Benjamin Building

Room 2101

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i-SAFE America's Professional Development Program (PDP)

Yvonne Pipkin, Professional Development and Outreach Manager, i-SAFE America

Training for educators and law enforcement professionals to familiarize them with i-SAFE's programs and provide them with a solid foundation in Internet safety issues. On completion of the PDP, attendees are i-SAFE certified and qualified to teach the curriculum in the classroom, train others, and develop the i-SAFE program in their communities or organizations.

Benjamin Building

Computer Teaching Lab

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NetEdGE (Internet Educational Game of Ethics)

• Mary L. Radnofsky CEO, The Socrates Institute, Alexandria, VA

This interactive session gives participants a chance to experience NetEdGE (Internet Educational Game of Ethics), a cyberethics game for tweens and teens to teach middle and high school students the legal, ethical, safe, and secure online practices. This unique game of cyberethics has both online and group interactions, featuring three characters – a juvenile cybercriminal, a victim, and an undercover FBI agent – each of whom must make decisions regarding their cyber activity that could have real-life consequences. Participants will play the game from the perspectives of each character, working through different decision points and consequences. The online component will be demonstrated following the live action simulations and discussions.

Benjamin Building

Computer Teaching Lab

Please bring registration confirmation form to workshop.

NetSmartz [Online Information ]

Laurie Nathan
Outreach Coordinator, NetSmartz Workshop

NetSmartz is a free, interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and Boys & Girls Clubs of America that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children and teens how to be safer when online. Participants will learn about Internet dangers and how to effectively teach Internet safety in schools and communities. NetSmartz can easily be adapted to meet each educator’s needs and time constraints.

During the presentation participants will learn:

• The possible dangers children and teens may face online
• Characteristics of Internet predators and victims
• How Internet safety resources can help prevent online victimization
• Techniques for implementing NetSmartz in a classroom

The NetSmartz Workshop has developed Internet safety materials for use by children and teens ages 5-17. Participants will be introduced to the NetSmartz characters used to teach Internet safety and resource materials offered by NetSmartz. The materials will be demonstrated using real-life stories and case examples.

Presented by:

Educational Technology Outreach/College of Education
and the University of Maryland Libraries