Below are a few links with resources that can be helpful for staying up-to-date on issues related to student and school use of the Internet and other new technologies. For more resources, also try TMS bookmarks tagged: digital-citizenship, internet-safety, social-networking, parents.
student online safety best practices
- no last names
- don’t share personal addresses
- don’t share phone numbers
- don’t share personal email addresses
- keep outside communication on school-related websites (i.e. school, class or student blogs)
- teachers moderate/sign-off on all outgoing publishing by students
- alert an adult when inappropriate content is encountered
- know and follow your schools’ digital citizenship contract
Sample Digital Citizenship Contracts
- Soundview Academy (Middle School) Digital Citizenship Contract
- Anderson School (PS 334)(K-8) Digital Citizenship Contract
Online Culture & Parenting resources
- PBS Frontline’s Documentary: Growing Up Online
- PBS Teachers Learning.Now: This blog provides up to the minute information about technology in US schools
- Social networking in schools
- Wired Safety
- The Responsibility Project
- Common Sense Media: Advice for Parents
- Common Sense Media’s Video on Elementary School Tips for Safety
- Netsmartz for parents
- Netsmartz Kidz videos on online safety
- Point Smart Click Safe, Task Force for Internet Safety
- TheBeehive.org Internet Safety Page
- Skool Safe Search Engines for Kids
Social Networking & cyberbullying resources
Resource Centers:
- Common Sense Media: Cyberbullying Advice for Parents
- Facebook Safety Center
- StopCyberbullying.Org
- Bullypolice.org
Articles:
- Digital Footprints — from the Pew Internet and American Life Project
- Social Networks Grow: Friending Mom and Dad (Pew)
- The Importance of Monitoring your Online Reputation
- Overview of social networking, from Education World Magazine
Regulations & Standards
- NYCDOE Internet Acceptable Use Policy
- Federal Trade Commission’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
- National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
(Originally created for: PS 334, and PS 130)
Anti-Bullying Videos:
- Tough Guise (crisis in masculinity video from Media Education Foundation)
- National Ad Council’s Campaign Against Cyberbullying
- CBS News cyberbullying feature 1
- CBS News cyberbullying feature 2
- Words Hurt PSA
- Bullying is not just physical (5th Graders at PS 32 Bronx)
- Making of Bullying is not just physical (PS 32 Bronx)
(Originally gathered for Soundview Academy)
NOTE: YouTube.com videos linked above will not be viewable in NYCDOE schools; to work around this, either download the videos first, or pre-load them from an admin office ethernet connection (as of March 16, 2011)
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