Wilson County Schools Internet Safety Instructional Guide Grades 6-8

Purpose: The Childrens Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted by Congress in 2000 to address concerns about childrens access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet. Schools and libraries subject to CIPA are required to adopt and implement an Internet safety policy addressing: (a) access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet; (b) the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms and other forms of direct electronic communications; (c) unauthorized access, including so-called hacking, and other unlawful activities by minors online; (d) unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors; and (e) measures restricting minors access to materials harmful to them. For more information on the CIPA guidelines you may visit the link below. http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens-internet-protection-act Instructional Guide: To educate the middle school students of Wilson County Schools, each teacher is required to facilitate student movement through the ibook provided by the Technology Department. This ibook, Internet Safety Education may be downloaded onto each individual student iPad in the ibooks app. The ibook contains four chapters with videos and review quizzes to assess student comprehension of the material. It is recommended that teachers facilitate student movement through one chapter at a time and facilitate discussion about the information contained in each chapter. Please allow 45 minutes to 1 hour for completion. Internet Safety Education Chapter 1: Online Safety Section 1: Friend or Fake Section 2: Post to be Private Section 3: Profile Penalty Section 4: Julies Journey Section 5: Review Quiz Chapter 2: Internet Behavior Section 1: Attitude Overdrive Section 2: Mike-Tosis Section 3: Review Quiz

Chapter 3: Cyberbullying Section 1: Terrible tEXt Section 2: You Cant Take it Back Section 3: Review Quiz Chapter 4: Internet Safety Pledge

Once a student has completed all chapters, he/she should sign the Internet Safety Pledge and give it to his/her teacher. When an Internet Safety Pledge has been turned in by every student in the class, the teacher should sign the Teacher Verification form and submit it to the Media Coordinator or School Designee. Recommendations for Downloading the iBook: The iBook may be sent via email (Gaggle) to the students to open and download into ibooks or it may be uploaded in Edmodo for students to download in iBooks. Please see your Instructional Technology Facilitator or Media Coordinator for help.

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Teacher Verification
Teacher Name: _____________________________________________ Grade/Class: _______________________________________________ School: ___________________________________________________ District: Wilson County Schools School Year: 2013-2014 I verify that I have... Understood the district-wide Internet Safety Policy and the education requirements related to CIPA. Educated my students according to CIPA requirements. I hereby certify that the above actions have been carried out during the 20__- 20__ school year. Signature: ____________________________________ Date: _________________

Please sign and submit this Teacher Verification Document and a class roster of students who have completed the course to your Media Coordinator or School Designee.