April is Cyberawareness Month!
October is Cybersecurity
Awareness Month!

Setting your clocks forward or back for Daylight Saving Time and replacing the batteries in smoke detectors are rituals repeated every spring and fall. Similarly, April and October are good times to remind ourselves about Cyberawareness issues. April is Cyber Awareness Month! is a great time to help educators, students and parents learn more about Cyberawareness issues.October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month! is a collective effort among the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, the National Cyber Security Division and the National Cyber Security Alliance to raise cyber security awareness nationwide and empower citizens, businesses, government and schools to improve their cyber security preparedness and help promote a safe Internet experience.

With the onslaught of new online threats such as identity theft and spyware, engaging in safe online behavior is crucial. We use computers in virtually every aspects of our lives and we must understand the risks, along with the steps we can take to help protect ourselves and our information online.

While colleges, universities, organizations and businesses across the country plan security education and awareness events to help promote Cyber Security Awareness, Educational Technology Outreach continues to plan a month’s worth of activities twice a year (April and October) to help promote the K-20 community’s awareness of cyber related issues and encourage safe online practices. Both an interactive calendar and a printable version are available. You can also print out Student Recognition forms for your class.

Visit the NCSA interactive calendar to see other events taking place. Also visit our Cyberawareness Blog or take part in our educator Cyberawareness survey.

This calendar format lists Cyber-awareness activities and resources that can help educators and their students celebrate Cyber-awareness Month in April and Cyber Security Awareness Month in October. ETO would like to hear about the great things you do during April and October to promote Cyber-awareness. Schools’ participation may be showcased at the ETO website and the C3 Conference.

READ MORE to learn more about the History of Cyber Awareness and Cyber Security Awareness Initiatives [More]

Past & Future Calendars

October 2008 October 2007 April 2007
October 2006 April 2006 October 2005
April 2005 October 2004 April 2004

Department of Homeland Security and NCSA’s 2006 Emerging Internet Threat List:
Helping Consumers Prepare to Avoid Potential Threats

Released February 15, 2006

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

C3 ConfApril is Cyberawareness Month!

Click on a Day for Activity Detail

Printable Versions - [Word ... PDF]

Completion Certificate for your Students [PDF... Black & White PDF]

1. Try some fun stuff with McGruff

2. Take a quiz from San Mateo CTL to learn if your research ethics are on par.

3. Translate internet slang and take a quiz to see how well you can decipher text messages using noslang.coms slang translator

4. Read about plagiarism 5. View a clip from i-SAFE's webcast: "Cyber Harrassment"

6. Sign a family internet safety contract. From ProtectKids.com

7. Are you a good cybercitizen? Check out the USDOJ site specifically designed for kids to learn more about cyberethics.
8. Learn how to tell a good website from a bad one: Media Awareness Network

9. What do you really know about copyright?

Kids, check out: Copyright Society

Teens, check out: University of St. Francis

10. What in the world is an AUP? An excellent explanation from PCS. Can you find your schools AUP?

11. How much info is too much?

Kids, check out Childnet International

Teens, check out: StaySafe.org

12. Learn how to pass on cybersafety rules to peers: TeenAngels a Division of WiredSafety

13. Learn how to create secure passwords: PasswordExperts

or Watch this excellent humorous GMU video clip

14. Be aware of cyberbullying:

Kids, check out: WiredKids

Teens, check out: StaySafe.org

15. How many of these letters have you received? SOPHOS

16. Learn what you do if you get a hoax from Hoaxbusters

17. What can you do to defeat Spam? AC3

18. Why do you need a strong password?

19. About to download something? Stop! Stopbadware

20. Got a virus? Learn ways to rid viruses eHow, Inc.

21. Learn how words steal credit card BBC News

22. Learn the Eight Cyber Security Practices to Stay Safe Online

23. Do you know how to safely surf? Of course we don’t mean in the ocean but on the net! Take the online SafeKids quiz and see if you know the cyber sharks out to get you!

24. Do you know your ABC’s? How about the ABC’s of the Internet? Discover the important terms that you need to know about cyberspace from Kaboose Inc. 25. If you love Walt Disney, then you’ll love Surf Swell Island, the adventurous site all about playing it safe on the Internet.

26. How Safe are you? Take the NCSA quiz

27. Where do you fall in the digital divide? Take the eDivide, Inc. “eTape” quiz at the following site to find out! 28. There are many predators lurking online trying to exploit your children. Discover tips and learn the dangers by visiting the NCMEC website.
29.Help the “Netsmartz Agents” find where Derek went to go meet his new online friend. He is in serious danger and can use the help of a teenager. Click the following link and find the Netsmartz Agents game. 30. View the interactive FTC activities that provide practical tips to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protecting your personal information.

April 2007 Calendar created by Winter 2006 EDUC 698T course (Cyberethics, Cybersafety and Cybersecurity in the Classroom Setting) members Shona Holmes, Tracy Masterson, Pamela Shurkin & Brian White

Additional resources can be found at: ETO's C3 Cybersecurity Portal

 
 
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