Web Wise Kids is partnering with Ask.com and NASCAR in a new, youth-focused Internet safety program called Ask.com Safe Search Schools. The aim of the program is to recognize elementary schools that are teaching Internet safety. The Ask.com Safe Search Schools program is presenting schools that demonstrate an exemplary focus on teaching Internet safety with new computers, a visit from professional NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte and Web Wise Kids programs for children and parents. The program focuses on a different school district each month. In April, the program is open to schools in Richmond, Virginia. To be considered, submit a Safe Search School evaluation form outlining your school’s Internet safety programs and activities, plus an Internet lesson plan from a fifth grader proposing what students can do to educate their school community and families about Internet safety.
Deadline: Ongoing; this month’s closing date is April 22, 2009
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That’s Not Cool
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This site offers help for internet safety, text harrassment, cyber bullying and more. Set with a Jr. High – High School theme – very young, hip and relevant for current safety concerns.
http://www.thatsnotcool.com/
Draw the Line on Digital Disrespect
A new ad campaign uses humor to educate teens about when online communications (IMs, phone pictures, social-network comments) cross the line into harassment. The campaign and its Web site, ThatsNotCool.com, encourage teenagers to set their own boundaries. It is intended to appeal to all teenagers, not just those with serious problems. On the site are 35 “callout cards”—brightly colored messages teens can send by email, post to their Facebook or MySpace pages or download—that are meant to tell someone they have crossed a line. The site also offers an area where teenagers can seek advice, such as how to stop a boyfriend from nonstop text messaging. For more direct advice, the site tells teenagers to call or conduct a live chat with trained volunteers. The campaign is sponsored and co-created by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the Office on Violence Against Women and the Ad Council.
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