For Educators

As educators, we want our students to be safe and responsible while using technology. We will have succeeded if we can help each child recognize and minimize the three main risks associated with all connected technologies (i.e., iPods, instant messaging, chat, computer games, game consoles, cell phones, text messaging, webcams).
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Faux Paw Class Presentation

Training

Simple step-by-step video training for teachers and volunteers demonstrating suggested methods to conduct the "Class Presentations". Each book in the Faux Paw series is highlighted followed by a 4-part classroom demonstration of the "Class Presentation". Click Here to download the presentation. For additional information on how to obtain a hard copy of the "Class Presentations," please email the Internet Keep Safe Coalition at Kristen@ikeepsafe.org.

The three main risks are:

Inappropriate Contact –Teach kids how to recognize and protect themselves against contact with cyber-bullies, hackers, phishers, and predators. People aren’t always who they say they are. The Internet is a place to enhance existing relationships, not a place to meet new people.
Inappropriate Content – This includes both content that is viewed and content that is uploaded by kids. Help kids understand that the Internet is forever: everything they post online is tracked and stored and will follow them to future job interviews and college entrance interviews.
Inappropriate Conduct – Because the web environment can feel anonymous, some youth become dis-inhibited . Teach kids that the Internet is a public forum: anonymity is a myth. Help them be the good person online that they are when they’re offline.

Once children understand these core risks, three simple rules will keep them safe online.

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Click here for Middle and High school

Elementary school

Keep Safe • Keep Away • Keep Telling

I keep safe my personal information—all of it! I never give my real name, address, phone number, the name of my school, or a picture of myself to anyone online.

I keep away from Internet strangers—no matter what they tell me, because I have no way of knowing who they really are. I don’t talk with them online, and I never meet them face-to-face.

I keep telling my parents about everything I see on the Internet—especially when something makes me uncomfortable.

Age-appropriate iKeepSafe® resources reinforce these ideas to ensure each child is successful in having a safe and healthy experience online. Read more

The iKeepSafe resources use a literacy-based approach through the award-winning Faux Paw® Series of children’s books and animated films. iKeepSafe encourages teaching safe and healthy online habits from a very young age when students are first learning to use technology, rather than waiting until they are older and are at a greater risk.

Click here to register to download the iKeepSafe® resources.

Middle and High school

Protect your NAME, IDENTITY, and REPUTATION

Age-appropriate iKeepSafe® resources reinforce these three guidelines to help each student have a safe and healthy experience online. As students become more tech-savvy and have greater access to technology, it is important they understand the need to protect their name, identity and reputation. Everything they post online today can affect the goals they have for tomorrow.

Teens are more likely to learn and have an open dialogue when their peers present information. The resources for this age group use a peer-to-peer educational module using resources like Student Voices: Cyber-bullying (link to video clip), a film where teens discuss their personal experiences of being cyber-bullied, identify safety tips, and discuss how and when to make a report.

Click here to register to download the iKeepSafe® resources.

iKeepSafe® Resources

Assembly Presentations for Students and Adults: Credible, research-based PowerPoint® presentations, created in collaboration with Harvard’s Center on Media and Child Health and Penn State University. All presentations may be duplicated without fees and can be downloaded here.

Elementary School Presentations

Faux Paw the Techno Cat® Internet Safety Series

Internet Safety Basics: Faux Paw’s Internet Adventures: Keeping Children Safe Online
Cyber-bullying: Faux Paw Meets the First Lady: How to Handle Cyber-bullying
Healthy Internet Habits: Faux Paw Goes to the Games: Balancing Real Life with Screen Time

Middle School and High School

Student Voices: Cyberbullying DVD,

Parent Presentation

You Don’t Have to Be an Expert to Keep Your Child Safe Online,

10 “Must Know” Actions that Will Help You Protect Your Family
Social Networking Tutorial
Cyber-bullying Tutorial
Web 2.0 Tutorial Coming Soon: Step-by-step instructions to address the top questions we receive from parents about MySpace—how to search for your child’s profile, set up a profile, select privacy settings, remove content, make a report, etc.

Internet Safety Educational Tools:

Faux Paw Book Series: Books are available at deeply discounted pricing for bulk quantities at the iKeepSafe eStore.

	*Faux Paw's Adventures in the Internet:* Keeping Children Safe Online (book and animated film)
	*Faux Paw Meets the First Lady*: How to Handle Cyber-bullying (book with animated film, featuring First Lady Laura Bush who plays the part of the First Lady)
	*Faux Paw Goes to the Games: Balancing Real Life and Screen Time (book and animated film)
	*Faux Paw and the Dangerous Download* coming in 2008 *Includes an extensive integrated curriculum for all age groups and accompanying presentation material.

Videos and Tutorials: Educational instructions addressing current Internet safety topics such as social networking and cyber-bullying.
Web 2.0 Tutorial: specific safety settings and reporting mechanisms on MySpace, demonstrates how to set-up a profile, take down and report inappropriate content and how to monitor a child’s use.

Presentations and Training Materials

Faux Paw presentations and training materials are available for download at no cost for teaching Internet safety in group settings.

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