Internet Safety Resources
Internet Safety Resources
Successful, technologically-fluent digital citizens live safely and civilly in an increasingly digital world.
Digital citizens recognize that information posted on the Internet is public and permanent and can have a long-term impact on an individual’s life and career. Expectations for student and staff behavior online are no different than face-to-face interactions.
Internet Safety Resources
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- NetSmartz: Offers different video series that present digital safety lessons in a fun and age-appropriate manner. Younger audiences learn with Nettie, Webster, and Clicky, the internet safety robot.
- ConnectSafely: By parents, for parents: A growing collection of clearly written guidebooks that demystify apps, services and platforms popular with kids and teens.
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- NetSmartz: Offers different video series that present digital safety lessons in a fun and age-appropriate manner. Tweens engage with the animated cast of NS High.
- ConnectSafely: By parents, for parents: A growing collection of clearly written guidebooks that demystify apps, services and platforms popular with kids and teens.
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- NetSmartz: Offers different video series that present digital safety lessons in a fun and age-appropriate manner. For teens, real-life stories and interviews with teenagers across the country provide the basis for real-world learning.
- ConnectSafely: By parents, for parents: A growing collection of clearly written guidebooks that demystify apps, services and platforms popular with kids and teens.
Online Resources
- Berkman Center for Internet & Society
- Common Sense Media – Trustworthy information and education on media and technology.
- Connect Safely – Safety tips and resources for parents, educators, and youth.
- Cyberbullying Research Center – Research on cyberbullying among adolescents.
- Family Online Safety Institute – Making the online world safer for kids and families.
- Get Net Wise – Internet safety and education resources.
- Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force – Information on online dangers and challenges.
- National Crime Prevention Council – Cyberbullying resources.
- Net Family News – Technology news for parents.
- NetSmartz – Classroom resources from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- NTIA Online Safety & Technology Work Group – Youth safety report.
- SafeKids – Internet safety resource.
- US Department of Education – Analysis of State Bullying Laws and Policies
How to set-up parental controls on youth phones
IOS
- Apple Screen Time - Apple's built-in parental controls on iPads and iPhones. This is a free set of parental controls built into the iPhone's operating system. It allows parents to manage their child's iPhone or iPad remotely, curb access to the phone at bedtime and set limits on how much time a child can spend on specific apps, on categories of apps or generally on the phone.
ANDROID
- Google Family Link - A free app that parents can download on their own iPhone or Android phone to manage their child's Android Phone. Parents can limit how much time their child spends on the phone, schedule the phone to be inaccessible at bedtime and block the use of individual apps as well as set time limits for individual apps.
- Qustodio - A paid app for Android devices that allows parents to set up smart filters, block apps, websites and games at certain times or completely. It monitors YouTube and social media use, tracks locations, manages daily limits for devices or apps and send detailed reports and alerts to parents.
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