[Dcmosls] FW: [SLSA] FREE Online Safety Materials

[Charles O'Bryan]

FYI

Chuck

Charles O'Bryan
School Library System, Coordinator
DCMO BOCES
6678 County Road 32
Norwich, NY  13815

Tel: 607.335.1371
Fax: 607.336.6518
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From: Judy Marsh [slsa at edutech.org]
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 11:51 AM
To: obryanc@
Subject: [SLSA] FREE Online Safety Materials

Reprinted from LM_Net Select 12/16/09

I received this information from a gentleman at FTC I wanted to pass
on. This morning, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Federal Trade
Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, and Federal Communications Commission
Chairman Julius Genachowski introduced "Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids
About Being Online" at Jefferson Middle School in Washington, DC.  This
free guide from OnGuardOnline.gov tells parents and teachers what they
need to know to talk to kids about issues like cyberbullying, sexting,
mobile phone safety, and protecting the family computer.  Read more
about today's event at http://ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/netcetera.shtm.
Net Cetera is available at
http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx and in Spanish at
http://www.alertaenlinea.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx.  Feel free to
link to the guide, grab the button for your website, and post sections
on your blog or website.  And let your constituents know that they can
order free copies to share with family and friends - or with a school,
scout troop, or soccer team - from http://bulkorder.ftc.gov (
http://bulkorder.ftc.gov/ ).
We've already gotten a great response to Net Cetera.  Schools and
school systems, police departments, libraries and other community
organizations have ordered almost 300,000 copies.  That includes 120,000
that the Cobb County, GA schools will distribute to every student in the
system in January.  We've got 1.2 million left in our first printing.
Again you can order at bulkorder.ftc.gov.

The Net Cetera material from the FTC is very good. Within the federal
government, it is clear that the responsibility for imparting
information about Internet concerns has been transferred from the
Department of Justice to the FTC. This is very good.

An interesting story about the FTC. When social networking first
emerged, the FTC posted material on their site that was pretty fearful.
In less than a year, however, they had pulled that initial material and
posted material that was much more balanced and accurate. In my
experience, it is rare for a government agency, especially federal, to
engage in this kind of ongoing and rapid review and modification. So I
really applaud the actions of this group within the FTC.

Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org ( http://csriu.org/ )
http://cyberbully.org ( http://cyberbully.org/ )
http://cyber-safe-kids.com ( http://cyber-safe-kids.com/ )
http://csriu.wordpress.com ( http://csriu.wordpress.com/ )
nwillard at csriu.org

Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online
Social
Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press)

Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use
the Internet
Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass)