EduHound Weekly

Spotlight Site of the Week!

CyberSmart!
Provides the essential "owner's manual" to guide K-12 educators down a meaningful pathway to information fluency—to ask good questions, and to locate, evaluate and use digital information effectively in support of teaching, learning, achievement, school administration, and life in general.
http://www.becybersmart.org

Additional Sites:

• NetSmartz Workshop
  An interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for children aged 5 to 17, parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet.
  http://www.netsmartz.org
• GetNetWise
  The Internet is an increasingly important place to work, play and learn for both adults and children. At the same time, we are concerned about the risks we face online. The challenge is to stay "one-click" ahead of would-be pornographers, hackers, child-predators and those who would misuse your and your child's sensitive information.
  http://www.getnetwise.org
• Play It Cyber Safe
  One of the key initiatives of this project is to develop educational tools designed to reach school-age children.
  http://www.playitcybersafe.com
• Kidsmart
  The primary concern for teachers with regard to the online environment, is the safe and effective supervision of pupils using the internet in schools. However, because many children are using the internet at home for homework, socialising, and playing games, it is vital that safe internet use at school is mirrored by safe internet use at home.
  http://www.kidsmart.org.uk
• Stay Safe Online: Educators
  Protecting computers you might use in a classroom setting plays a crucial role in protecting our nation's Internet infrastructure. Moreover, teaching our children on how to become cyber citizens now will better ensure they don't become cyber crime victims in the future.
  http://www.staysafeonline.org/basics/educators.html
• STOP cyberbullying
  Features information and resources on what cyberbullying is, how it works, and how to understand and deal with cyberbullies.
  http://www.stopcyberbullying.org