Trying to prepare students for their future and teach them

about Internet safety without Web 2.0 in schools ~

is like trying to teach a child to swim without a swimming pool!

ANNOUNCING MAJOR CHANGE!  The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use has been reformed as a non-profit corporation. Our new program is Embracing Digital Youth. You can visit our new web site here.

The Center's materials are being moved over to the new site. We also have a new blog and a discussion group - the Embracing Digital Youth Network. Nancy's new book, Cyber Savvy: Embracing Digital Safety and Civility will soon be released by Corwin Press. The new site will provide access to expanded resources to support this book.

This existing site will remain active for a while to provide access to the center's "legacy" materials.

Best, Nancy

 

The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use has developed a new framework to address safe and responsible Internet use ~ Cyber Savvy Schools. More information here. Our Professional Resources will support the shift to Cyber Savvy Schools.

• 21st Century Schools Schools are safely and effectively using Web 2.0 technologies to prepare students for their future education and careers, civic responsibilities, and personal life in the 21st century.

• Universal Digital Media Safety, Citizenship, and Literacy Instruction All young people understand digital media safety, citizenship, and literacy issues and demonstrate competence in keeping themselves safe, engaging in responsible behavior that respects the rights of others, and taking responsibility for the well-being of others.

• Targeted Risk Prevention and Intervention Effective risk prevention and intervention programs have been established through a multidisciplinary collaboration of educations, law enforcement, and mental health to respond to the concerns of the minority of young people who are at greater risk of engaging in unsafe or irresponsible online behavior or being victimized by others.

Professional Resources Available Now! Click Here!

• Available Now! Cyber Savvy Teachers Resources for K-2 teachers for teaching Internet safety, including a scope and sequence, handouts for students, and a 2 hour professional development presentation with an extensive resource handout. Coming soon video presentations for students and parents.

• Available Now! Cyberbullying, Cyberthreats & Sexting Resources for principals, counselors/psychologists, and school resource officers, including a 2 hour professional development presentation with an extensive resource handout, and flowcharts to guide investigating and intervening in these situations.

• Available Now! Cyber-Secure Schools in a Web 2.0 World This downloadable book focuses on three critical issues for schools: Creating Change in Technology Adoption. Effective Internet Use Management. Web 2.0 in Schools Legal Issues. Cyber-Secure Schools in a Web 2.0 World also contains extensive templates (in Word) for District Internet Use Policies, Regulations, and a Student Agreement that incorporate the provisions necessary to address the challenges of managing Web 2.0 interactive technologies in schools and to allow the educational and professional use of these technologies to flourish.

• Under development are materials to address youth risk online, resources for k12 teachers on digital rights and responsibilities, resources to support older students to provide education on Internet safety to younger students and parents.

Nancy Willard, executive director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use, is a recognized authority on issues related to the safe and responsible use of the Internet.