A number of states, including Virginia, have recently enacted laws or new policies to begin including Cyber Safety and New Media Literacy skills in the public school curriculum. Partially a reaction to the significant increase in undesirable activity online (e.g. child solicitation, identify theft, fraud, spamming, phishing, etc.) most states are exploring the best approach to embed the teaching of these skills in existing curriculuar objectives.
Nortel LearniT has a number of free online resources that specifically address these issues of Cyber Safety AND they are designed to be simply integrated or used alongside other instructional activities. Nortel LearniT also provides free lesson plans to help teachers get started on an integration approach to use these resources. Be sure to check out our FREE online Cyber Safety Guide Sheet for more information.
