Online safety must be relevant to youth, or we're talking to ourselves. It must accommodate the growing body of research on youth risk and what kids themselves say about how they use digital media, and it must be respectful-of both young people and the new media conditions they're ably exploiting.
UNICEF`s work in digital citizenship and online safety aims to get a better understanding of the digital landscape in a range of different countries, mainly those with a developing or emerging economy.
Excellent analysis/recommendations about what really is and isn't required by US law regarding student work online.
Best lines are the last paragraph:
These laws were passed to keep children safe, not keep children out of the 21st century. With a little common sense we can ensure schools are not committing educational neglect by keeping students stuck in the past.
If properly developed, it can guide and empower them the rest of their lives. Its other pluses:
# Comes universally pre-installed, free of charge
# Has no socio-economic barriers to "adoption"
# Is automatically customized in micro detail as it's used
# Works at the "operating system" level
# Not only doesn't conflict with, but supports and enhances, all other "applications"
# Improves with use
# Is the No. 1 online-safety tool.
'You can download a PDF of the Scope & Sequence (en español).
Check out these other links:
Curriculum Overview (en español)
Student Assessment
Standards Alignment Charts
Order Materials on a Flash Drive
Click a topic to highlight the appropriate lessons. Click it again to turn the highlight off.
Internet Safety
Privacy & Security
Relationships & Communication
Cyberbullying
Digital Footprint & Reputation
Self-image & Identity
Information Literacy
Creative Credit & Copyright
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Naming takes on new meanings in digital settings-as students build personas through e-mail addresses, screen names, and online profiles, they can be unaware of the ways that others may read the information they share.