Cyber Smart! has free curriculum and professional development available to educators. All lessons and activities are tied to national standards. Well organized and helpful.
iSafe has free curriculum, webcasts, and activities for educators, parents, students, and law enforcement agents. Student contests are available. It is a bit cumbersome to navigate, but there are many quality resources and training opportunities.
The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics, developed by Computer Ethics Institute,
provides ten important rules to keep in mind when using the computer.
Kidsmart is an award-winning Internet safety site with info for teachers (including lesson
plans), parents, and kids (with age-appropriate activities).
NetSmartz is sponsored by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. This site is comprehensive, easy to use, and includes a
question/answer section (NetSmartz411). Video lessons from this Web site are recommended
as optional activities in this unit and the Internet Safety unit.
Media Awareness Network – “Internet Citizenship”
Includes information on copyright, plagiarism and netiquette.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use has many relevant documents for teachers
and is in the process of developing curriculum. See especially “Choosing Not To Go Down
the Not-so-good Cyberstreets,” and “Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet: A Guide for
Educators.” Both are located in CSRIU’s “Online Documents” section.
Center for Democracy & Technology provides up-to-date information about Internet public
policy issues such as privacy, cyber-crime, censorship, and security.
United States Department of Justice, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
