The Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety, and Media Literacy Guidelines and Recommended Actions also highlights resources parents and families can use to gain knowledge and strategies pertaining to information literacy, digital literacy, and internet safety. An excerpt from the document can be found below.

Resources to Engage Parents & Families

•DARE: D.A.R.E. now provides resources and programs on Internet safety for parents/schools.

•Common Sense Media: Lesson plans and resources for parents and teachers on Internet safety, media literacy, and digital citizenship.

• Connect Safely: A Parents’ Guide to Educational Technology.

•Connect Safely:The Parent & Educator Guide to Media Literacy & Fake News.

•Connect Safely:A Parents’ Guide to Cyberbullying.

•Homeland Security: Online lessons/activities from Homeland Security for Parents re: Online Safety.

• National PTA: Resources and recommendations for digital safety and school/family partnerships.

• The Children’s Partnership: Empowering Parents through Technology to Improve the Odds for Children.

•The Washington Post: Article about involving the community to teach parents about Internet safety: Internet safety courses teach parents dangers of digital realm.

•Welcome2Reality: Free printable parent/child contracts for social media usage and Parent Guide to Teen Texting.