Internet Safety Resources:
- http://www.staysafeonline.org/basics/educators.html
This website of the National Cyber Security Alliance provides information on practices you can teach to help safeguard your student's computers, K-12 Curriculum that educators can use in classrooms, educational materials and other Internet resources, as well as valuable information from our supporting organizations.
- http://www.isafe.org
i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation whose mission is to educate and empower youth to make their Internet experiences safe and responsible. i-Safe is supported by a grant from the Office of Juvenice Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
- http://www.netsmartz.org
Netsmartz is an internet safety site sponsored by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
- http://kan-safe.info/
Kan-Safe is an internet safety project through the South Central Kansas Library System.
- http://www.getnetwise.org/
GetNetWise is a public service brought to you by a wide range of Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations. The GetNetWise coalition wants Internet users to be only "one click away" from the resources they need to make informed decisions about their and their family's use of the Internet. The Kids Internet Safety Guide is broken down by age groups to provide you age-appropriate information.
- www.webwisekids.com
Web Wise Kids are a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring child internet safety by giving tips and advice to parents and children on how to protect themselves from online predators. Designed specifically to address the safety issues associated with the interactive nature of the internet as kids enter the realm of chat and interactive gaming, there are also CD resources available for schools to address safey issues.
- http://web.mac.com/khoneycuttessdack/iWeb/Safety/Welcome.html
Internet Safety website published by Kevin Honeycut of ESSDACK
Children's Internet Protection Act Requirements
CIPA updates from the AASL American Association of School Libraries
Schools & Libraries Division of USAC Reference Information for Children’s Internet Protection Act http://www.sl.universalservice.org/reference/
Child Friendly Search Engines
NetTrekker
Available through the KanEd Empowered Desktop also!
Ask Jeeves for Kids
A natural language search engine that is filtered. By natural language, you can enter in questions like "why is the sky blue." Try it now!
Yahooligans
A database of about 20,000 sites that are kid safe. You can search or select from a directory
OneKey:
A closed search engine that requires web sites to meet an editorial policy. Also access to Google's kids search engine
Education World: A database of 56,000 sites
KidsClick: Put together by librarians for kids, the database, as of July, 1998, contained about 2600 records. Well organized and easy to use, though not as thorough as the others.
One-to One Initiatives
http://www.convergemag.com/story.php?catid=237&storyid=94117
Virtual Schools
Copyright Law
Do you have something to add? Please contact Melinda Stanley, mstanley@ksde.org