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Howard hit on one major takeaway that I had from our week in the UK. "Increasingly I think the digital divide is less about access to technology and more about the difference between those who know how and those who don't know how," he said. He's convinced that what's most important is not access to the Internet - we have more than a billion people on the Internet now and there are 4 billion phones out there - but access to knowledge and literacies for the digital age. "The ability to know has suddenly become the ability to search and the ability to sift" and discern. "Skill plus social" is the key.

Members of an internet safety task force on July 8 suggested several ways to improve cyber safety for children, focusing on three key areas in particular: education before a child gets on the internet, control while the child is online, and having set procedures if problems arise.

Intrnet Safety-Keeping children safer online. An educational resrouce blog for parents, teachers and law enforcement. Discusses cyberbullying, electronic harassment, sexual predators, teacher resources, videos and more online safety information.

Childnet International is a non-profit organisation working with others to help make the Internet a great and safe place for children.

7.) Drop the filters on your internet service. Period. The most simple thing you can do in your school that can have the greatest impact on student learning. Give kids resources. Teach them to use them properly. Hold them accountable when they don't.

Modeled after the Learning 2.0 Project, created by Helene Blowers, the project will take you through 23 activities that will introduce you to the tools of the new Internet: Web 2.0 tools that are bringing our kids in touch with the entire world through social networking, wikis, video, podcasting, and gaming sites.

Modeled after the Learning 2.0 Project, created by Helene Blowers, the project will take you through 23 activities that will introduce you to the tools of the new Internet: Web 2.0 tools that are bringing our kids in touch with the entire world through social networking, wikis, video, podcasting, and gaming sites.

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NewsTrust was created to promote quality journalism in the Internet age, a formidable task as millions of news-related posts, blogs and sites are created each day. How do we make sense of all this digital noise?

Guide to internet safety and safe surfing for young people from Think U Know. Learn about online safety when using blogs, chatting, online gaming, P2P and other forms of technology like mobiles.

A set of lessons taking teachers & admins through 23 activities that will introduce you to the tools of the "new internet"

SORTED: Childnet's guide to information security online.

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Chatdanger: how to keep safe while chatting online

I saw this advertisement on television many months ago, and then, a few days ago when I was watching youtube videos on cyber bullying. This video's message