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HISD Cyber Safety Initiative

HISD Cyber Safety Initiative. Amanda Jost ajost@houstonisd.org August 2010. We must. Educate our students about Internet Safety. Why educate our students?. 1. It’s the Law. Broadband Data Improvement Act – Passed Oct. 2008. Title II: Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act

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HISD Cyber Safety Initiative

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  1. HISD Cyber Safety Initiative Amanda Jost ajost@houstonisd.org August 2010

  2. We must • Educate our students about Internet Safety

  3. Why educate our students? • 1. It’s the Law

  4. Broadband Data Improvement Act – Passed Oct. 2008 • Title II: Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act • A school or library must certify that as part of its Internet safety policy [the school district] is “educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response.”

  5. Why educate our children? • 2. It’s the Right Thing to Do

  6. Is Internet safety really a problem? • Online usage is high among our students • 93% ages12-17 go online – 63% daily • 64% have personal content online • Online harassment can begin as early as 2nd Grade http://pewinternet.org/

  7. What do we need to teach? • Three Focus Areas: • Appropriate Online Behavior • Social Networking • Cyber Bullying

  8. Appropriate Online Behavior Appropriate online behavior is a broader topic which includes Cyber Bullying and Social Networking but also includes ethical behavior on the Internet as well as topics covered in the HISD Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

  9. Social Networking • Use of a website designed to allow multiple users to publish content about themselves and connect to other people. Information may be public or limited to people identified as “friends”. Sites may include text, images (http://flickr.com/), video (http://youtube.com/) or other media.

  10. Cyber Bullying • “…bullying through email, instant messaging, … chat room, … website or gaming site, or through digital messages or images sent to a cellular phone.” • Kowalski, R. M., Limber, S. P., & Agatston, P.W. (2007) Cyber bullying: Bullying in the digital age. Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4051-5991-3

  11. Cyber Bullying • “Cyberbullying is not an uncommon occurrence among teens… Slightly more than four in ten teens (43%) report that they have experienced some form of cyberbullying in the last year.”

  12. What resources are available? • HISD TechApps HAPGs • HISD Cyber Safety Website • Lessons and Materials from various sources

  13. TechApps HAPGs • Grades K-8: 1st grading cycle • High School: Computer Science and Web Mastering: 1st grading cycle

  14. HISD Cyber Safety Website • www.houstonisd.org • Log in to the portal • Departments > C > Curriculum • Cyber Safety Teacher Resources

  15. Login to the Portal

  16. C for Curriculum

  17. Curriculum

  18. Cyber Safety Resources

  19. Lessons and Materials • EasyTech – K-8 Interactive lessons, plus discussions, activities, and journals http://www.learning.com • NetSmartz – Multimedia. Good for large groups and parent presentations http://www.netsmartz.org/education/ • CyberSmart – No computer needed, good for non-lab settings, black-line masters http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/lessonsbygrade/ • iKeepSafe – videos and other useful resources for elementary and teens http://www.ikeepsafe.org/ • i-SAFE – Lessons and videos. Materials can be used until 2/23/2011 https://auth.isafe.org/subscription/registration/?ivc=IVC04123

  20. Differentiation • Ages • Special Populations

  21. Integration • English Language Arts • Social Studies • Health • Other ideas? • Faux Paw from ikeepsafe.orghttp://www.ikeepsafe.org/assets/videos/fauxpaw_1.swf • Feather in the Wind from netsmartz.orghttp://www.netsmartz.org/stories/feathers.htm

  22. So what? • Who will teach this content on my campus? • When will this content be taught? • Where will this content be taught? • How will this content be taught? • Setting • Groupings • Materials

  23. Teaching Tips • Stay positive – Research shows scare tactics are less effective. • Reinforce all year – Reinforcement makes concepts more readily accessible to students when they need them. • It’s everyone’s job – All teachers are responsible for cyber safety strategies.

  24. Questions? • Contact me at • Amanda Jost ajost@houstonisd.org • Check out our HISD Cyber Safety Website by logging into the portal and going to the Curriculum Department. Several Cyber Safety Links will be there.

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