Internet Safety Resources
Technology Skills for All Illinois Educators, from the Illinois State Board of Education
Teaching Internet Safety Is The Law!
For more information about this requirement, please visit the Illinois State Board of Education's Internet Safety Curriculum page.
For a quick, no-nonsense approach to teaching Internet Safety at your grade level, visit the Toolkit for Teachers, from Common Sense Media.
Grades 9-12 (High School) Internet Safety Resources
Many thanks to Collinsville Unit 10 Schools for publishing their Internet Safety Curriculum as a guide to help all schools get started on this project! Please note: Most of the links on this page will open in a new window. Please disable your pop-up blocker, or select "Always allow pop-ups from this site."
- Watch the Illinois Attorney General's Internet Safety Webinar, or visit the Illinois Attorney General's Stop Cyberbullying Web site.
- Illinois Attorney General's Internet Safety Resources, Grades 9-12
- Illinois Attorney General's Internet Safety Quiz for Parents "How Aware RU?"
- Illinois Attorney General's Online Safety Tips
- Illinois Attorney General's Online Safety Tips for Kids
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High School Activities
Safe and responsible use of social networking, websites, chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards, instant messaging, etc.
Recognizing, avoiding and reporting online solicitations by sexual predators.
Risks of transmitting personal information on the Internet.
Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive online communication.
Recognizing and reporting online harassment and cyberbullying.
Understanding copyright laws on written materials, photographs, music and video.
- Work through the interactive case study Social Networking: Don't Give Yourself Away, from Cablevision's Power To Learn. View the Teacher Guide here.
- Duplicate, discuss with kids, and send home to parents the FBI's "Parents Guide to Internet Safety."
- Download and teach the Managing Passwords lesson plan and activity pages.
- Download and teach the Safeguarding Your Stuff, My Stuff, Our Stuff lesson plan and activity pages.
- Dowload, read, and discuss the USA Today article Rudeness, Threats Make Web a Cruel World. The article is attached to this lesson plan.
- Copy, distribute and discuss the Top Ten Cyber Secutiry Tips page.
- Watch the Netsmartz Post-to-be-Private video, followed by the Teens Talk Back: Social Networking video. Copy, distribute, & discuss the Social Networking Tips for Teens.
- Access, read and discuss the "Tips to Prevent Sexting" page from ConnectSafely.org.
- Access, read and discuss the "Social Web Tips for Teens" page from ConnectSafely.org.
- Access, read and discuss the "Top 10 Tips for Video Sharing" page from ConnectSafely.org.
- View the Netsmartz Your Photo Fate video and discuss the dangers of sexting.
- Teach the lesson plan that goes with the Netsmartz Tracking Teresa video.
- As a whole class, work thought and discuss the Text Monster 2-sided Story from That's Not Cool. (Watch full-screen on That's Not Cool's YouTube Channel.)
- As a whole class, work thought and discuss The Break-In 2-sided Story from That's Not Cool. (Watch full-screen onThat's Not Cool's YouTube Channel.)
- Download, duplicate, distribute & discuss Safe and Responsible Social Networking: Strategies for Keeping Yourself Safe Online from the Cyberbullying Research Center.
- Download, duplicate, distribute & discuss Cell Phone Safety: Top Ten Tips for Teens from the Cyberbullying Research Center.
Recognizing, avoiding and reporting online solicitations by sexual predators.
- Download and teach the Making Good Decisions lesson plan and activity sheets. Please read the "Warning" on the lesson plan page before deciding to teach this lesson or not. Take the quiz and discuss as a class.
- Distribute, read, and discuss the Predator Tip Sheet page.
- View and discuss the Microsoft video How to Report Child Sexual Exploitation.
- Read and discuss the "What to Report" list. Show students how to navigate the Cyber Tip Line web site to report solicitation from a sexual predator (Do not actually submit! Explain to students that they take this information very, very seriously, like a 9-1-1 call.)
- Teach the lesson plan that goes with the Netsmartz Amy's Choice video.
- Teach the lesson plan that goes with the Netsmartz Julie's Journey video.
- Teach the lesson plan that goes with the Netsmartz Survivor Diaries video, to show that male students can also be victims of online predators. Teach or extend with this alternate lesson plan.
- Have students take the Cyber Safety Survey (paper). Tabluate responses and discuss the results.
Risks of transmitting personal information on the Internet.
- As a whole class, work through & discuss the Pressure Pic Problem 2-sided Story from That's Not Cool. (Watch full-screen on That's Not Cool's YouTube Channel.)
- Work through the interactive case study Digital Permanence: Forever is a Long Time, from CableVision's Power to Learn. View the Teacher Guide here.
- Work through the interactive case study Keeping Personal Info Private from Cablevision's Power to Learn. Use the online Rule Maker for the Classroom to develop & record common classroom expectations. View the Teacher Guide here.
- Download and teach the Online Identity Theft: Information is Power lesson plan and activity pages.
- Download and teach the Your Online Image lesson plan and activity pages.
- View and discuss Protecting the Privacy of Your Personal Information Onlinefrom Microsoft.
- Read and discuss 12 safety tips on blogging for parents and kids from Microsoft.
- Copy, read and discuss the NetSmartz "Tips to Prevent Sexting" list.
- Watch & discuss the Netsmartz Offline Consequences video.
- Watch & discuss the Netsmartz Information Travels video.
Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive online communication.
- Work through the interactive case study Misinformation - Truth or Spoof? from Cablevision's Power to Learn. View the Teacher Guide here.
- Have the class take the SonicWall Phishing IQ test online to see if they know how to tell real email messages from phishing messages.
- Show examples of bogus websites (scroll to the bottom of the site) tostudents and discuss.
- Have students complete activities found on the ICYouSee: T is for Thinking website. This activity will help students think critically about websites.
Recognizing and reporting online harassment and cyberbullying.
- Download and teach the Acceptable Social Networking? lesson plan and activity pages.
- Download and teach the Connected, 24/7 lesson plan and activity sheets.
- View and discuss the Microsoft video How to Report Child Sexual Exploitation
- Copy, read and discuss the NetSmartz "Tips to Prevent Sexting" list.
- Teach the lesson plan that goes with the Netsmartz Cyberbullying: Broken Friendship video.
- Teach the lesson plan that goes with the Netsmartz Cyberbullying: You Can't Take It Back video.
- Download, duplicate, distribute & discuss Ten Ideas for Youth to Educator Their Community About Cyberbullyingfrom the Cyberbullying Research Center.
- Download, duplicate, distribute & discuss Cyberbullying Scenarios: Talking to Youth About Internet Harassment from the Cyberbullying Research Center.
- Download and teach the lesson plan Four Corners - To Report or Not to Report from the Illinois Attorney General's Office.
- After teaching the lesson above, visit and discuss CyberTip Line and The Internet Crime Complaint Center. Read and discuss the "What to Report" list. Demonstrate for students how to report solicitation from a sexual predator or online criminal using one of the above web resources. (Do not actually submit! Explain to students that the authorities take this information very, very seriously. Treat it like a 9-1-1 call.)
Understanding copyright laws on written materials, photographs, music and video.
- Work through the interactive case study Music Downloading - Paying the Piper from Cablevision's Power to Learn. Download, print, display & discuss the sign Support the Arts - Buy Music. View the Teacher Guide Here.
- Work through the interactive case study Fair Use - Beg, Borrow, or Steal? from Cablevision's Power To Learn. Download a copy of Power to Learn's Quick Guide to Fair Use, duplicate and discuss with students. View the Teacher Guide here.
- Download and teach the Evaluating Online Resources lesson plan and activity pages.
- Here are two additional online quiz resources: (1) The Copyright Challenge and (2) CopyRight - CopyWrong Quiz.
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