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Safe Surfing | Piracy, Privacy, Spyware, Viruses
  Bibliographic Citation | Copyright | Safety on the Internet | Plagiarism Lessons and Activities
For Parents | Information Literacy | AUP | Content Filtering | Spam
  Music Filesharing
Copyright Guide for Schools | Permission To Use Template

Recommended Reads:

Risks Involved in Integrating the Internet into the k-12 curriculum - Bernie Poole
Privacy Statements, Copyrights, Disclaimers and Other Legal Stuff - James S. Huggins' Refrigerator Door
Ethics in Computing
Internet & Computer Ethics for Kids (and Parents & Teachers Who Haven't Got a Clue)
A School Tool - Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain
Netiquette for Educators by Joni Turville
CyberAngels - an online information community dedicated to a safe Interent for ALL users (available in multiple languages)
SafeWired Schools - a CoSN initiative - includes a decision checklist for schools to use in selecting a content manager

Safe Surfing for Kids - There is a great deal of overlap here, but by checking several of the tools, you will be able to locate a full listing

dmoz: Open Directory project maintains an excellent listing
Child Safety

 

Search Engines

• AJKids (Ask Jeeves Kids) - be sure to turn on the Adult filters in Preferences!!
• ALFY - includes "educational activities" in music, more as well as monitored links to kid-safe activities - media rich site that could easily be an early learning homepage for introductory computer instruction
• AltaVista - access Settings, then change family filter options - as a parent or teacher, you can set a password here that will filter all searches - be sure to Save settings, then set AltaVista as the home page
• Dib Dab Doo and Dilly Too - will appeal to younger students - scroll down for a few interactive games
• Google - access Preferences and turn on the SafeSurf options - be sure to Save Settings
• KidsClick! - kid friendly, guaranteed resources for teachers and librarians
• KidsGoGoGo - client-side search control inexpensively - filters out adult content sites
• Kid's Tools for Searching the Internet - multiple search engines on one page - many different from the above
• Tek Mom's Search Tools for Kids - another multiple search page - includes academic subject searching and an image search
• Yahooligans! - friendly, safe - good image and media library

Directories and Listings

• Child-Safe Search Engines and Educational Directories - up to date listing
• Internet Search Engines for Kids - search multiple safe engines and sites from this one page - would be a useful homepage
• Kid Safe Search Sites - listing of search engines and directories
• Oswego (NY) points us to additional Children's Search Engines (and Directory sites) - link to the resources from here

 

PC users can upgrade Internet Explore so that it will support SafeSurf Ratings. Find out more HERE.
and
Learn about safe search features in major search engines HERE.

 

Bibliographic Citation - These citation tools make it easier for students to cite sources, but they can not MAKE students cite sources. Teachers and Librarians need to guide this - it needs to become a habit.

Copyright - see also resources for learning about Copyright, Music Filesharing and Plagiarism Lessons and Activities

Kathy Schrock has created a Copyright & Fair Use wall poster for grades 4-8 that can be downloaded in .pdf format

• Computer Ethics - Part 1 and Part 2 - these articles are about the right and wrong of sharing software, downloading files, using the network
• Computer Ethics Webquest created by James Daley & Jeff Pernell for Middle School and higher - touches on plagiarism, mp3, file sharing
• Copyright Ownership Tutorial - an excellent tutorial from NCState Libraries - you will also find here tutorials for plagiarism and media licensing
• Copyright Quiz - you have to get these all right!
• Copyright Permission Letter - copy and paste this into an e-mail to cover your use of copyrighted material (permission granted)
• Copyright in the k-12 classroom - view the slide shows on Images, Audio and Music, and Internet
• Copyright Kids - a great resource for students - includes What, When, and How (to cite resources, to copyright your own work, to get permission to use) - and a quiz!
•  Copyright Lesson Plan - download this .pdf - a week long lesson prepared for Grade 8 - students will identify copyright and begin to grapple with essential questions - by Laura Kaemming
• Cyberbee's Copyright site - suitable through Class 5
• The Copyright Webquest - more of a web hunt, but useful background materials
• Crash course in Copyright - Take the Tutorial, then the Test
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) forms and regulations - protects schools and libraries as OSP's (Online Service Providers) for suit over materials posted on their web sites - schools and libraries must register as OSP's with the US Copyright Office
• Electronic Frontier Foundation maintains an archive of policy and legal briefs on digital copyright issues - from the point of view of "digital rights and freedom for all" - considers all digital media
• Fair Use on the Web - pay special attention to the 4 Fair Use Factors in the 3rd paragraph. If you don't understand these examples, you don't get the legal issues.
• Imagery and allied axes: Grazing rights in the public domain - sources of public domain images, pedagogy and copyright discussions
• Media Awareness - curricula and interactive exercises to teach about copyright and online safety - download the First & Second Adventures of the Three Little Pigs in CyberSpace
• Copyright - from Nancy Willard, a conservative view
• School Safety on the Internet - for Teens and for Children - info for teachers, kids, parents - from Eugene, Oregon
• To Be or Not to Be...Ethical - WebQuest guides students to study ethical behavior re: hacking, music downloads, computer viruses, plagiarism
• Unites States Copyright Office
• Yahooligans Student Evidence Analysis Form - use this to evaluate the "research quality" of a web site
• Welcome to the Web - from the UK, information and activities about the Internet, safety, searching
• www.Cybercrime.Gov - official site of the U.S. Department of Justice - information, law, cases, guidelines, legal and policy issues

 

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Piracy, Privacy, Viruses, Malware -Spyware, etc.

• Piracy - the illegal copying, installation or distribution of programs and applications
  • Chapter 15, Education for an Information Age, summarized the issues as they pertain to education
  • BSA - Business Software Alliance - a watchdog organization that distributes a great deal of information as well as running its own "sweeps" of software pirates (including schools)
  • SIIA - Software & Information Industry Association - another watchdog group, this one offering "rewards" for tips that result in successful identification of software piracy - significant educaitonal materials
  • Licensing - some options for software and application (including web content) developers:
    • GNU GPL - General Public License through the Free Software Foundation
    • SourceForge - supports open source developers in every way possible
    • Creative Commons - offers two or more types of license you can apply to your programs and digital products
• Privacy - your personal and corporate privacy are constantly under attack - know your rights and how you can fight back
  • COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
    • EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) resources
    • Kidz Privacy - subsites for Kids, Teachers and Parents with resources and activities relating to Internet privacy - from the FTC
  • EPIC -Electronic Privacy Resouce Center - all aspects of electronic privacy, including Internet
  • Privacy Rights Clearninghouse
• Viruses, Malware - Spyware, etc.
  • Anti-virus.com - supported by, but not limited to, McAfee - a portal to information you need
  • CERT Coordination Center, from Carnegie Mellon, will keep you abreast of security holes in your applications
  • Computer Security Resource Center from the National Institute of Standards and Technology - read about intiatives to develop security standards and tools
  • Internet Storm Center - realtime view of attack trends - information about emerging threats
  • PestPatrol Pest Research Center - includes a free (for Windows) scan of your machine - information on all nonvirus malware
  • Secure.Mac - Macintosh specific reports, updates and information
  • Sophos - easy to understand resources for understanding viruses and other malware - includes a subsection called "Guidelines for Schools" that can be used for professional development and computer class lessons
  • SpywareInfo - news, reviews, forums, and an antispyware application
  • VMyths - learn about virus hoaxes too!
  • Commercial - these anti-virusware producers offer a great deal of current information at their sites
    • F-Secure
    • McAfee
    • Symantec / Norton Anti-virus

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Music Filesharing - Start here: Columbia University's Statement of the Issues

Give these a look: Cool Free Web - Free Music

• Case Study #28 - Music in a Web Page
• MP3 WebQuest - somewhat outdated, but the concept of this Quest is good - use its frame to create your own (with permission of course)
•   Music Copyright Webquest - students advise Congress on legislation after completing research
• Instructions for reconfiguring filesharing software to prevent the computer from sharing files:
  • Take off filesharing
  • How to not get sued - Electronic Frontier Foundation - this site contains a great deal of other information about Internet issues, law, and you
• Recording Industry Association of America - learn about who is issuing subpoenas to those identified as music filesharers
• FTC warns about file trading, spyware - article by John Borland for CNET News, July 30, 2003
• Apple has great links to info about MPEG-4 standards, computer ethics, law, how-to - Apple also has its own iMusic Store with legal and inexpensive downloads of tracks or albums
• Sony Music: The Store - another fee-based legal download site
• If you have been subpoenaed: Subpoena Defense
• Creative Commons maintains a listing of mp3 and other audio files that you may download and sites to which you may upload
• Filesharing: It's Music to our Ears - from the Electronic Frontier Foundation - a list of legal online music and musicians, proposals to change current law and music copyright, information about subpoenas
• Music and Copyright Law Sites of Information - from the Educational CyberPlayground
• Music United.org - also maintains an informational site, states law clearly, provides links to "safe" music - site includes a section for parents
• Become active: Boycott-RIAA.com - why to, how to, current information
• In case you want to know what it is all about: mp3 Tutorial (Napster-based but not exclusive to this tool)

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Plagiarism Lessons & Activities - Read about copyright and teaching methods that avoid plagiarism - see also: Resources for Learning about Plagiarism

Plagiarism - a portal to links from Sharon Stoerger

•  Avoiding Plagiarism - from OWL at Purdue University - clearly stated guidelines
• Avoiding Plagiarism - a webquest for students (HS) and teachers from The Original Teaching Company - questers define plagiarism, explore paraphrasing vs. plagiarizing, or explore detection and prevention - a more intense activity is available from Suzanne Gagne and Chad Harvey (below)
• Hamilton College Writing Center - Using Sources - a great deal of useful information best rescripted for students or presented orally - types of plagiarism
• Plagiarism: Identifying and Avoiding - two WebQuests for students or teacher groups from Suzanne Gagne and Chad Harvey - The Introduction for teachers should not be missed. It contains important resources as well as a clearly stated rationale for using the two webquests.
• Plagiarism: a WebQuest for High School Students - a Scavenger Hunt, paraphrasing practice, and a You Be the Judge activity
• Plagiarism and the Web - includes links to "paper mills" used by students - includes essays and articles collected for faculty of Western Illinois University
• Plagiarism and the Web - PowerPoint presentation from The Original Teaching Company - this is suitable for a parent or teacher presentation and contains much of the information available from the college sources on this list
• Plagiarism WebQuest - also for High School, but a role-taking quest in which students explore resources from a specified point of view
• Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognize and Avoid It - From Indiana University's Writing Tutorial Services Library - includes examples of correct and incorrect paraphrase
• Plagiarism Workshop - a Hotlist and Lesson Plan for grades 9-12, by Janice Cooper - a 1-hour lesson
• Tutorial Series - plagiarism, copyright, licensing - from NCSU Libraries
• VAIL Tutorial on Plagiarism and Citation - students can take this 30-minute activity, a test, and then print or download a certificate to give to a teacher - aimed at college students, but useful for 8-12.
• WebQuest: Plagiarism and How to Avoid It - this is an information search with a term paper as product - the resources list is excellent and can be used to simulate a discussion among older students (secondary, college) and adults
•  What is Plagiarism? - we like this straight-forward statement, with illustrations, for High School students - from UK

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Safety on the Internet - additional resources Especially for Parents

dmoz Open Directory listing: Internet - Child Safety
maintained by voluteer editor

• Are you a Safe Cyber Surfer? - Information and a quiz for students, from the FTC
• Chat Room Story - Paula Barnard has posted a version of the classic "why girls should be cautious in a chat room" story - to access it, scroll down the main window to the Internet for Educators Workshop listings
• Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use - Nancy Willard's new site - sound info, documents, models, reasons, planning guides, research reports - includes a complete text report: Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet: a Guide for Educators
• Cyberbullying -
  • Cyberbullying.ca - premier site to learn about this new problem - definitely a school issue
  • Acronyms, Emoticons and Smileys Page - categorized, no less - :@)  [happy pig] - teachers and administrators should be familiar with these
  • Emoticons - a dictionary - :-D - ditto
  • Stop Bullying Now - from the US FDA
• CyberSmart!  Lesson plans and activity sheets to accompany this k-8 curriculum
• GetNewWise.org - from this site, learn about safety issues and hacking - search large list of Internet filter and safety products
• i-SAFE America - Protecting Children Online - sponsored by a grant from the Dept. of Justice - areas for kids & teens, educators, parents - has a safe Chat that can be used by schools and a Safety Tip Hotline on which teens can post experiences
• Is it safe? - security, ethics and computers
• The Net Effect - at the bottom of this report summary, locate the link to download the .pdf version of this important new study from the Girl Scouts - data about how girls use the Net, how they view the Net, and how they are being harassed on the Net
• Playing it Safe - A WebQuest on Internet Safety - designed for Grade 6 - current
• The Police Notebook:Kid Safety on the Internet - University of Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
• Protect Kids.org - somewhat of a scare-tactic site, contains "case studies" that can be useful in parent classes and with older students
• Safety on the Web - The Original Teaching Company's annotated listing of sources for teachers and parents
• Safety Tips for Pen Pal Exchanges
• Using Technology Responsibly - articles from the Computer Learning Foundation

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Especially for Parents - We encourage Librarians, Teachers and Technology Departments to share and discuss these resources with parents at every grade level. See also: Content Filtering (for filtering software suggestions)

• American Library Association (ALA) Kids Connect - Parents Page - includes links to safe web sites and a Guide to Cyberspace for Parents & Kids
• Child-Safe Search Engines - information on use, set-up, and general Internet safety
• Dewie's Web Site from the FTC - consumer information for parents - online privacy plus hackers, virus, spam, firewall, e-mail security and other topics - links to pages for Kids
• GetNetWise - information rich site created by a consortium of private and public organizations - contains Online Safety Guides by age level
• Guidelines for Parents of Teens - another straightforward document to share with parents, this one from Eugene, Oregon
• Kids and Chat Safety - simple guidelines to read with your child - access to safe chat sites
• The New "HomeWork": Parents and Students Together on the Web - A Dozen Information Skills for the Home - twelve concrete activities for parents and upper elementary or middle school children - even one of these will build communication, underscore critical internet browsing skills, and develop parent skills
• Net-Mom's 100 Hot Sites - safe sites for kids
• Parenting Web Smart Kids - media literacy activities, parenting quiz (great for a parents' workshop)
• Parents Guide to the Internet - Tips for Safe Traveling - straightforward government guide
• Parents Safety Guide - similar info. to the above, links to more resources - contains a Contract template for managing Internet use - information for parents of girls
• Privacy Toolbox - no nonsense guidance
• Parent's Guide to Privacy - this article can be downloaded via Acrobat and distributed
• SafeKids - guides, guidelines, information, parent-child contract, safe search engines, and a link to SafeTeens.com
• Truste: Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Online Privacy - guide can be downloaded in .pdf format from this page and distributed
• www.Cybercrime.Gov - home page of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice

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AUP - Acceptable Use Policies - Every school with technology must have a policy outlining acceptable use of the hardware, software, network and network services (email, internet, intranet). This must include not only guidelines but also consequences for violation.

• Academic Computing Policy Statements Archive from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Acceptable Use Policy - Least Tern recommends strongly that your school have one in place - this site contains policies from various school districts that you can use as a starting point
• Acceptable Use Policies: A Handbook - from Virginia Department of Education - includes samples
• Acceptable Use Policies for Internet Use - from Canada's Media Awareness Network - what, why, how
• Choate Rosemary Hall - policy on downloading and sharing of digital files
• Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use - Nancy Willard's new site contains a great deal of information about the value of, use of, and content of AUP's
• Students for Responsible Use of the Internet - a web quest from iWebQuest.com that focuses upon the development of an AUP - middle school or upper elementary
• Writing Acceptable Use Policies - guidelines, samples from the Southern Indiana Education Center

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Content Filtering

• Bounce - a content filtering browser - includes parent controls, multi-user looks and accounts
• Bumper Car - new browser software for children allows parents to set up controls at multiple levels
• The Censorware Project: Exposing the secrets of censorware since 1997 - anti-censorship platform includes reviews of many of the software titles linked to below
• Crayon Crawler - a kid-safe browser, relatively low cost for a premium subscription - parental control customization includes e-mail control, "allow lists" that parents can set, web resource portals
• Dan's Guardian - free, open source content filter (not a URL blocker)
• Electronic Frontier Foundation: Internet Blocking - monitors news, law, legal proceedings re: censorship and digital free speech issues
• Filtering Software: The Religious Connection - from the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use and Nancy Willard - includes - links to filtering solutions - find other links in the Online Documents tab
• KidsGoGoGo - parental control inexpensively - filters out adult content sites
• Library Web Manager's Reference Center: Filters - from Berkeley, a listing
• NetNanny - filters chat, forms completion as well as sites

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Spam and other Netiquette Issues

• What is Spam? - a straightforward article from WebMonster Networks that will alert you and inform you
• Fight Spam on the Internet - homepage for a group dedicated to fighting spam - informational and up to date
• The Core Rules of Netiquette - simply stated for school and home - follow up with the Netiquette Quiz (PC only)
• The Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics - from Arlene Rinaldi of Florida State University

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E. Sky-McIlvain 8/19/04