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Internet Safety

Personal Safety & Predator Awareness Unit

Additional Resources for Online Predator and Safety Information

Internet

Cyber Smart!
Free curriculum and professional development available to educators. All lessons and activities are tied to national standards. Well organized and helpful.

iSafe
iSafe web casts
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 webcasts are especially worthwhile.

Cyber Tipline
A web site created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, this is a hub of information about online safety. It includes many resources and links to the Ad Council’s PSA’s about online sexual exploitation.

Ad Council
Public service ads created for print, radio, and television about online sexual exploitation. See example at right »

Get Net Wise: Tools for Families
Provides good information for parents and teens. Excellent resource for those who would like to research Internet filtering software.

Books

A Girl’s Life Online by Katherine Tarbox
(formerly published as Katie.com)
The author recalls her harrowing experiences as a thirteen year-old who struck an online relationship with twenty-three year-old Mark and offers advice and insight on online sexual predators.

Have questions? Need more information? Wendy Leseman Hanshew Middle School Librarian leseman_wendy@asdk12.org 907-267-0207