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SuperClubsPLUS Australia is a safe place for children to have fun, to play, chat, complete their Cybersmart Badge (accredited by the Australian Communication & Media Authority), and to learn - from the website mediators, from teachers but mostly from each other. Please note registration and payment (in most circumstances) is required to use this resource.

The Learning On Line website presents the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's advice for schools on cybersafety and the responsible use of digital technologies.

What it is: Me On the Web is a new tool from Google.  Announced just today, Me On the Web is part of the Google Dashboard that allows you to set up custom Google Alerts for your name in news articles.  This was always possible with Google Alerts but now those alerts are coupled with tips and resources for helping students manage their online identities.  Now everything can be tracked from one central location instead of scattered around in different places.  Me On the Web is easy to set up, just visit your Google Dashboard to get started. How to integrate Me on the Web into the classroom: There was a day when you could get away with not knowing and following your digital identity, that day is no more.  We all carry digital footprints, and now more than ever it is vital for us (and our students) to know how to manage those digital footprints.  Teaching students about their digital identity is the first step, Google's Me on the Web takes that a step further by helping students manage their online identities through Google Alerts and helpful tips.  Students must have an account with Google to fully utilize the Me on the Web features.  After students have their account set up, they can create a set of Google Alerts related to them.  This could be their name, email address, a sports team that they play on, the name of the school they attend, etc.  Students will quickly see just how big a memory the Internet has and get a first hand look at their digital footprint and learn some strategies to take care of it.

Some great ideas on raising awareness of Digital Citizenship among students. 

Break Through Bullying aims to raise community awareness of bullying and support the teaching and learning of positive anti-bullying strategies for children of all ages. Currently the site consists of a series of posters that can be purchased

The Alannah and Madeline Foundation's Better Buddies Framework is an initiative designed to create friendly and caring primary school communities where bullying is reduced. Through Better Buddies, children in their first and last year of primary school buddy up and learn the values: caring for others, friendliness, respect, valuing difference, including others and responsibility.

Digizen (UK) provides information about using social network sites and social media sites creatively and safely. It provides tips for evaluating online resources and examples of how to use them to support informal and formal learning. 

Very good Australian  interactive learning resources for primary and secondary students

Through the Wild Web Woods is designed for students ages seven through ten to learn how to spot danger on the Internet and what to do when they do spot danger on the Internet. The game is available in twenty-four languages.

some nice CyberSafety resources/websites for those of you who teach Cyber-Safety in your school

A range of resources for cybersafety.