Kids Online Safety Resources

This past Friday a group of kids industry experts got together for a monthly conference call. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend, but I did think that the follow up lists of internet safety resources was really worth sharing. Here goes:

From Melissa at kids online playground Dizzywood.com:

NetSmartz - http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx - offers Internet safety videos, presentations, activity cards and lesson plans, including cyberbullying "real-life stories"

Adina's Deck - http://www.adinasdeck.com/ - videos and worksheets on cyberbullying; you can also book an assembly with the cast and crew

iSafe - http://www.isafe.org/ - training curriculum on Internet safety, including cyberbullying; also offers iMentor program for students to educate their peers on the topic

Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use (CSRIU) - http://www.cyberbully.org/ - tips for parents and educators, including worksheets for students

Cyberbullying.us - http://www.cyberbullying.us/resources.php - primarily research on cyberbullying; also includes some activities to engage youth in discussions about the topic

Digizen - http://www.digizen.org/ - UK-based organization offering classroom resources, including a cyberbullying film, teacher's guide and lesson plan

From Amy at Shaping Youth:

I'd add the Ad Council/Nat'l Crime Prevention PSAs which are good teaching tools on cyberbullying prevention and imposter profiling: http://www.adcouncil.org/default.aspx?id=42
From a 16-yr. old boy's firstperson experience: this fellow in Australia had much to say: http://thewoodverdict.blogspot.com/2008/04/tom-woods-complete-guide-to-stopping.html

And on the Megan Meier/Lori Drew MySpace mom indictment: Andy Carvin (pbs teachers) wrote a good post bringing up 'terms of service' issues here: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2008/05/indictments_handed_down_in_the.html

Finally, here are a few of my own "link-laden" posts to cyberbullying resources/prevention/info, including the Harris Interactive poll/pdf, stats, to add to Melissa's starter list! http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=423 and http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=395

p.s. Of course, for real-time forums/w/pragmatic peeks at kids' foibles: Anne Collier's ConnectSafely is always insightful/pragmatic (but she's on this list so that's a given) and her NetFamily News is a must read...For tween books/fiction novels on the subject (informal experiential learning akin to Adina's Deck) here's a recent book out too: http://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Truman-School/dp/0807580953/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206203777&sr=8-1

From Dave at G2 Strategic Services:

The following link contains very relevant content for parents.
http://look-both-ways.com/stayingsafe/protectingkids.htm

We also just launched a new community site that she/he can join.
http://www.ilookbothways.com/

Feel free to share any more links you may have.