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Hi all, Welcome to the new year. :) I am exceptionally pleased to announce the availability of my new materials addressing Internet safety education. They are on this page: <http://csriu.org/professionals/> All of the materials I will be rolling out this year are grounded in the concepts set forth in Cyber Savvy Schools - a document on the site - which will soon have a short presentation that should be useful in educating educational leaders. Three key concepts: * 21st Century Learning Environments - with effective Internet use management practices that incorporate Web 2.0 interactive technologies. * Universal Digital Media Safety, Citizenship, and Literacy Instruction - what all young people need to know to make safe and responsible choices when using digital media. * Targeted Risk Prevention and Intervention - targeted programs to address the concerns of the minority of young people who are at greater risk online. A key portion of my first set of materials - addressing universal education - are now on this site. This includes a full Scope and Sequence for Internet safety and citizenship education - K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12. The subjects addressed include: * Foundation - Making good choices, keeping life in balance, responsible posting information, and safely interacting with others. * Sites and Technologies - Computer security and scams, use policies, avoiding online porn, market profiling and advertising, and social networking safety. * Specific Risks - Unsafe online communities, electronic aggression, and risky relationship and sexual activities. Student handouts for the grade groupings are also provided. All of this material is provided with no charge for reproduction for non-profit educational purposes. I am working on 45 minute video presentations for the middle and high school level - narrated by my teen kids. I have almost completed a full 2 hour video presentation (narrated slides), with a 30 page handout, that covers all of these issues. Assuming all goes well, this will be available for purchase by tomorrow! This presentation should qualify for continuing education hours - and I can help you get these hours through the University of Oregon if you have any problems. University faculty and trainers can also use these materials. I will be setting up arrangements through the Copyright Clearance Center for the reproduction of these materials for students. As far as I know, there are no other resources available for teacher pre-service instruction on these issues. I will also provide some recommended instructional activities. The 30 page handout could easily be a book. I am trying to make this material more easily available. The Scope and Sequence covers the topics in brief. The handout contains detailed instructional objectives. Research from the Speak Up foundation has demonstrated that after schools receive Internet safety education - from the providers who have been active in the past decade - the result is that teachers place greater restrictions on student Internet use. This kind of material is what I describe as Reefer Madness - Just Say No - the authoritarian delivery of inaccurate fear-based information and simplistic rules against normative online behavior. I am trying very hard to make sure this does not occur with the new CIPA requirements. My materials are grounded in research insight - and use an effective risk prevention educational approach. My focus for younger students is protection. But as young people grow, it is exceptionally important, I believe, to ensure they have the knowledge, skills, and values to independently make good choices online and effectively handle the negative incidents that do occur. I am all about EMPOWERMENT! And respect for the digital natives. So please help yourself to everything that is on this site. Please also forward this message to other folks who might be interested. Nancy -- Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use http://csriu.org nwillard@csriu.org “Swimming pools can be dangerous for children. To protect them, one can install locks, put up fences, and deploy pool alarms. All of these measures are helpful, but by far the most important thing that one can do for one's children is to teach them to swim.” - Youth Pornography and the Internet -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. 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