CTAP CyberSafety Resources

R U Cybersafe? Cybersafety is the safe and responsible use of the Internet and all information and communication technology devices, including mobile phones, digital cameras, and webcams. CTAP Region IV, a California-State funded project, has been a leader in cybersafety education for the California public school system since 1997.

Free Resources:

CTAP Region IV has developed a collection of cybersafety training resources for download including PowerPoint presentations, games, and handouts to our workshops.
Click on the buttons in the Blue Menu for carefully selected and annotated resources in each of our six CyberSafety areas. The topic areas are aligned with our Cybersafety Poster.
The classroom poster on Cybersafety was funded by AT&T Education and is a free download. Districts and schools in the 7-county San Francisco Bay Area may contact CTAP for wall-size versions of the poster.
Check out our Directory of Cybersafety Links to other educational and nonprofit groups involved in this work.
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See also:
CTAP Cybersafety Workshops and Presentations

Student Misbehavior on Facebook

Friday, 28 August 2009 08:56 | Written by Ben Anderson |

Student Misbehavior in Facebook

Facebook Tutorial

A Guided Video Tour of the New Facebook Features

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=31446805867

Last Updated (Friday, 28 August 2009 10:05)

Student Misbehavior on YouTube

Friday, 28 August 2009 08:54 | Written by Ben Anderson |

Student Misbehavior in YouTube

See: Abuse & Policy Center for advice on privacy issues, cyberbullying, hacking, blocking users and procedure for getting a video removed.

YouTube's Privacy Notice [updated 2/28/08]

Tips for Identifying the source of offensive YouTube Videos [Handout]
Tips_Offensive_YouTube_videos (pdf)

Last Updated (Friday, 28 August 2009 10:05)

Recommended CyberSafety Reading for Parents & Teachers

You can print this list out and distribute it at your next PTA meeting - or provide a link for parents from your school or district web site.

myspaceunraveled In this indispensable guide for parents, online-safety experts Larry Magid and Anne Collier demystify the world's largest social network. This hands-on book shows how teens use MySpace and other social networks and explains step by step how parents can use it to help their kids blog and socialize safely. The authors remove the fear and hype surrounding social networking and take a clear-eyed look at what is really going on in the very public world of teen online socializing and blogging. In addition, they look at how social networks and their users are changing the Web.
http://www.myspaceunraveled.com

Last Updated (Friday, 28 August 2009 10:03)

Administrator Resources for PTA Meetings

Friday, 28 August 2009 08:26 | Written by Ben Anderson |

Administrator Resources for PTA Meetings

The resources listed below provide valuable information that would be ideal for use at PTA Meetings. Be sure to tell parents that the CTAP Cybersafety Project contains six additional modules that specifically address the needs of educators, parents and teens.

Last Updated (Friday, 28 August 2009 09:30)