Teachers

BrainPOP (4-12) and BrainPOP Jr. (K-3) offer some free classroom resources on Digital Etiquette and Internet Safety. Every year, during the month of September, all Digital Citizenship/Internet Safety resources are free, including those normally requiring a subscription

• BrainPOP http://www.brainpop.com/technology/computersandinternet/digitaletiquette
• BrainPOP Jr. http://www.brainpopjr.com/artsandtechnology/technology/internetsafety/

 

Common Sense Media, originally a media guide for parents, now houses comprehensive, free K-8 curriculum that teaches students to be “Responsible, Respectful, and Safe Digital Citizens”.

• http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that enables users to legally share and reuse copyrighted images by allowing the creator to assign a license, with or without restrictions, to his/her works.  In many cases, image attribution is all that is required, so this site is a valuable tool for students and also teachers who want to model ethical behaviors for their students.

• http://creativecommons.org/

Temple University’s Media Education Lab, led by Renee Hobbs, has developed valuable resources that explain copyright and fair use in today’s media centric world.

• http://mediaeducationlab.com/curriculum/materials

Specific resources include:

• The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAhWMU1TdvE

• Copyright, What’s Copyright
  http://mediaeducationlab.com/music-video-copyright-whats-copyright

• Teacher Case Study – Elementary http://mediaeducationlab.com/music-video-copyright-whats-copyright

• Teacher Case Study – High School
  http://mediaeducationlab.com/teacher-case-study-video-high-school

Yahoo Safely is a web site in which parents can access a wealth of current information through “Expert Advice” and links to blogs, like that of Anne Collier, of Net Family News, and Internet Safety Advocate, Larry Magid.

• http://safely.yahoo.com/

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