Internet Safety & Cyberbullying

Internet Safety and Cyberbullying happen to be a hot topic these days. The news is inundated with young people being bullied and taking their own lives over incidents that have happened over the Internet. Whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school, it is never too late to remind students how to conduct themselves when using social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace. The following websites are good resources for you to use and there are some apps for the iPads/iPods that are also good teaching tools for Internet Safety and Cyberbullying.

Internet Sites:
Professor Garfield
NetSmartz Kids
NetSmartz Real Life Videos
NSTeens
Cyberbullying
Common Sense Media

Apps:
Online Safety--Professor Garfield
Cyberbullying--Professor Garfield
Fact or Opinion--Professor Garfield
Forms of Media--Professor Garfield
BeSeen--simulates a Facebook page