Resources for Families and Students
Privacy Pirates
This tutorial introduces children to the concept of online privacy and teaches them to distinguish between information that is appropriate to give out and information better kept private – and to recognize how this may change in different contexts.
Privacy Playground
In this game, the CyberPigs play on their favorite website and encounter marketing ploys, spam and a close encounter with a not-too-friendly wolf. The purpose of the game is to teach kids how to spot online marketing strategies, protect their personal information and avoid online predators.
**Also check out the CyberSense and Nonsense: The Second Adventure of the CyberPigs.
Webonauts Internet Academy
This engaging game-based tutorial deals with issues of good digital citizenship such as identity‚ privacy‚ credibility and web safety.
Share Jumper
This challenging game has students answer questions about digital citizenship by choosing one of two possible scenarios for each question.
Internet Safety Games
On this website, kids can choose from a variety of games related to Internet safety and digital citizenship.
Learn the Ropes on Digital Citizenship
Kids can explore various websites to demonstrate and practice digital citizenship.
The Case of the Cyber Criminal
An interactive game about protecting yourself online.
ThinkUKnow Cyber Cafe
This website offers a variety of games and activities related to digital citizenship and emails, chat rooms, web browsing, SMS/text messaging, and personal online space.
Search Shark
This interactive reviews how to conduct an effective search online. Students have to choose the best key words to use for a search on provided topics.
Passport to the Internet
Students learn the critical thinking skills they need to apply to their online experiences, including online safety, authenticating online information, recognizing online marketing ploys, protecting their privacy, managing online relationships and dealing with cyberbullying.
Top Secret
Students learn about the benefits and drawbacks of sharing information online. Students give their opinion about what the characters in the story should do about their privacy dilemmas, from posting photos to buying music online, and they receive feedback on their responses as the story unfolds.