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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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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
Middle schoolers 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
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Curated Lives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Social media gives us a chance to choose how we present ourselves to the world. We can snap and share a pic in the moment or carefully stage photos and select only the ones we think are best. When students reflect on these choices, they...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Putting a Stop to Online Meanness

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] The internet is filled with all kinds of interesting people, but sometimes, some of them can be mean to each other. With this role play, help your students understand why it's often easier to be mean...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Kings Canyon Unified School District: Copyright and Plagiarism [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd
This lesson teaches second-grade students about the differences between copyright, plagiarism, cheating, and stealing and the importance of respecting guidelines around them.
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Website
Other

Childnet International: Digizen: Social Networking

For Students 9th - 10th
Most students participate in social networking applications such as Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter. This site presents the benefits and risks of using social networking tools in education. The site also presents examples of successful...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Cybersecurity and Economics: Protecting Your Identity Online

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Help students answe the esential question, "What should you do before you share information on the Internet?"
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Other

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Teaching Copyright: Copy Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
A true and false quiz about copyright laws. An explanation is given for each answer.
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Tips for Good Passwords

For Students 9th - 10th
This article presents common mistakes for creating insecure passwords and provides advice on creating strong passwords.
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Unit Plan
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Net Smartz Kids: The Boy Who Loved Im

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Clicky tells the story of a boy who loves to IM his friends. What should he do when he receives a message from someone he doesn't know? [1:59]

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