Deb Norton Tech

October is a time to focus on Digital Citizenship and Cyber Safety. In this Chat with Deb, you will learn how to use a video / animation site called Powtoon with your students for the purpose of creating a video about Cyber Safety. Here is the published Powtoon video : Here are some sites with resources on Cyber Safety: Netsmartz.org National Childrens Advocacy Center National Cyber Security Awareness Month Cyber Safety Checklist Internet Safety Checklist for students and parents How do you bring awareness to Cyber Safety with your students? Please share if you have a good resource or activity. Thank you to Intel's Teachers Engage for sponsoring this video.

We will begin our school year teaching our students about Copyright, Cyber and Internet Safety, Plagiarism, and Fair Use. Here are the sites that we will be using: #1 Surf Swell Island This is an adventure game from Disney.  Through playing the game, students will learn all about how to be appropriate and safe on the Internet. #2 Game Classroom  This interactive is a great way to answer questions that students have about Fair Use, Copyright, Creative Commons etc.   #3 Cyber Saftety This is site that looks very similar to an infographic.  The topics covered are Cyber bullying, Identity Thief  Plagiarism, Computer Viruses and Internet Safety. #4 Webonauts  This is an adventure game from PBSKids.org.  Students work to become part of the Internet Academy.  They will learn about privacy and how to be safe on the Internet. Here are the important concepts that Police Departments want students to learn about...