Virginia Internet Safety Guidelines              

Intro Page Age-Appropriate Guidelines Cyberbullying Definitions E-Mail Ethics Filtering Hate Sites Identity Theft Instant Messaging Organizations Internet Benefits & Risks Legal: National Legal: Virginia Laws Newsletters Online Games Parent/Child Sample Agreements Peer to Peer (P2P)or File Sharing Predators (Luring / Grooming) Professional Development Reporting Problems Research Sample School & Division Policies Sites for Educators Sites for Kids Sites for Older Kids Sites for Parents Social Networking (Blogs,         Personal Web Pages, Chats Student Instruction: Lesson Plans/         Curricula Virginia Law Virginia Guidelines Booklet Virginia School Resources		Sites for Kids Are You a Safe Cybersurfer? by Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/infosecurity/forkids.html • Online quiz for kids, with printable stickers, posters, and bookmarks Copyright Kids! by Copyright Society of the U.S.A. http://www.copyrightkids.org/ • Information about copyright for students, parents, and children Cyberethics for Kids by U.S. Department of Justice http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm • Rules for using the Internet and information about hacking CyberSpacers sponsored by U.S. Department of Justice, Dell, and Information Technology Association of America http://www.cyberspacers.com/ • Games, comics, and celebrity interviews focusing on cyberethics issues Cybertreehouse by Business Software Allianace http://www.cybertreehouse.com/ • Information about cyberethics FauxPaw the Techno Cat by iKeepSafe Coalition http://ikeepsafe.org/iksc_statemessage/state.php?abbr=VA • Animated movie and book on the left-side menu relate the adventures of a cat in cyberspace Get Your Web License by PBS KIDS http://pbskids.org/license/ • Interactive quiz on Internet safety GetNetWise: Safety Tips for Kids by Internet Education Foundation http://kids.getnetwise.org/safetyguide/kids • Guidelines for Internet safety KidzPrivacy: Just for Kidz by Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/kidz.htm • Information about surfing, privacy, and personal information NetSmartzKids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexfl.htm • Cartoon characters, games, music videos, and e-cards related to Internet safety Problem Solver: Stay Safe Online by National Crime Prevention Council http://www.mcgruff.org/ProblemSolver/webSafety.htm • Rules, pledge, quiz, activities about Internet safety Safety Tips: Internet Safety by FBI Kids http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/safety2.htm • Concise overview of cyberethics Sophia’s Safe Surfing Club by WiredKids http://www.wiredkids.org/ktt_universal/games/sophia/sophie1.html • Information and quiz regarding Internet safety, including a printable Internet Safe Surfing Permit staysafe.org for Kids http://www.msn.staysafeonline.com/kids/default.html • Activities and games about Internet safety and an explanation of a virtual community Surf Swell Island: Adventures in Internet Safety by Disney http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index.html • Fun activity site, with many ads Web Literacy Tips by PBS KIDS http://pbskids.org/privacy/literacytips.html • Concise, simple language kids can understand Web Wise Kids: Safety Tips for Kids by WiredWithWisdom http://www.wiredwithwisdom.org/internet-safety-tips-kids.pdf • Short list of do’s and don’t’sAFETY_text This site was developed by the Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom at Virginia Tech. For additional input please contact John Wenrich