Ad4dcss/Digital Citizenship

4-minute video: "Welcome to the World of We Think. Based on a new book by Charles Leadbeater, 'We Think' explores the potential of the latest developments of the internet.

Tackling cyberbullying using COMIC LIFE

A 20-second PSA produced for Safer Internet Day (Feb 2010), as celebrated through 500 events in 50 countries all over the world.

Looking for games online that might help students learn important cybersafety concepts? Add this collection from around the world to your digital citizenship training efforts.

Here are 8 tips to monitor and protect one's online reputation from the U.S. Government Information Security Blog: Search your name. Type your first and last name within quotation marks into several popular search engines to see where you are mentioned and in what context. Narrow your search and use keywords that apply only to you, such as your city, employer and industry association. Expand your search. Use similar techniques to search for your telephone numbers, home address, e-mail addresses, and personal website domain names. You should also search for your social security and credit card numbers to make sure they don't appear anywhere online. Read blogs. If any of your friends or coworkers have blogs or personal web pages on social networking sites, check them out to see if they are writing about or posting pictures of you. Sign up for alerts. Use the Google alert feature that automatically notifies you of any new mention of your name or other personal information. Limit your personal information. Tweet/chat/discuss regarding business and the emerging trends in your industry, but limit posting information on your personal life, which could be a subject of major scrutiny by recruiters and hiring managers. Also, be sure you know how organizations will use your information before you give it to them. Use privacy settings. Most social networking and photo-sharing sites allow you to determine who can access and respond to your content. If you're using a site that doesn't offer privacy settings, find another site. Choose your photos and language thoughtfully. You need to ensure that information posted online is written professionally without use of swear words and catchy phrases. Also, be very selective in posting photographs, and use your judgment to ensure that these photographs are how you want the world to see you. Take action If you find information about yourself online that is embarrassing or untrue, cont

How to search for anything online

from NetSmartz, this 5 pg doc provides focus questions and recommended steps to prevent and respond to sexting

Internet Safety Lesson plans are available on this site at http://kidsmart.org.uk/teachers/lessonplans.aspx

The companion site to this resource is http://www.cyberbullying.org/

PBS Kids tackles the topic of bullying, including how to handle it, innocent by-standers and online bullying. It's My Life is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to create safe, engaging, and educational online media for kids aged 9 to 12. Content is available in English and Spanish.

Note dana boyd's position that "Most anti-bullying assemblies are ineffective, and the messages of well-meaning advocates tend to fall on deaf ears". Students need to learn empathy, sensitivity and respect, all of which are life skills.

Dartmouth collection of photo tampering through history.

A good collection of digital photo manipulation in mass media imagery. Compiled by Dr. Hany Farid from Dartmouth. \n

Technology integration matrix from Florida. This amazing resource was picked up from Lucy Gray. Really amazing.

This is a great guide. I would love to use something like this as a model for how we develop our PD.

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students

Cool summary of an article by Liz B. Davis -- Liz took the article and extracted the most valuable bits to her using google Docs. This methodology is fascinating, but even moreso the fact we may all begin doing this together with Diigo.

This research article has the facts about sexual predatory behavior.

FRONTLINE had developed materials for teachers, parents and kids to accompany Growing Up Online. These resources include downloadable viewing guides for parent and for teachers that includes a seven-part discussion question section, lesson plans for the classroom, resources for building parent-teen online engagement, and a Cyberquiz: "What Kind of Cyber Guide are You?" that explores parents' media management styles.

By mandating schools restrict internet access, CIPA and other federal and state legislation intend to guard students' safety online-but all they may be doing is keeping vital educational technology out of the classroom. No one disputes the need to protect kids from the harm that lurks online. What's at issue is whether or not mandated internet filters are the best way to achieve those safeguards-or whether the filters aren't up to the task and are actually interfering with the educational mission by obstructing use of important Web 2.0 tools.

This form is powered by Wufoo Online forms and is a 'guide' to getting parent permission at the teacher level to allow students to participate in read/write activities. It is not a 'policy'. You will need to produce a printed version to ensure that you have a signature. Ensure that you provide adequate opportunity for parents to contact you with questions or express an interest in parental education about the read/write web.

Cyberbullying on twitter.

Cyberbullying can happen anywhere, even twitter. Warning: this post is rated R for use of 1-2 words of profanity.