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October is designated as Internet Safety/Cyber
Security Awareness Month in Utah.
The NetSmartz
Workshop®
Utah Schools are implementing NetSmartz as
an interactive, educational resource from the National Center for Missing
& Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America
for children, teens, parents, educators, and law enforcement that uses
age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer
on the Internet. Follow the links below for specific grade level activites.
Kid Link
/ Activity
Cards / Use Your
Netsmartz ( quick motivators)
Teen Link
/ Activity
Cards
Educator Link /
Parent
Link
UEN/NetSmartz Online
Workshop Resources
You'll find age-appropriate resources to help keep students safer on
the Internet. Activities are customized for Utah educators and download
at a faster rate.
Please contact your Curriculum Technology
Specialist for ways to begin to implement NetSmartz in your school and
request the NetSmartz downloads to be put on your school's server.
Bonnie Muir:
email
or 567-8726
Kelly Dumont: email
or 567-8758
Margo Shirley: email
or 567-8773
Ideas for implementing NetSmartz in your
school.
Preparation:
Designate Internet Safety Week in your school.
- Have the Principal, Curriculum Technology Specialist, PTA Representative
and Computer Lab Assistant or Media Coordinator work closely together
to develop a plan so that all students and parents in the school participate
in an appropriate awareness (jump start) activity.
- Order NetSmartz brochures to send home to parents by calling 1.800.THE.LOST.
The first 50 are free per teacher request and 10 cents a brochure
thereafter. The brochures are available in English and Spanish.
- Coordinate parent nights to complement what the students are learning
at school.
- Contact law enforcement to arrange an officer to come address the
students about Internet Safety.
Resource: Special Agent Dave White 801 381-1573
- You can use the NetSmartz activites online or have your district
technician download the NetSmartz activities on individual computers.
- Do activites as a whole class or have students do activities at
individual machines or a combination of both.
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