2. CIPA

The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted by Congress in 2000 to address concerns about children’s access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet. Quoted from CIPA Web site.

Your library, school site or district might be experiencing a mandate to develop and teach a digital literacy curriculum in order to receive E-rate funding. This page harvests lessons from this Web site's digital citizenship curriculum, originally grouped into Mike Ribble's "Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship," and re-groups them into the general areas required by CIPA. The five general areas that CIPA requires are listed below with corresponding lessons.

"Schools and libraries subject to CIPA are required to adopt and implement an Internet safety policy addressing: 

1. "access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet;

• Unit 1.2 Digital Access

  • Lessons 1.2.a: RUSD Acceptable Use Agreement (AUA)

  • Lessons 1.2.c: Filtering

  • Lessons 1.2.d: Internet Censorship

2. "the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communication;

• Unit 1.1. Digital Etiquette     

  • Lessons 1.1.a: Netiquette   

  • Lessons 1.1.b. Cyberbullying  

• Unit 2.1. Digital Communication

  • Lessons 2.1.a: Email

  • Lessons 2.1.b: Texting / Sexting

  • Lessons 2.1.c: Cell Phones

  • Lessons 2.1.d: Chat rooms, blogs, wikis

• Unit 3.3. Digital Health & Wellness        

  • Lessons 3.3.b: Social Networking

3. "unauthorized access, including so-called 'hacking,' and other unlawful activities by minors online;

• Unit 1.3. Digital Law       

  • Lessons 1.3.d: Downloading and Piracy

  • Lessons 1.3.e: Virus/Spyware/Malware/Phishing 

•  Unit 2.2. Digital Literacy    

  • Lessons 2.2.b: Plagiarism 

4. "unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors; and

• Unit 3.1. Digital Rights and Responsibilities    

  • Lessons 3.1.b: Online Privacy

  • Lessons 3.1.c: Online Reputation

• Unit 3.2. Digital Safety/Security

  • Lessons 3.2.b: Passwords

  • Lessons 3.2.c: Profiles

  • Lessons 3.2.e: Sharing Information

5. "measures restricting minors' access to materials harmful to them."

• Unit 1.2 Digital Access

  • Lessons 1.2.a: RUSD Acceptable Use Agreement (AUA)

  • Lessons 1.2.c: Filtering

  • Lessons 1.2.d: Internet Censorship

• Unit 3.2. Digital Safety/Security

  • Lessons 3.2.a: Online Safety / iKeepSafe videos

• Unit 3.3. Digital Health & Wellness    

  • Lessons 3.3.a: Time Online