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On Wise up to IT, four young people tell their stories about cyberbullying, online stalking, internet security and online grooming. Their stories explain what happened and how they dealt with the situation. Online movies, support material, lesson plans and activities 

ALMOST two-thirds of Australian children have had bad interactions online, including exposure to nudity, violence, cyber predators and cyber bullying, a survey shows.

Some ideas on CyberSafety Education including tips for ensuring student safety and awareness online. Worth a read

Cybersmart has developed an online PD program called Connect.ed designed to train teachers in how to teach cybersafety to students and protect them from the potential online dangers. Register today. For more information go to: Connect.ed

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.

Protecting Students in the 21st century is a comprehensive, online internet safety program

Common Sense Online Privacy Tips for Parents and Kids

A great video to introduce K-2 to certain aspects of Internet Safety. The video makes some comparisons between the real world, and the online world, and at the end sets some rules to follow. Worth a look. 

What we do The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) is made up of police forces from around the world working together to fight online child abuse.

ThinkUKnow is an Internet safety program delivering interactive training to parents, carers and teachers through primary and secondary schools across Australia using a network of accredited trainers. Created by the UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre, ThinkUKnow Australia has been developed by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Microsoft Australia. 

Online course are offered for parents, educators and others who are interested in addressing the issue of bullying more effectively in their homes, schools and communities.

Cybersmart provides activities, resources and practical advice to help young kids, kids, teens and parents safely enjoy the online world. Cybersmart also offers training and resources for schools and materials for library staff. A great starting place

Kids Helpline is Australia's only free, private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.

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. 

A fun and safe online neighborhood for kids under 10. Here they can play games, create art and interact with friends and family under your supervision.

Recently Stage 3 Students at Saint Joseph's Bulli completed a CyberSafety Role-Playing activity delivered by ACMA. CyberSmart Detectives is a scenario based game whereby students are detectives, and are given clues to solve the mystery of a missing girl who has been chatting to someone online. The activity was very worthwhile, and something that every school should consider doing with their stage three students. If you click on the title, it will download some of the student reflections of the day. Representatives from ACMA (including a police officer), Parent Helpers, Teachers & SSOs were utilised to run the activity and assist students solve the mystery. If you would like to run it at your school, the best person to speak to is Naomi Rosenthal 02 9334 7730 or send me an email at Sam.Elphick@dow.catholic.edu.au with any queries on the running of the event etc...

The Teacher resources aim to support cybersafety education. All resources are supported by detailed lesson plans and individual online and DVD resources using video, animation and interactive content. All are free of charge. Most Cybersmart lesson plans are available under Creative Commons licences which enable teachers to change, translate and share new creations with other teachers and students.

iKeepSafe is dedicated to the education of families on how to stay safe online. That's why we've teamed up with Google to develop curriculum that educators can use in the classroom to teach what it means to be a responsible digital citizen.

A provider of cybersafety consultancy 

Some more great CyberSafety resources/websites