Online resources suitable for P-1
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Digital Citizenship: Early Stage/Stage 1 Click Learning Activities to find your level.
Presented by the DigitalEducationRevolution: NSW, this site provides games, learning activities, videos and information for teachers.
Cybersmart: young kids
Cybersmart: young kids has activities, animations, a quiz and facts about being cybersmart and cybersafe online for pre-school and early primary students. There are fun things to do and simple messages about cybersafety.
Hector’s World
This is a series of animated videos with messages about keeping your personal information safe, cyberbullying, and computer security.
ThinkUKnow: 5- to 7-year-olds
This site provides information and advice about cybersafety, plus links to video clips of Hector’s World and Lee and Kim’s Adventures.
Common Sense Media – Digital Literacy Grades K-12
Use the Scope & Sequence tool to find the lessons that are right for your classroom. These cross-curriculular units spiral to address digital literacy and citizenship topics in an age-appropriate way. Browse by grade band or click a category to highlight the lessons that address that topic. Teachers need to register to download free materials. Registration is free.
Online resources suitable for Year 2-4
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Digital Citizenship: Stage 2. Click Learning Activities to find your level.
Presented by the DigitalEducationRevolution: NSW, this site provides games, learning activities, videos and information for teachers.
Stay smart online: Budd:e Primary
To have a good time on the web, you need to keep yourself safe and make things cybersecure – your computer, phone and other devices that you connect to the internet. Find out about cybersecurity and how to build your own cybersecurity budd:e.
Cybersmart: kids
Cybersmart: kids has activities, animations and a quiz, as well as facts about being cybersmart and cybersafe online for primary and young secondary students. Find the ‘Easy guide to socialising online’ at Get the facts>Social networking and online friends.
Hector’s World
This is a series of animated videos with messages about keeping your personal information safe, cyberbullying, and computer security.
Bully stoppers
The Bully stoppers website gives you all sorts of information about bullying situations. Select ‘Interactive learning module’ from the left panel and choose the learning programme for your age group. You can also download the app from iTunes.
ThinkUKnow: 8- to 10-year-olds
This site gives you information and advice about cybersafety, including a cyber café where you can help characters stay safe using new technology.
Common Sense Media – Digital Literacy Grades 3-5
Use the Scope & Sequence tool to find the lessons that are right for your classroom. These cross-curriculular units spiral to address digital literacy and citizenship topics in an age-appropriate way. Browse by grade band or click a category to highlight the lessons that address that topic. Teachers need to register to download free materials. Registration is free.
Online resources suitable for Years 5-8
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Digital Citizenship: Stage 3. Click Learning Activities to find your level.
Presented by the DigitalEducationRevolution: NSW, this site provides games, learning activities, videos and information for teachers.
Stay smart online: Budd:e Primary
To have a good time on the web, you need to keep yourself safe and make things cybersecure – your computer, phone and other devices that you connect to the internet. Find out about cybersecurity and how to build your own cybersecurity budd:e.
Cybersmart: kids
Cybersmart: kids has activities, animations and a quiz, plus facts about being cybersmart and cybersafe online for primary and secondary students. Find the ‘Easy guide to socialising online’ at Get the facts>Social networking and online friends.
Easy guide to socialising online
The Australian Government’s ‘Easy guide to socialising online’ provides information on how internet users can protect themselves and their information when using social networking sites, search engines and online games.
ThinkUKnow: 11- to 16-year-olds
This site provides information, videos and games about cybersafety.
Common Sense Media – Digital Literacy Grades 6-8
Use the Scope & Sequence tool to find the lessons that are right for your classroom. These cross-curriculular units spiral to address digital literacy and citizenship topics in an age-appropriate way. Browse by grade band or click a category to highlight the lessons that address that topic. Teachers need to register to download free materials. Registration is free.
Cybersafety Websites and Initiatives
The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s Cybersmart Program is a national cybersafety and cybersecurity education program designed to encourage participation in the digital economy by providing information and education which empowers children to be safe online.
Take-a-Stand
This site provides information, advice and helpful ideas about bullying.
Skooville
Skooville is a a mediated social networking site where children aged 6-14 years old can experience first-hand how to keep themselves safe online. It gives young children a guided experience, the confidence, the skills and the knowledge to better protect themselves online.
Schools register students @ $5/child.
Think U Know
ThinkUKnow is an Internet safety program delivering interactive training to parents, carers and teachers through schools and organisations across Australia. Free membership is required to access the resources, including fact sheets, promotional posters and videos.
ThinkUKnow Australia is a partnership between the Australian Federal Police (AFP),Microsoft Australia and Datacom, and is proudly supported by ninemsn, Northern Territory Police, Queensland Police, South Australia Police, Western Australia Police and Neighbourhood Watch Australasia.
Common Sense Media Digital Literacy and Citizenship Classroom Curriculum
FREE materials are designed to empower students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world. Teachers need to register to download free materials. Registration is free.