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"Common Sense Media is pleased to announce that the free CyberSmart! curriculum is now part of Common Sense Media's education programs. Over the next year, Common Sense will be updating the CyberSmart! lesson plans and adding video, interactive components, and a rich complement of parent resources to create an integrated K-12 Digital Literacy and Citizenship curriculum."

Cybersmart has some simple lesson plans suitable for younger students.

CyberSmart! Africa supports the development of 21st century skills that make learning less abstract, encourage collaboration and creativity, and foster communication across cultures.

CyberSmart sustainable digital learning initiative Video narrated by Jim Teicher

Personal information is disclosed to, and used responsibly by, many legitimate online businesses to conduct business and online social interactions. However, if not managed carefully, it is possible for personal information to be accessed and misused for marketing, identity theft or for cyberbullying or cyberstalking.

Parents watch what your teens put online because other teens or older people could be stalking your child.

Be mindful that some websites encourage harmful or illegal behaviours such as eating disorders and violent acts. Consider your teen's vulnerability to information and check what they are viewing online.

Parents talk to your kids about what they are looking for online and how they are acting.

Excellent resources and developments at this site. A free digital citizenship curriculum is being rolled out. And Common Sense have bought Cybersmart recently! Watch this space!

Browser toolbar with quick access to K-12 curriculum, PD, Web 2.0, library resources.

Digital Citizenship Lesson Plan resources on this site