What:
Be Internet Awesome is an online resource for teaching digital safety to young students. Be Internet Awesome is an action-packed game sure to engage students right from the beginning all while teaching excellent digital safety tips.
Why:
Teaching digital safety is a must in today’s all-consuming tech world. Be Internet Awesome provides an easy to use curriculum and engaging package for students to not only learn about digital safety but have fun in the process. Click here to watch a video for more information. Be Internet Awesome includes five lessons teaching the following concepts:
- SMART: share with care
- Thoughtfully consider what you share and with whom
- Understand the consequences that come along with sharing
- Keep extra sensitive information to yourself
- ALERT: don’t fall for fake
- Know how to tell the difference between what’s real and what’s fake
- Understand phishing and how to report if
- Spot the signs of a potential scam
- STRONG: secure your secrets
- Take responsibility for protecting important information
- Craft a unique and memorable password
- Create a strong password by combining characters, numbers, and symbols
- KIND: it’s cool to be kind
- Use the amplifying power of the internet to spread positivity
- Block mean-spirited or inappropriate behavior
- Speak up against bullying and report it every time
- BRAVE: when in doubt, talk it out
- Speak up when you notice inappropriate behavior
- Stand up when you see something you are not comfortable with
- Report when you witness people being treated poorly online
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Next Steps
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References:
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TLDR (too long didn’t read):
Be Internet Awesome is an online resource for teaching digital safety to young students. Be Internet Awesome is an action-packed game sure to engage students right from the beginning all while teaching excellent digital safety tips.
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