These resources are a collective effort resulting from a MEGA meeting March 21, 2007. Laura Fogle led us in a conversation about Cyber safety. Thanks to all who contributed to this resource.

• MEGA professional development
  http://ced.ncsu.edu/mega/
  


• Laura Fogle, Technology Educator, Tech4Teaching
  http://www.tech4teaching.blogspot.com
  
• Laura's del.icio.us bookmarks
  http://del.icio.us/lbfogle
  


• From Gail Holloman Holmes, Educator-on-Loan, NCDPI
  www.ikeepbookmarks.com/gail%20holloman%20holmes
  


• From Lisa Grable, Director of Learning Technologies, NC State College of Education
  
  • DPI - General guidelines for Copyright in an Electronic Environment,   http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/copyright1.html
    
  • The Copyright Website - Benedict O'Mahoney has put together an informative and fun Web site dealing with copyright issues. Students will enjoy the example lawsuits.  http://www.benedict.com
    
  • Children's Online Privacy Protection Act from American Library Association.   http://www.ala.org/oitp/privacy.html
    
  • From Education World, http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech021.shtml
    
  • From the Federal Trade Commission,   http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm
    
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA)  http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html
    
  • Americans With Disabilities Act  http://www.access-board.gov/about/ADA.htm
    
  • Rehabilitation Act  http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm
    
  • Section 504: What Teachers Need to Know - an article by Tom E. C. Smith  http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/legal_legislative/section_504_for_teachers.html
    
  • KEYT Law  http://www.keytlaw.com/Copyrights/sonybono.htm
    
  • tech-Learning - an article "The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use"  http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html
    
  • Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act  http://www.ala.org/washoff/teach.html
    
  • Children's Internet Protection Act  http://www.ala.org/cipa/
    http://www.sl.universalservice.org/reference/CIPA.asp
    
  • Technology Policies and Procedures  http://www.bham.wednet.edu/technology/techpolicies.htm
    
  • What is an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)?  http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/AUP.html
    
  • Wake County - Acceptable Use Policy for Students  http://www.wcpss.net/Technology/aup.html
    
  • A poster from McGruff public education materials,   http://www.mcgruffspo.com/cybersafetysat.html
  
  
  
• From Bethany Smith, Assistant Director of Learning Technologies, NC State College of Education:
  --Myspace hints for teachers
  Did you know how easy it is to search by first and last name to find an account? The picture you use for your profile can be seen by anyone, keep it appropriate. As a teacher, if you want to keep a Myspace account - set it to private so that only your known friends can interact - but your profile picture is still seen.
  
  Why is this important?:
  
  • Human Resources are searching MySpace accounts before hiring
  • Your students will find your account and circulate it. If anything inappropriate gets back to the parents or administration you could be fired (and it has happened already).
  
  --Blogging hints
  If you would like to promote blogging in your school - use safer websites, such as http://classblogmeister.com/ which provides a protective environment to your students, but they still get the opportunity to blog.
  
  There are also some great resources on the web for teaching your students CyberSafety skills, such as: http://www.nortellearnit.org/lessons/Business/CyberSmarts/ from Nortel LearniT.
  
  Remember, students are going to use the Internet and MySpace. You can help the most by giving them the tools to navigate it correctly.

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