20 minutes) and a dramatic storyline, they find out who they can trust and who they can't.