Online Safety and Cyberbullying Resources

Be Web Aware provides a comprehensive overview on cyberbullying, the risks associated with social networking, and other pitfalls for students on the internet. Though it is mostly targeted towards parents, the site contains many links to studies and resources that can be helpful for teachers. www.bewebaware.ca/english/default.html

Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use contains handouts, posters, classroom resources, and articles to help make students aware about cyberbullying and how to prevent it. www.csriu.org/

Comcast Student Voices has produced three videos about cyberbullying. The videos include stories of various cases of cyberbullying and tips on Internet safety. Viewers are also shown how to take action against cyberbullying, such as blocking a user on Myspace or how to make a report of abuse on Facebook. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-9PXsmGHTw&feature=PlayList&p=3A2A5391F175757B&
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Common Sense Media provides free online lesson plans and worksheets for grades K-12. Lesson plans range from learning how to create secure passwords to exploring different scenarios of instant messaging to learning about privacy and identity theft. http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/safetysecurity/lessons/

CyberBullyHelp was created by three school psychologists and offers professional development resources for school staff dealing with cyberbullying. www.cyberbullyhelp.com/

Seattle public school district has developed a comprehensive cyberbullying curriculum for middle school students. district.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=1652968a92850940b2785831aab30dff&pageid=216981&sessionid=1652968a92850940b2785831aab30dff

Cyberbullying Research Center provides fact sheets, message boards, and publications to help educators learn about cyberbullying, how to recognize it, and address it. www.cyberbullying.us/

Cyber Safety Campaign, created by Boston Public Schools, includes downloadable classroom resources on cyberbullying and internet use. It includes a blog with articles, posts, and resources created by Boston Public School students. www.bpscybersafety.org/

Digizen has resources to enhance people’s understanding of what digital citizenship means and how people can become better digital citizens. www.digizen.org/

iKeepSafe is a coalition of private sector, nonprofit, and educational groups that provides resources to parents, teachers, and children about cyberbullying and internet safety. http://ikeepsafe.org/

Developed in part by the Virginia Department of Education, Internet Safety and You contains videos about cyberbullying featuring Garfield the Cat, teacher materials, and a program by which elementary students can earn a certificate for completing an internet safety unit. www.infinitelearninglab.org/

The Look Both Ways Foundation provides free lesson plans to educate students about cyberbullying and protecting their identity on social media sites. Currently, lesson plans for grades 10-12 are available, and they are developing more for younger grades. http://look2ways.com/education/lessons.htm#

Make a Difference for Kids is dedicated to prevention of teen suicide in response to cyberbullying. It was founded as a response to the suicides of three Kentucky teens due to bullying on the internet. www.makeadifferenceforkids.org/

Media Awareness Network includes a variety of resources including free online games to teach students about cyberbullying. www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm

NetSmartz offers videos, Powerpoints, and presentations to share with a class about cyberbullying and how to prevent it. www.netsmartz.org/Cyberbullying

Developed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, NSTeens includes videos, comics, and real life stories to educate students about cyberbullying and its consequences. It also includes teacher materials for facilitating conversation. www.nsteens.org/

Not In Our School is a movement of students and teachers from across the country that are sharing stories, joining together and taking action to create safe schools, free from stereotypes, intolerance, and hate. In this 3 minute video with accompanying video, students take on cyber-bullying. www.niot.org/nios-video/students-take-cyberbullying-3-min

Power to Learn provides case studies about cyberbullying, social networking, and online video for students with and teacher guides. Also included are take-home resources in both English and Spanish to help educate parents as well. It is provided by Cablevision. http://powertolearn.com/internet_smarts/interactive_case_studies/index.shtml

How to Handle and Prevent Cyberbullying provides advice to schools and parents on how best to deal with cyberbullying problems. https://www.socialmedia.biz/how-to-handle-and-prevent-cyberbullying-in-schools/

LivingHealthy provides a variety of tips, guidance, and actions on how to avoid and deal with online bullying. https://livinghealthy.org/what-to-do-if-your-child-is-bullied-online/

A kit to educate students about Safer Internet Day, occurring February 8 of each year. www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/safer-internet-day-2011-kit

A Thin Line is MTV's campaign, developed to empower youth to identify, respond to and stop the spread of digital abuse. The campaign is built on the understanding that there is a "thin line" between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact. www.athinline.org

FairPlay Online Harms Prevention Action Kit was created in response to feedback from advocates and practitioners seeking research-based education and advocacy materials that are easy to use and distribute. This collection of free, downloadable resources answers that call! We hope our Action Kit serves as a practical and helpful tool to support families and mental health practitioners. https://fairplayforkids.org/pf/onlineharmskit/

GLSEN Educator Resources has educator guides created by GLSEN’s education team for each of our days of action, along with other resources for increasing LGBTQ visibility and affirmation in any curriculum. While GLSEN celebrates these days of action nationally at specific times during the year, all of our lessons, resources, and activities found here can be implemented at any time. https://www.glsen.org/resources/educator-resources

AI Literacy: Preparing Students for Digital Spaces Webinar by ShareMyLesson provides practical resources for digital citizenship, lesson plans, and strategies to mitigate the potential harms of generative AI in school communities. Through these lessons, students will: Understand what AI is and how it works; Consider some of its potential benefits and risks; Think critically about how we can be responsible and ethical users of AI. https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/ai-literacy-preparing-students-digital-spaces

ADL Tweens, Digital Spaces and Cyberbullying on ShareMyLesson provides an opportunity for students to reflect on their experiences with cyberbullying, learn from the 2020 research study, explore the different roles one can play in bullying/cyberbullying situations and consider how to act as an ally. https://sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/tweens-digital-spaces-and-cyberbullying-405094

Social media is one of the most popular ways the internet is utilized, both with adults and young people, such as kids and teenagers. However, a new form of bullying called “cyberbullying” has risen to become just as (if not more) prevalent than face-to-face bullying. MSWonline, A Social Worker’s Guide to Cyberbullying, discusses cyberbullying and how social workers, educators and parents can help with its effects. https://mastersinsocialworkonline.org/resources/cyberbullying/