Internet Safety and
Digital Citizenship

Internet Safety Month Proclamation

Photo of Governor Heineman holding the Internet Safety Proclamation with others, including Attorney General John Bruning

mini graphic of the Internest Safety ProclamationGovernor Heineman signed the proclamation designating April as Internet Safety Month! Pictured with him, from left to right, is:

  • Sandy Blankenship, ESU 6 Technology Professional Development
  • Nebraska Attorney General, John Bruning
  • Governor Dave Heineman
  • Graci Gillming, ESU 10 Technology Training Coordinator
  • Lois Hafer, ESU 9 Professional Development
  • Robert Hayes, ESU 11 Technology/Curriculum Consultant

 

Please feel free to download and print this PDF of the Proclamation to post or display in your school.

 

Internet Safety/Digital Citizenship Contest!

Once again, the Nebraska ESU's are partnering with the Nebraska Attorney General's Office to sponsor the Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship Poster and Public Service Announcement (PSA) Contest for students in K-12 Schools in Nebraska. Each school or district may submit one entry in each category from each grade grouping:  K-4, 5-8, and 9-12, for a total of three entries per school for each of the five categories. The five categories are:

  • Poster: High quality computer generated (pdf, tiff, jpg, or png)
  • Poster: Hand drawn
  • Audio PSA: Submit on labeled CD (mp3, aiff, or wav format)
  • Video PSA: Submit on labeled VHS, DVD, or CD (QT, WMV, or RM format)
  • Open: A submission which does not fit a poster or PSA category above - could be a brochure, video documentary, etc.

For more contest details and the entry form, download the following documents:

One entry in each grade grouping from each ESU will be selected and given ESU recognition. Winning posters and PSA’s, audio and video, will then be eligible for awards and/or use by the ESUs and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office. A winning entry in each category which reflects an Internet Safety theme will be selected and sent on to the Attorney General’s office for additional recognition. Entries must be submitted to ESU #8, Attention: Linda Miller by March 12th.

Visit Jon Bruning, Nebraska Attorney General's website at: http://www.ago.ne.gov/index.htm

Other sites of interest:

You and your faculty may wish to check out these websites featuring free curriculum materials:

NEA and many of its state affiliates have joined the IKEEPSAFE campaign, a public education effort designed to teach basic rules of Internet safety to children and parents, reaching them online and in school. Governors' spouses formed this coalition in partnership with other concerned organizations.

Visit the ikeepsafe.org Web site and click on your state for more information.

NOTE: Please contact Jim Dow if you wish to have specific websites blocked at your school.

 

 

The mission of Educational Service Unit #8 is to provide educational leadership and services that improve teaching and learning through quality partnerships. Located in Neligh, Nebraska, Educational Service Unit #8 is an intermediate agency providing supplementary services to K-12 school districts. This Unit serves Antelope, Boyd, Holt, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, and Wheeler counties.

Updated March 2010 by Linda Miller