Digiteen

The Internet can be a good thing and a bad thing. some people need the Internet for work. If you are addicted to the Internet you cut you relationships and outside activities out of your life. Addiction to the Internet can damage your health. "The Internet provides a constant, ever-changing source of information and entertainment, and can be accessed from most smart phones as well as tablets, laptops, and computers. Email, blogs, social networks, and message boards allow for both public and anonymous communication about any topic. But how much is too much Internet usage? Each person's Internet use is different. You might need to use the Internet extensively for your work, for example, or you might rely heavily on social networking sites to keep in touch with faraway family and friends. Spending a lot of time online only becomes a problem when it absorbs too much of your time, causing you to neglect your relationships, your work, school, or other important things in your life. If you keep repeating compulsive Internet behavior despite the negative consequences in your offline life, then it's time to strike a new balance."

Lawmakers are staring to realize the problem of internet privacy.

This will help you be safer.

a fun site for kids to play on.

"The Joint Select Committee on Cyber-safety has commenced its inquiry and is keen to seek the input from individuals, schools, community groups and industry professionals."

Don't make these mistakes

This is truly a campaign BY kids FOR kids, addressing the audience not from an adult authoritative perspective, but a peer-to-peer behaviour awareness perspective.

Looks to be a 'fun' way to approach such a serious subject.

""Many kids think that on a social media site that their actions will be anonymous and that they are free to use it as weapon to bully, harass, and intimidate another person. This case demonstrates that assuming the identity of another person on the Internet with the intent to torment them and expose them to the harassment of others is a crime.""

This news article may be a bit too much for use in the classroom.

""We're reaching the point where schools should be teaching best practice for social media, right from primary school age, and the importance of protecting their images and information online," says Darabi."

I am not sure that primary students can appreciate that what is placed into the cyber sphere, it may well be there always and the importance of this.

Common Sense Media - 7 Rules for Online Etiquette

A very rationale and supportive article talking about the use of backchannels in the classroom to support learning.

"# What's the impact of messages related to classwork when they're part of a large stream of messages students receive from friends, family, horoscope advice, sports scores and so on? # What sort of learning happens best (or is reinforced best, perhaps) via SMS? # How can these sorts of messages be adapted to students' progress and how can they be sequenced and scaffolded over time? # How many students are able and willing to participate in these sorts of educational activities via their mobile phone? Can students afford the texting fees? Do they want to use their text-messaging allocations for this purpose? # Can we subsidize this sort of SMS traffic for student populations? # If these sorts of messages between home and school become more common, will there be a way to include parents and parents' phones in the loop? # Can these quizzes be sent to parents' phones so that they can have the opportunity to pose a question to their children? "