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National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Stay Safe Online!

Parents and Educators can help teach children about Internet Safety.

C.L.I.C.K.S. Initiative - Maryland Attorney General
Community Leadership in Cyber Knowledge & Safety is an educational outreach program designed to equip Maryland’s community leaders with the resources to teach students and their parents about Internet safety.

National Cyber Security Alliance
K-12 Cyber Security Awareness Toolkit
Lesson Plans

Child Safety on the Information Highway
This online brochure, published by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, provides parents with Internet safety information and tips for staying safer online.

CyberSmart!
This site contains Internet safety information for students, parents, and teachers. Featuring lesson plans, activity sheets, downloadable posters, safety tips and more.

GetNetWise
GetNetWise gives parents the resources they need to educate themselves and their children about how to use the Internet safely. Information on filtering software and safe web sites for children of all ages is included.

Internet Keep Safe Coalition
"Faux Paw the Techno Cat" teaches children the importance of protecting personal information and avoiding inappropriate places on the Internet.

NetSmartz
The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource that teaches kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet. Parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement also have access to additional resources for learning and teaching materials.

Stay Safe Online
"Join Tara Lipinski, Shaquille O'Neal, and several cartoon kids in learning more about the Internet." Interactive quizzes reinforce safety concepts. From Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Microsoft.

Surf Swell Island: Adventures in Internet Safety
Three games featuring Disney characters are used to teach kids about privacy, viruses, and netiquette. A parent's guide, a teacher's guide, and additional Internet safety information for adults is also included.

WiredKids.org
Internet safety information for kids, tweens, teens, parents, and educators. It provides links to child-friendly and other Internet safety sites as well as fun games and activities.

 

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