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Powerful Passwords
Usernames and passwords are required for so many different sites these days. Watch this video to learn how to create a powerful password to secure your privacy.
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Netiquette
Internet etiquette, or netiquette, is important to know when communicating over the Internet. The staff member from Half Hollow Hills School District provides great tips for proper netiquette.
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Stay Safer Online
Stay safe online! The great tips in this video are important to remember when using the Internet. All online users should watch this video.
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Internet Safety Rules
Remember to be safe while on the Internet with the fantastic tips from this informative video. This is a great video to watch prior to introducing your students to the computer lab.
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Safety Mode
Teach your YouTube users how to protect themselves from offensive content with a mini lesson on Safety Mode. The teacher presents information about Safety Mode, and then demonstrates how it can be turned on and off. Learners...
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Netsafe Net Basics
New Zealand-based cybersafety organization provides access to entertaining, educational animated videos on topics associated with online safety and media awareness. Find episodes on the dangers of downloading, firewalls, phishing,...
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Youtube: Safety Center Community Guidelines
This resource explains how to increase your safety on YouTube, online with methods for handling online harassment. Includes sections devoted to teens, cyberbullying and suicide prevention.
PBS
Nova Labs: Cybersecurity 101
The Internet is fundamentally insecure. However, there are simple things you can do to protect yourself and your information. Learn what they are in NOVA's Cybersecurity Lab. [3:38]
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Childnet International: Kidsmart: Digital Footprints
Explains what a digital footprint is so that children understand that everything they do on the Internet leaves traces, such as a browser's history and photos posted online. Gives suggestions on how to investigate one's own footprint....
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Real Life Online: Grade 5: Your Life Online: Making Good Decisions: Chat Ethics
Animated video [9:38] on internet safety geared toward grade 5 teaches students about making good decisions online and chat room ethics, including cyberbullying, hidden identities and personal security. Includes lesson plan, video, and...
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Think U Know: How Can I Be Careful?
Learn how you can be careful when you go on the Internet. Know what to do if anyone is nasty to you and how you can be safer when you talk to people online, play games online or when you use your mobile. This will help you and your...
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Real Life Online: Grade 6: Part 1: Cyberbullying and Gaming Addiction
Video Part 1 [8:08] teaching 6th-grade students how to create a safe online community covers topics on cyber civics, gaming addictions, webcams, risque texting, cyber bullying, and bystanders, as well as privacy and security settings....
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Real Life Online: Grade 4: Being Safer and Smarter Online: Part 1: Netiquette
Video [8:54] features a kid-friendly format with transcript and lesson plan for teachers, teaches kids about proper online behavior. This episode talks about cyberbullying and privacy.
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Brigham Young University: Faux Paw's Adventures on the Internet
Video featuring Faux Paw, the Techno Cat, who helps children keep safe while using the Internet. Covers personal privacy and avoiding online predators. [4:29]
Planet Nutshell
Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: Public Wi Fi Network Safety
When you're out and about and using an open Wi-Fi network, is it safe? This video explains the dangers of surfing on open Wi-Fi, and suggests some basic things to help you keep your personal information and data safe and secure. [2:26]
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Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: How to Stop Cyber Bullying (7 12)
Cyberbullies are a total bummer, but with a little courage, you can stop those lamers. Cyber-bullying goes beyond just bullying because it can follow you home via text messages, web sites, and more. This video will tell you how to put a...
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Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: Protect Your Personal Information (7 12)
Information such as your bank account information, where you live, where you go to school, and other personal things, should be kept private. This video explains why keeping personal information private is so important, and it offers...
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Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: Stick With Your Real Friends (7 12)
When you're on Facebook, Myspace, IM, and other places, you might meet people you don't know. Instead of accepting invitations from people you don't know, this video explains why it's important to stick with what is real - your real...
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Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: Trusted Adults Can Help You (7 12)
When things get weird on the Internet, it's best to talk to an adult who has your back. If you see stuff online - or in the real world, for that matter - that makes you feel uncomfortable or scared, talk to an adult you trust about it....
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Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: Say No to "Sexting" (7 12)
Posting a picture only takes a second, but can last forever. A photo is forever on the Internet because it can easily be copied using a function called copy and paste. It can be added from one website to another. Also, a picture can be...
Planet Nutshell
Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: Tips and Tools for Parents
Kids spend much of their lives on the Internet. It's one of the primary ways they they communicate, work, and play. It's important for parents and other adults to learn how to keep kids safe from some of the dangers that exist online....
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Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: What Is the Internet? (K 3)
The Internet is big! There are good and bad things on the Internet, just like a neighborhood. This video explains what the Internet is and how to stay in the "good neighborhoods" on the Internet. [2:24]
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Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: What Is Personal Information?
Personal information identifies who we are, where we live, and how family, friends and others can find us to talk to us or come over and visit us. Personal information can help us communicate with others but we have to be careful with...
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Planet Nutshell: Net Safe: Tell an Adult
Sometimes we see something on the Internet that makes us feel uncomfortable. This can happen when we are playing a game on the Internet or perhaps even talking to someone on the phone. When this happens we need to tell an adult we trust....