Projects Started:

• Safe student email
• Alignment of technology standards (which include safety issues) to ISTE/MEMO (International Society for Technology in Education AND Minnesota Educational Media Organization) standards
• Offering safe alternatives to public blogging and wikis staff can use in the classroom

Proposed Activities:

• Curricular units integrated at the elementary, middle, and high school levels
• Collaboration between the Technology Department and content areas to involve students with getting out the "how to be safe" message

Projects Started:

• Staff development inservices focusing on cyberbullying, chat rooms, and social communities
• Individual buildings focusing on cyberbullying

Proposed Activities:

• Brown Bag Desktop Staff Development
• "Just in Time" resources accessible on the Internet
• Continued staff development inservices focusing on additional Internet safety topics

Projects Started:

• WDIO interview on social communities such as Facebook and MySpace
• Community meeting in collaboration with the district-wide PTSA focusing on Internet safety with a presentation by the Superior Police Department

Proposed Activities:

• Community meeting in collaboration with the district-wide PTSA focusing on how the school districts works to keep students safe while using technology at school