Cyber+Safety

Welcome to the new year. :) I am exceptionally pleased to announce the availability of my new materials addressing Internet safety education. They are on this page:  This site has good handouts for parents and students

This morning, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Federal Trade > Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, and Federal Communications Commission > Chairman Julius Genachowski introduced "Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids > About Being Online" at Jefferson Middle School in Washington, DC. This > free guide from OnGuardOnline.gov tells parents and teachers what they > need to know to talk to kids about issues like cyberbullying, sexting, > mobile phone safety, and protecting the family computer. Read more > about today's event at http://ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/netcetera.shtm. > Net Cetera is available at > http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx and in Spanish at > http://www.alertaenlinea.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx. Feel free to link > to the guide, grab the button for your website, and post sections on > your blog or website. And let your constituents know that they can > order free copies to share with family and friends - or with a school, > scout troop, or soccer team - from http://bulkorder.ftc.gov. > We've already gotten a great response to Net Cetera. Schools and school > systems, police departments, libraries and other community organizations > have ordered almost 300,000 copies. That includes 120,000 that the Cobb > County, GA schools will distribute to every student in the system in > January. We've got 1.2 million left in our first printing. Again you > can order at bulkorder.ftc.gov.