NetCitizens

Keeping our Students, Schools, & Families Safe Online!

Welcome to NetCitizens! Here you will find information about the latest on online safety, social networking and bullying research, anti-bullying processes, programs, and tools for schools to begin to develop a plan for creating a bully-free environment for their students. We have identified organizations, partners, tools and resources that are based on scientific research-based effective strategies to help you develop policies to help keep our students and families safe in our schools. Happy learnings!

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A Parents' Guide to Facebook:-) The guide covers how to:* Configure Facebook’s new timeline (what used to be called your profile)* Review your activity logUse the site's new in-line privacy tools* Use Facebook’s “social reporting” tools to resolve problems* Protect your online reputation* Use Facebook Mobile safely* And much more. Do check it out...Click to go to ConnectSafely.org and read or print out the 34-page guide in PDF format
Posted Feb 7, 2012 3:27 PM by Martin Cisneros
21st Century Learning & Teaching with CyberCitizens Ensuring a Safe School Climate - The Board's Role Event at the Monterey County Office of EducationPresentation Download (PDF)Presentation Handout Download (PDF)In this presentation we take a look at the current state of teaching and learning with our 21st Century students and teachers. We see how technology play a large part in the communication choices many of our students make in the land of social media. We take a closer look at the benefits and the concerns educators and parents need to know before they continue to let their children connect to the world wide web.
Posted Jan 30, 2012 5:32 PM by Martin Cisneros
Acceptable Use Policies in Web 2.0 & Mobile Era A Guide for School DistrictsInformation and communications technologies (ICT) policies in schools have two dimensions. One is to ensure that students are protected from pernicious materials on the Internet. The other is to enable student access to the extensive resources on the Internet for learning and teaching. While these two dimensions are not intrinsically in conflict, in actuality, such can become the case.There is a wide range of restrictiveness with regard to Internet access in school districts across the U.S. A critical concern is: How can we best assure that students will not be affected by pornography, hate sites, sexual or physical harassment, and other pernicious sites and situations that exist on the Internet? Some districts believe ...
Posted Apr 8, 2011 8:08 AM by Martin Cisneros
4 Effective Tools for Monitoring Your Child’s Online Safety If you're concerned about your child's online safety, you aren't unusual. Seventy-eight percent of respondents to a survey conducted by Yahoo had similar worries, and more than 70% of them took some action to manage their children's online and mobile activities. "It's the Wild West; our children are now armed with six-shooters, and there is trouble that they don't even realize," explains online monitoring service SocialShield. This might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it is true that cyber bullying, online predators, and your child's reputation warrant some effort toward keeping track of what your child is doing online. These four services make it easy by alerting you when potentially ...
Posted Dec 15, 2010 11:27 AM by Martin Cisneros
Policy Tool Generator for Social Media Policy Tool Generator for Social Media is is a policy generator that simplifies the process of creating guidelines that respect the rights of your employees while protecting your brand online. It's easy.The streamlined process simplyrequires you to answer a brief questionnaire and provides you with a complete Social Media Policy customized to your company.PolicyTool has been developed by rtraction in collaboration with Harrison Pensa lawyer David R. Canton, one of Canada's leading authorities in internet and technology related legal issues.Click here to learn more!!!
Posted Dec 5, 2010 1:56 PM by Martin Cisneros