Internet Safety

This is a list of some of the most useful sites that I stumbled upon while doing this week’s lesson. There are many, many more out there as this is a very important topic so please feel free to add any that you feel are useful.

http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx
This site includes information for kids, parents and educators to learn about internet safety. Also includes games and videos for both kids and teens to use.

http://www.wiredsafety.org/
This site offers plenty of good resources for parents and teachers to use to learn about different aspects of internet safety.

http://www.safekids.com/2010/01/22/online-safety-3-0-protecting-empowering-youth/
I found this article to be very interesting. I think that is time that schools stop trying to block our children from danger and inappropriate things on the internet, and instead empower them with the knowledge of how to avoid such danger. They are going to use the internet, so let’s show them the correct way to do it.

http://www.theteachersguide.com/Internetsafety.html
This is a good site to educate parents on the importance of internet safety. It is a little old but the message is still the same – teach your kids to be safe online.

http://kids.getnetwise.org/
This site has links to tools that parents can use to help keep their children safe online.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/YVP/electronic_agression_brief_for_parents.pdf
This site offers some statistics and offers suggestions to educators on how to stop internet aggression.

http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/
This site is a good resource for parents and teachers to use with children. It includes useful information and statistics to share with children about cyber bullying, and also has a webisode to watch that addresses cyber bullying. This site is also a great resource about other forms of bullying as well.

http://www.ikeepsafe.org/
This site has a variety of resources for teachers, parents and kids. There are videos, books and other resources.

http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/Computers/Internet/Safety/
This is a directory of many different sites that include resources for all different types of internet safety.