Internet Safety with Professor Garfield

http://www.infinitelearninglab.org/

Internet Safety with Professor Garfield is an easy to navigate site (especially when you follow the quick start guide) with printable lessons (available under teacher's materials) on online safety, cyberbullying, fact or opinion and forms of media.  Each lesson includes a watch (video), try (game) and apply (quiz) section.   There is also a great printable parent letter that can be sent home with tips and links that parents can use at home.

Tips for integrating Internet Safety with Professor Garfield into your classroom:  Professor Garfield provides a great option to begin teaching students about Internet Safety and would be a great addition to an internet safety week.  The videos are engaging and fun, I mean who doesn't love Garfield.  Students in Grade 3 - 5 could easily navigate the site and activities online, making this a great independent or small group activity in a lab setting.  For the younger students, watch the videos on a projector and during the try and apply sections discuss and choose the answers together.  An Internet safety certificate can be printed at the end of the unit along with posters for your classroom to remind students how to stay safe online.