Curated OER
What is a Computer Crime?
An important lesson on cybercrimes is here for you. In it, young computer users learn about how people commit crimes on computers by hacking into accounts, and stealing personal information from people. Some excellent discussion...
Curated OER
Computers: Inside & Out- Computer Care & Safety Worksheet
In this computer safety true and false worksheet, students read 12 statements about computer safety. They decide if each statement is true or false.
Curated OER
Computers: Inside & Out - Computer Care & Safety Worksheet
In this computer care and safety worksheet, students read the statements about the care and safety precautions while using a computer. Students then write true or false in the blank.
Other
Symantec Corporation: Symantec Security Center
An information resource on threats to computer security, how to identify and report viruses, up-to-date articles on computer system vulnerabilities, etc.
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Growing Up Online
Information and analysis on the practices and habits of children and teens who live their lives online. Focus is on teen culture in the digital age and on how online media have intensified fears of the dangerous dimensions of adolescence.
Other
Computer Knowledge: Computer Knowledge Virus Tutorial
This site contains a tutorial which includes an overview of viruses, types of viruses, the history of viruses, and virus prevention.
Other
Wise Kids: Online Safety Tips for Kids
A good list of rules to govern your Internet use, with explanations for each. It also includes an Internet Safety Agreement that covers the same rules and that teachers or parents can print out and ask students to sign.
Other
Digizen: Cyberbullying: Let's Fight It Together
Video tells the story of a young teenager who is subjected to cyberbullying-repeated hostile, harmful, and harassing attacks directed at individuals though technological means (Internet, mobile phones, social networking sites)....
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Creating a Safe Persona on the Internet
Contains plans for five lessons that explore naming conventions and safety on the internet. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection...
Get Safe Online
Get Safe Online: Use a Firewall
Firewall software forms the first line of defense against hackers and certain types of computer viruses. This site explains what a firewall can do to help secure a computer and what it cannot do. The site also discusses different types...
Learn My Way
Learn My Way: Using a Computer
In this online course students will learn about the basic functions and different parts of a computer and how to use one safely.