Cyber Safety for Kids

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This site is dedicated to all the Kansas kids!  Cyber safety is important for Kansas kids to know.  What is Cyber Safety?  It is learning how to use computers safely on the Internet.  There are lots of good things on the Internet but there are some unsafe things too.  Be strong as the Kansas wind is!  Be strong being cyber safe!  Learn some simple rules about using computers by playing games or watching videos at these sites:

Listen to the Stop. Think. Connect. Rap!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EhV93zG8xlA

 

Net Smartz Kids – games, videos and contests!
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/

 

Watch this video about Stop; Think; Click from OnGuard Online!
http://www.onguardonline.gov/media/video-0002-heads-stop-think-click

 

Need some more information about Cyber Safety?  Check out these tips from the Department of Homeland Security!
http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity%20for%20Kids%20Tip%20Card_1.pdf

 

After learning about the right thing to do – why not make a promise?  Sign the McGruff Internet Safety Pledge.  Ask your parents first if you can print this and then sign and date it.  Then hang it where you can see it when working on a computer.
http://www.ncpc.org/topics/by-audience/law-enforcement/teaching-children/handouts/mcgruffs-internet-safety-pledge.pdf