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Article
BBC

Bbc News: Selfie Body Image Warning Issued

For Students 9th - 10th
Could too much involvement in social media cause body image issues. Read about what current research says on the subject.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Week of 7 21 14: French Blogger Fined Over Review's Google Search Placing

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the lawsuit against a blogger and why both Google and the judge in the case have found fault with the blogger's actions.
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Article
Edutopia

Edutopia: Anti Social Media: Spirit Day: Educators and Parents: Cyberbullying

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Learn how educators and parents join together on Spirit Day to prevent online bullying of LGBT youth.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Get Your Web License

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Take a virtual tour around the Internet. Each stop has a quiz question. Earn the Web License by completing the quiz.
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Follow the Digital Trail: K 2

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners learn that the information they put online leaves a digital footprint or "trail." This trail can be big or small, helpful or hurtful, depending on how they manage it. Free membership required.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Learning for Justice: Part of a Community Online

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson plan focuses on helping young children learn to participate in different kinds of digital communities. Students will solidify and work on what they know about being part of any community.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creating a Safe Persona on the Internet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Website
NC State University

North Carolina State University: Ethics in Computing: Speech Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
Curated collection of links to articles, essays, and related topics on responsible use of the Internet and information technologies with respect to speech and online hate compiled and maintained by a university instructor.
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Article
Other

Personal Site: One to One Communication

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides users with essential information on developing personal communication skills through mail and talk.
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Article
Other

Grassroots Consulting: Avoiding the Dark Side of Email

For Students 9th - 10th
This thoughtful essay argues the dangers of miscommunication in e-mail and how to properly convey your message.
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Website
Other

Wise Kids: Online Safety Tips for Kids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
Other

Digizen: Cyberbullying: Let's Fight It Together

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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)....
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Unit Plan
Other

Learn the Net: Internet Lesson Plans for Teachers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides lesson plans for teachers.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Cyber Five

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cyber-Five is a short animation which introduces children to five helpful rules to be safer on the internet. Join Hippo and Hedgehog as they introduce and review the five rules. There is a multiple choice quiz at the end of the animation...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Build Your Ideal Community: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will consider the characteristics of positive online communities that promote responsibility and respect. Requires free membership.
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: My Creative Work (K 2)

For Teachers K - 1st
Students learn the basics - title, name, and date - for crediting creative work. They discuss the importance of citing work, as well as recognizing that they should give themselves proper credit so that others can attribute their work...
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Article
Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Use a Firewall

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
Learn My Way

Learn My Way: Using a Computer

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online course students will learn about the basic functions and different parts of a computer and how to use one safely.
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Online Course
Code.org

Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Course C

For Students 1st - 3rd
Create programs with sequencing, loops, and events. Translate your initials into binary, investigate different problem-solving techniques, and learn how to respond to cyberbullying. At the end of the course, create your very own game or...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Online Safety: It Starts With You [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 9th
More and more, kids are using the internet for amazing things like research, entertainment, to connect with friends, and more. But without clear guidelines, the digital world can be a tough place to navigate. These lessons are designed...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Cyber Smart! Student Curriculum Lesson: Can You Hack It? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn that computers and electronic files are property and explore the reasons for, consequences, and ethics of teen hacking. This ISTE-aligned lesson plan for Grades 6-8 includes student activity and Home Connection sheets....
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Activity
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Global Citizens: Myrindah's Page

For Students 3rd - 7th
Through links all over the globe, we will create a new sense of global citizens who have pride in this beautiful planet and tolerance of all people.
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Website
Other

Learnit Educational Community: Digital Ethics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanations on copyright, fair use, spamming, flaming and other digital ethics issues.
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Article
Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Your Connected Life: A Teen's Guide to Life Online [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This guide is designed to help students who are just entering high school balance the demands their offline life with their digital one. The guide offers practical advice on a variety of activities kids like to do online, including...

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