A curriculum waiting to happen

Who’s Here?
 What’s your name and district?
 How is your district currently
addressing Internet Safety?
 What issues, if any, has the district
faced with internet and/or cell phone
use?
Agenda
 Survey Says!
 Illinois Public Act 095-0869
 7 Topics of Internet Safety
 Existing Curriculum
CyberSmart! K-12 curriculum
i-Safe K-12 curriculum
NetSmartz
 Notes from the field - comparisons
 And other resources
Why focus on internet safety?
Computer and Internet Use
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2007,
 93% of youth are online, 94% of parents (up from 80% in
2004)

 68% of parents surveyed regulate web content,

while 55% limit time on the computer (interesting
note: more parents restrict TV viewing than
internet content)
 Time spent using digital media by children aged
13-17 has now surpassed the time they spend
watching television
It’s the Law!
105 ILCS 5/27-13.3

 2009-2010 school year - grades 3 and

above - a school district must
incorporate Internet safety into the
curriculum
 internet topics include: proper use,
responsible citizenship, predator
identification, personal safety, cyber
security, and copyright laws
not just State
 The Broadband Deployment Act,
which incorporated the Protecting
Children in the 21st Century Act,
requires schools receiving e-Rate
funds to teach students about
online safety, cyber bullying, and
sexual predators.
Why Focus on Internet Safety?

 Today, 8-18 year-olds devote an average of

7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using
entertainment media across a typical day
(more than 53 hours a week).  And because
they spend so much of that time ‘media
multitasking’ (using more than one medium
at a time), they actually manage to pack a
total of 10 hours and 45 minutes (10:45)
worth of media content into those 7½ hours.
 Kaiser Family Foundation 2010
Is this a problem?
 Nearly three-quarters of teens have an online profile
on a social networking site, where many teens have
posted photos of themselves and their friends, among
other personal information.
 About one in five teens have engaged in sexting –
sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually suggestive
nude or nearly nude photos through text message or
email – and over a third know of a friend who has sent
or received these kinds of messages.
 Cyberbullying is widespread among today’s teens,
with over one-third having experienced it, engaged in
it, or know of friends who have who have done either.
 Cox Communications Teen Online & Wireless Safety Survey , 2010
There’s more…
 A study released March 2008 indicated
that 64% of students admitted to
plagiarizing from the internet (School Library Journal)

 49% of teens surveyed were not familiar

with the rules and guidelines for
downloading content from the Internet
(music, art, images, etc.)
 57% of those unfamiliar with the laws,
said downloaders should be punished.
(Microsoft, Feb. 13, 2008)
Public Service Announcement

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 Internet Safety -- Seven Topics
outlined in the Illinois Internet Safety Law

 Safe and responsible use of electronic communication

 Recognizing, avoiding and reporting online solicitations
by sexual predators
 Protecting personal information on the internet
 Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive
communications received online
 Recognizing and reporting online harassment and cyber-
bullying
 Recognizing and reporting illegal activities on the internet
 Copyright laws on written materials, photographs, music
and videos
Digital Communication
Virtual communities Examples
 Social Networking  MySpace, Facebook
 Text messaging  Cellphones
 Instant Messaging  GoogleTalk, IM, i-
 Video chats Chat
 Social Messaging  Skype, i-Chat
 Gaming  Twitter
 Wii, Playstation 3
Cyberbullying
 What is cyberbullying?
○“"Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or
teen is tormented, threatened, harassed,
humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted
by another child, preteen or teen using the
Internet, interactive and digital technologies or
mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both
sides, or at least have been instigated by a
minor against another minor.” (STOP Cyberbullying)
In the news…
Cyberbullying
4 types - Parry Aftab
Vengeful Angels - combating cyberbullying
with cyberbullying
Power Hungry Cyber Bully (subset - Revenge
of the Nerds) - often criminal acts
Mean Girls - bored, ego-based
Inadvertent Cyberbully - tend to respond in
anger, typically aren’t thinking before
responding
CyberSmart! http://cybersmart.org/

 Free K-12 Curriculum (scope and

sequence available)
 Offers online professional development –
minimum 20 people, charge
 Reproducible student pages
 5 units  S.M.A.R.T. – (Safety, Manners,
Advertising, Research, and Technology)
 Aligned to the NETS and information
literacy standards
 Mix of online and offline activities
CyberSmart! Sample
 Understanding Your AUP – Grades 4-5
Teacher Plan
Student Activity
Home Connection
CyberSmart! Sample
 Scenario Cards – High School
Discussion – groups (Analyze the problem)
Think About It
Presentation – skits, improvisation, debate,
news article, etc.
Student Hand Out
i-SAFE
http://www.isafe.org
 Tiered Pricing -- K-12 Curriculum that
addresses cyber citizenship, personal safety,
cyber security, intellectual property, cyber
bullying, and predator identification (scope and
sequence available)
 Free professional development
 Nonsequential, stand alone, standards-based
lessons
 Reproducible student pages
 Offline activities with some video/webcasts
 Information/Training for parents, law
enforcement, community, etc.
i-Safe Tiered Pricing
E-Rate Silver Gold
$250 for a $360 for a $520 for a
school school school
$1,250 for a $1,800 for a $2,600 for a
district (with district (with district (with
5 or more 5 or more 5 or more
schools). schools). schools).
i-Safe Tiered Pricing
E-Rate Silver Gold
Access and use of Unlimited access Access to all i-
the Personal and use of all i- SAFE Curriculum
Safety, Social SAFE curriculum DVD Web casts for
Networking and except the e-Rate all grades
Cyber Bullying package District Video
Prevention DVD Web casts for Streaming
curriculum grades 9-12 Quarterly Metrics
packages District Video Reports
i-SAFE topic Streaming E-Rate
videos Metrics Report Metrics/Audit
E-Rate Report
Metrics/Audit Free Access to
Report Web Seminars
Assessments
i-SAFE
http://www.isafe.org
i-SAFE Sample
 7th Grade Personal Safety
Sample Chat
○ Circle the unsafe behaviors
○ Discussion – What do we know about these
students?
○ What could students do differently?
i-SAFE Sample – Personal Safety
NetSmartz
http://www.netsmartz.org
 K-12 Interactive presentations, videos,
music, online games, and offline content
to teach internet safety
 Nonsequential, stand alone activities
 Reproducible activity cards
 Information/activities for parents and law
enforcement (translates to Spanish)
NetSmartz
http://www.netsmartz.org
Password Privacy
 3rd -4th grade – Password Rap
 http://www.netsmartzkids.org/tunes/index.htm

What some examples of information that

need to be kept private?
What should we avoid in creating a
password?
Do you remember the other things that
Clicky said you need to make a password?
Notes from the field
CyberSmart i-Safe NetSmartz
•K-12 •K-12 •K-12
•Scope & •Scope & •No Scope &
Sequence Sequence Sequence
•Stand-alone •Stand-alone •Stand-alone
•Comprehensive – •Comprehensive – •Missing some
extended internet areas
•Activities: •Activities: Offline – •Activities:
Online/offline – videos Interactive/online/of
outside links •Free PD fline/game
•Online PD $ •Implementation •No PD
•Content readily plans to access •Content readily
available content or $ available
Samples of District Curriculum
 Collinsville – Internet Safety Curriculum
 Champaign – Digital Citizenship and
Internet Safety
 Galesburg – Internet Safety Curriculum
 Alton – Internet Safety Curriculum
Curriculum Recommendations

1. Safe and responsible use of social networking sites,

sites chat rooms, electronic
mail, bulletin boards, instant messaging and other Internet based
communication.
2. Recognition, avoidance and reporting of online solicitation.
3. Risks of transmitting personal information on the Internet.
4. Recognition and avoidance of unsolicited or deceptive communications.
5. Recognition and reporting of online harassment and cyberbullying.
6. Reporting of illegal activities and communications on the Internet.
7. Copyright laws on written materials, photographs, music and video.
Questions? Opinions?

Cyndie Mutka McCarley

cmccarley@ltc3.k12.il.us