Internet+Awareness+-+Part+1

=Internet Awareness - Part 1= Much like the wild west 150 years ago, the internet is a big and wild frontier. There are valuable resources intermixed with dangers. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Explore the following resources that will give you valuable information for keeping students safe while online. **Resources**


 * Netsmartz Kids
 * Netsmartz Workshop
 * Media Awareness Network
 * NetSafe Utah
 * Safe Kids
 * Internet Safety Resources from Simple K-12

For this assignment you are going to plan a hypothetical "Community Awareness Night" at your school to educate students, parents, and community members on the safe, wise, and responsible use of the Internet. Your planning will include:
 * 1) A flyer advertising the activity and a brochure to be used as a handout at the activity, both created in Microsoft Word 2007/2010 (or Microsoft Publisher).
 * 2) A page in your Wiki that supports the Community Awareness Night, including
 * 3) Useful links for parents
 * 4) Interactive games and activities for students that teach Internet Awareness
 * 5) At least 2 embedded videos on Internet Awareness
 * 6) PDF versions of your flyer and brochure

The following should be on the Brochure:

 * Design should be creative using images, font style, color, class logo, website and teacher information, etc...
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Useful information for parents to be able to use and learn from. For example information about cyber police how to contact them and how they can help, information on what to do if a child is hurt or abused due to the Internet, the critical evaluation tool you developed and how parents may use it, information covering social networking, etc...
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A key note speaker, information covering who the key note speaker is.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The brochure should be 3 columns back and front. When you open Publisher to create the brochure, you will have the option to select either 3 or 4 columns you want to select the 3 column.

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Flyer **
The flyer will be used by students to take home to their parents.
 * Design should be creative using images, font style, color, website and teacher information, etc...
 * Time, date, place, event information.
 * Key note speaker information. This person may be a cyber police, teacher, principal, Internet specialist, etc...
 * School information such as class logo, name of school, teachers' names, etc...

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Creating PDF's
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010, you can save your Publisher document as a PDF directly from the "Save as" option. Convert a .pub document to a PDF document using one of the following online file converters:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Zamzar.com
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">PDF Online

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Examples

Internet Safety Brochure.pdf

Internet Safety Flyer.pdf

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Submit the Flyer and brochure in Canvas and also link to your Wikispace in a new page named "Community Awareness Night".