The collection of resources below will provide a range of quality learning experiences for your students. Explore, evaluate and develop your implementation plan.
Interactive learning resources for Primary Students
Very good Australian interactive learning resources for primary and secondary students
Think U Know Cyber Cafe is a virtual environment where students can practice their online safety smarts. In the cafe, students will help virtual kids make good choices when using email, texting, instant messaging, web browsing, creating an online personal space, and chatting in a chat room. Students are guided through a variety of scenarios where they must help the virtual kids make the right decisions about using the Internet.
This site is very comprehensive for 11 to 16 year olds however this link takes you directly to the game section where students can learn about cybersafety through games
Safety Land is an interactive city that teaches Internet safety. Students help the Safety Land super hero catch a bad Internet character.
A great revision game.
Privacy Playground: The First Adventure of the Three CyberPigs
In this game, designed for ages 8-10, the CyberPigs play on their favourite Web site and encounter marketing ploys, spam and a close encounter with a not-too-friendly wolf.
Netsmartz Kids teaches students about internet safety through fun songs, characters and interactive games. The site does not link to any outside sites. It is safe and easy to use.
Very American but suitable for Primary Students
Webonauts Internet Academy is a web original game for PBS KIDS GO! that gives kids 8- to 10-year-old an opportunity to have some fun while exploring what it means to be a citizen in a web-infused‚ information-rich world. It is an engaging experience on its own but becomes all the more powerful when parents and teachers use game play as a springboard for conversations about media literacy and citizenship in the 21st Century.
By working your way through this web site and taking part in the exciting challenges and activities, you will learn all about the Internet. Good luck!
Best for lower primary
Professor Garfield’s Internet Safety and You is an online series of interactive, animated lessons. Comprised of a narrative tutorial (WATCH), guided practice (TRY), and an interactive challenge (APPLY), each lesson delivers a supportive and scaffolded learning environment for students. Using the site is as easy as ABC!
A series of units for K-5 students and teachers around digital citizenship.
Interactive learning resources for Secondary Students
Very good Australian interactive learning resources for primary and secondary students
Probably the best Australian cybersafety resource for secondary students.
ACMA secondary cybersafety resources. A must view/do.
Connect.ed is an innovative, self-paced cybersafety education program offered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) as part of Cybersmart
The Teacher resources aim to support cybersafety education. All resources are supported by detailed lesson plans and individual online and DVD resources using video, animation and interactive content. All are free of charge. Most Cybersmart lesson plans are available under Creative Commons licences which enable teachers to change, translate and share new creations with other teachers and students.
