Educator Resources

Valuable knowledge on cyber safety and how to keep our students safe online at school and home

  • CIPA
    Federal Communication Commission's Children's Internet Protection Act - Consumer Facts
  • CyberBullying - Real Life Stories
    Stories provided by NetSmartz.org
  • Cyberbullying Research Center
    Free resources to download to help prevent cyberbullying.
  • CyberSmart
    Sixty-five standard-based cyber safety lessons.
  • CyberSmart! Curriculum
    Teacher resources from Common Sense Media's education program
  • FBI-SOS
    FBI (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge, a free school-based Internet safety program
  • iKeepSafe
    Free online Internet safety PSA videos.
  • Internet Safety (TEA)
    In accordance with HB 3171, Section 38.023, the Texas Education Agency has developed and made available to school districts a list of resources concerning Internet Safety.
  • Keep Kids Safe from Cyberbullies and Harassment
    Video from HowToMaster.com
  • Lesson Plans Page
    Internet safety lesson plans and other content areas.
  • Read Write Think
    Lesson plan asks students "pay attention to technology" by recognizing the many dangers of Internet.
  • Stay Safe Online
    StaySafeOnline.org, a website packed with resources and backed by several major sponsors
  • Surftificate
    Have your students sign a certificate that they understand the rules on Internet safety.
  • TEA - CyberBullying
    Additional resources on cyberbullying, provided by the Texas Education Agency
  • TEA Internet Safety
    TEA provides links to Internet Safety activities and lessons.
  • Texas School Safety Center
    The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) was created in 1999 by Governor George Bush and authorized by the 77th Texas Legislature in 2001 to serve as a central location for school safety information.
  • The Safe Side
    Free resource guide for teachers that reinforce Internet Safety.
  • Wired Safety
    A variety of cyber safety videos, activities, and lessons.

  • Activities

  • Media Awareness Network
    Media Awareness Network is a non-profit Canadian media literacy organization with a comprehensive section for activities and lessons for all ages.

  • Communication

  • Barnardo's
    The site, from a British non-profit charity, lists concise and informative guidelines for chat and email.
  • Kaboose.com
    Kaboose is a community site that offers information and guidelines for emailing and chatting safely.
  • Safe Guidance
    A listing of Internet communication advice and guidelines for educators and students, provided by a partnership of 28 European Ministries of Education.
  • Safekids.com - Instructions for Setting Up a MySpace Account
    SafeKids provides chat rules to follow and advice for safely communicating on the web.
  • WiredSafety
    This section of WiredSafety provides basic rules for chat.

  • CyberBullying

  • Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
    The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use provides research and outreach services on the safe and responsible use of the Internet.
  • Cyber Bullying Project
    A student's mock public service announcement hosted on YouTube from the teen's perspective.
  • Cyberbullying.us
    A site created by two professors of Criminal Justice who have presented and written extensively on cyberbullying. Here you will find multiple pdf downloadable resources.
  • Education World
    An article on cyberbullying written by psychologist Ken Shore, who has over 25 years experience in public education.
  • NewSmartz.org
    This site provides a series of videos of real-life stories of teens and how they have been effected by cyberbullying.
  • Student's Guide to Cyberbullying
    The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use provides research and outreach services to address issues of the safe and responsible use of the Internet. This is a guide to cyberbullying for students.
  • US Computer Emergency Readiness Team
    Information provided by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team.

  • Organizations

  • CyberSmart
    CyberSmart contains free K-8 curricula related to the International Society for Technology in Education's National Education Technology Standards (NETS). It consists of 65 original, non-sequential, and standards-based lesson plans, student activity sheets, posters, and information for families.
  • Department of Information Resources: Secure Texas
    SecureTexas provides up-to-date technology security information as well as tips to help strengthen Texas’ technology infrastructure.

  • Piracy

  • Copyright Issues: Multimedia and Internet Resources
    Georgia Harper of the Office of General Counsel for University of Texas System provides a comprehensive outline of copyright and the Internet.
  • Taking the Mystery out of Copyright
    The Library of Congress provides a fun and interactive Flash site for educators and students on copyright.
  • United States Copyright Office
    The official website for the US Copyright office.

  • Privacy

  • Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
    This site offers many resources on protecting privacy.
  • Electronic Privacy Protection Center
    A list of tools for protecting privacy while online.
  • Online Privacy Alliance
    The Online Privacy Alliance is a diverse group of more than 30 global corporations and associations who have come together to introduce and promote business-wide actions that create an environment of trust and foster the protection of individuals' privacy online.
  • Privacy Right's Clearinghouse
    A nonprofit consumer rights and advocacy organization, which has compiled resources on privacy protection.
  • Safekids
    Helpful privacy information.

  • Security

  • NetDay Cyber Security Kit for Schools
    This guide provides school administrators with practical suggestions and resources for ensuring that computer networks are secure from cyber attacks.
  • NIST Computer Security Resource Center
    The Computer Security Division responds to the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002. While most of the information is specifically addressing security research for Federal Information Systems, this knowledge applies to educators and the public.
  • Stay Safe Online
    Provides free and non-technical cyber security resources to consumers, small businesses and educators.