Parent Resources
Valuable knowledge on cyber safety and how to keep our students safe online at school and home
- Chat Danger
A site about the potential dangers of Internet safety includes online games.
- FBI-SOS
FBI (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge, a free school-based Internet safety program
- Safe Surfing for Kids
Information for kids provided by 4kids.org
- The Safe Side
Free resource guide for teachers that reinforce Internet Safety.
Activities
- Adventures in Internet Safety
Surf Swell Island is an interactive game for elementary students created by Disney. It comes with a parent and teacher guide.
- At&T Internet Safety Land
Safety Land, by AT&T, is an interactive game for elementary students.
- Get Your Web License
PBS has created a fun and interactive website for kids in later elementary to early high school about Internet safety. Even adults should test it out and earn a "Web License."
- ID the Creep
This interactive activity informs tweens and teens about Internet predators.
- 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.
- NetSmartzKids
NetSmartzKids offers many games and activities on Internet safety for elementary age children.
- Safe Surfing with Doug
Disney provides a series of interactive activities featuring the popular cartoon character, Doug.
Communication
- OnGuard Online
Social networking tips for teens and tweens.
- Pew Internet
This site provides an informative report on teens and social networking called Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks: How teens manage their online identities and personal information in the age of MySpace.
- Safe Teens.com
Safeteens is a publication of The National Center for Missing and Exploited Chidren, supplying safety information on various forms of Internet communication.
- Safekids.com - Instructions for Setting Up a MySpace Account
A two-minute audio slideshow that provides a brief tour of MySpace.
- Stay Safe Online
Tips for staying safe while using social networking sites.
- TeenAngels
TeenAngels.org is a division of WiredSafety that highlights specific information for teens on chat and email use.
CyberBullying
- 123learning
An E-Learning Wiki for educators which includes discussion, videos, lessons, and slideshows on cyberbullying.
- Stop Bullying Now
Created by the US Department of Health and Human Services, this section of the site provides visitors with facts, tips and advice about cyberbullying.
- Stop Cyberbullying
A site from WiredKids, Inc which focuses on cyberbullying and has multiple flash videos on the subject.
Organizations
- iKeepSafe.org
The iKeepSafe.org website uses an animated mascot named Faux Paw the Techno Cat to teach children the importance of protecting personal information and avoiding inappropriate places on the Internet.
- iSafe Inc
iSAFE is a non-profit foundation funded by Congress via the Department of Justice that provides free K-12 curricula and training to schools. iSafe serves more than 4 million students throughout America, including more than 80,000 young people in Texas. The initial page to this site uses Flash and Quicktime.
- NetSmartz.org
Comic book-style characters address social networking and cyberbullying through animation, videos, and webcomics.
- TeenAngels
Teen Angels is a website for teens on Internet Safety and is a division of Wired Safety.
- Wired Safety
This site offers special information designed to teach younger Internet users how to surf safely and how to have fun doing it. Also, they maintain a space to report bad sites or get advice.
Piracy
- Copyright Kids
Friends of Active Copyright Education (FAİE) is an initiative of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., a nonprofit corporation founded to foster interest in the study of copyright law and the rights in literature, music, art, the theater, motion pictures, and other forms of intellectual property. This site was developed to educate students on copyright laws.