Turn your students into safe, smart, responsible digital citizens and help your school keep valuable federal support for technology at the same time!
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Lessons for Grades K-2
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Going Places Safely
Students learn that they can go to exciting places online, but that they need to follow certain rules to remain safe.
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Sending Email
Students explore how they can use email to communicate with real people within their schools, families, and communities.
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Show Respect Online
Students explore what cyberbullying means and what they can do when they encounter it. Students learn about in-person and online communications, and how to write good emails.
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Lessons for Grades 3-5
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Talking Safely Online
Students learn that the Internet is a great place to develop rewarding relationships. But they also learn not to reveal private information to a person they know only online.
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The Power of Words
Students consider that they may get online messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. They explore ways to handle cyberbullying if it happens.
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Digital Citizenship Pledge
Students work together to outline common expectations in order to build a strong digital citizenship community. Each member of the class signs a We the Digital Citizens Pledge.
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Lessons for Grades 6-8
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Safe Online Talk
Students consider scenarios in which they might feel uncomfortable or encounter inappropriate talk or behavior online. They learn to recognize online predators and rules for online safety.
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Scams and Schemes
Students learn strategies for guarding against identity theft and scams that try to access their private information online.
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Cyberbullying: Crossing the Line
Students learn to distinguish good-natured teasing from cyberbullying.
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Trillion Dollar Footprint
Students learn that they have a digital footprint and that this information can be searched; copied and passed on, but that they can take some control based on what they post online.
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Which Me Should I Be?
Students learn that presenting themselves in different ways online carries both benefits and risks.
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Cyberbullying: Be Upstanding
Students learn about the difference between being a passive bystander versus a brave upstander in cyberbullying situations.
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West Virginia Department of Education E-rate Page
Learn more about E-rate and CIPA at www.usac.org/sl. |
Get Parents Involved
Give the parents in your community the knowledge and confidence they need to talk with their kids about Internet safety, appropriate online behavior, cyberbullying, and more. Here are four ways to use our tools to involve parents:
- Distribute the Parent Tip Sheets included with each lesson in this toolkit. Attach them to email newsletters, post them on your website, send home printed copies with planned parent mailings, or keep a few printed tip sheets in a part of the school building parents are likely to visit.
- Host a parent education night. Check out our Connecting Families program. Also, explore the parent resources included in our Cyberbullying Toolkit for Schools.
- Send home Family Media Agreements. These documents serve as a shared contract that families can use to set expectations about the role media and technology will play in their lives.
- Share our parent tip videos. Start with the videos below or browse our whole video library.
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