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"For Leadership Day 2012, I thought I would gather in one place many of the talking points that I use with principals and superintendents about Internet safety…" There are many, but sane and good advice for your technology solutions.

Info from R. Byrne's blog on this site for digital safety: "The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre hosts an excellent resource for helping students learn how to be responsible digital citizens. ThinkUKnow offers videos, games, and lessons for students ages five through sixteen. The site is divided into five sections; 5-7, 8-10, 11-16, a section for parents, and a section for teachers. The 5-7 section of ThinkUKnow feature a cartoon video series titled Hector's World. Hector's World is designed to educate students about safe use of the Internet and computers in general. Through the cartoons students learn about things like protecting their personal information and asking a trusted adult for help when necessary. Each episode of Hector's World is accompanied by a coloring book that you can download as a PDF."

Good ideas and links to references. Blogs might be a way to connect your students to each other, and it gives them a voice and a venue for writing practice. Includes ideas on netizenship, Internet safety, and how to comment properly.

I have no idea why the name, but the site seems to include dozens of short cartoons and videos about Internet safety, targeted at a range of learners, from grade school through high school. Topics include cyber-bullying, recognizing opinion and fact, and computer security. There are cartoons, self-tests, and interviews with real teens and pre-teens.

There are some good ideas here, mainly because they are encouraging students to draw some of their own conclusions about how they appear on the Internet, and what the dangers might be.

How a classroom blog with 2-3rd grades (ages7-9) can "flatten" the classroom walls. The teacher starts by teaching how to write a quality blog. The video includes comments in a video made by the students themselves. (Very cute.) Students also learned about Internet safety practices. Learning goes on well beyond the class hours and the local culture. Students also Skype with students in other countries.

Interactive, educational safety resource -- teach kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet

"Communicating with and engaging your school community (parents, students, and donors) is essential is growing a great school. Facebook is a tool that school principals, admissions directors, and development teams should use to build this engagement. Here are four great reasons to use Facebook as a central tool for your school's engagement strategy" These 4 are ease of use, accessibility, ubiquity, and ease of management. Most of these reasons are the same as for blogs, but Fb seems the hot one today, and it is pretty easy to use. One important feature is that you can now put all your schools accounts in one place, and you and/or your students can protect page access. This should salve the worries about Internet safety. One problem may remain: Fb does get shut down in various countries for a variety of political reasons. Caveat user!

"By working your way through this web site and taking part in the exciting challenges and activities, you will learn all about the Internet." A nice Web activity for those learning about the Web. Emphasizes safety.

"A few years ago, all I had to do to keep my kids safe online was set up the family computer in a well-trafficked room and walk by every so often. Now, my daughters are 12 and 14, and each has her own iPhone. Their online lives are lived in WhatsApp, Facebook comments, texts, and occasional emails. They regularly interact with kids I've never met. While they're (probably) smart enough not to reveal information to strangers they've never met, my daughters are at risk for cyberbullying (both being bullied and being bullies), overexposure on social networks, and even sexual solicitation. " Some good cyber rules to keep kids from destroying their own lives.