The following are some of the sites I spoke about or eluded too during my recent Teacher Cyber safety presentations.

I hope you found my presentation informative and interesting - fell free to leave a comment and if you have any links, stories and questions please send me an email tony@itmadesimple.com

Sites - General Information and Help

• Australian Government - http://www.netalert.gov.au/home.html  
• NZ NetSafe - http://www.netsafe.org.nz/keeping_safe.php?sectionID=parents  
• Childnet International - http://www.childnet-int.org/  
• ThinkuKnow - http://www.thinkuknow.com/

Links to Resources and Information

The follow site is hosted and managed by Diigo – a social bookmarking tool that all teachers should use. A quick video on social bookmarking can be found here: http://goo.gl/DpO8Y  

The following Diigo group is one that I have established to share resources and information with any educators interested in this area:   http://groups.diigo.com/group/online-smarts  

You can also check out my other bookmarks.

Cyber Safety Sites for Children

Hectors World - http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Young%20Kids/Hectors%20World.aspx
A site for young children to explore online safety.  

CyberQuoll - http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Kids/Fun%20things%20to%20do/Cyberquoll.aspx
This site is for primary aged students.

CyberNetrix - http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/cybernetrix/index.html
A site for teenagers to learn how to be smart online.
 
Super Clubs Plus - http://www.superclubsplus.com.au/
An environment for students to learn about online social networks  

CyberBullying

Facts about Cyberbullying http://www.familysafecomputers.org/bullying.htm  

What is CYBERBULLYING? http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/what_is_cyberbullying_exactly.html  

Types of Cyberbullies http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/educators/howdoyouhandleacyberbully.html  

Texting Glossary features thousands of relevant and up to date terms.  http://www.dtxtrapp.com/glossary.htm

 

Videos

The following sites have a range of video content that you may be interested in watching:

PBS - Growing up online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/  

Cyber Bullying - a view of this issue from the student view - great for children to watch http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullFilm.aspx  

Exposed - a view of the issue of sexting and its consequences. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ovR3FF_6us  

ThinkUKnow - make sure you know who you are talking too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDBDUX7KPT0&feature=fvwrel  

Megan's Story -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwKgg35YbC4&feature=relmfu  

TalHotBlond - http://www.talhotblond.com/

 

I hope you found my presentation informative and interesting - fell free to leave a comment and if you have any links, stories and questions please send me an email tony@itmadesimple.com