Digital Resources
Digital resources are always changing and being updated. Look through the resources found on this page and come back and visit them often as digital nuances come up new resources are added or come available throughout the year.
The Nebraska Department of Education School Safety & Security Team will be adding additional digital presentations for any instructor to learn and present themselves. The Digital Parent Academy is already available on our YouTube Channel in a four-part series. If you are seeking a digital presentation, you say presented by the School Safety Team, just email a Team member to see if you can get a copy of the presentation to share with your school community. Also, many of the resources found on this page are items school personnel can use to develop digital guidance to support your school community in building a better digital culture and climate.
The NDE School Safety & Security Bullying and Cyberbullying pages have lots of resources, links, and videos for teachers, school districts, parents and students.
Webinar with Four Corners Health Department
Social Media Influences: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
Recommended Digital Reads
Dr. Haidt's Overview Discussion on His Book
Variety of Digital Resources
DFi has digital citizenship lessons for today’s kids. Teaching digital citizenship to kids and teens, and helping them use the power of tech, devices & social media in a positive way. There are two lessons for upper elementary, four for seventh graders, four for eighth graders, and two more for high school students. You learn the curriculum, download it and teach it. It is just that easy!
There are parent resources to set your child up for success. There are also resource pages for School Resource Officers and Teachers to utilize.
There are other lessons available on substance use awareness, relationships, distracted driving and friendly faces fake us out is our version of stranger danger. Take a look at all the lessons available for anyone to use for free.
Children and Screens address today’s most compelling questions about media’s impact on child development through interdisciplinary dialogue, objectives, scientific research, and information sharing. There are several Topics, Ages and Stages (all ages), Formats (to getting answers).
Topics included:
Common Sense where most technology wasn’t built with kids in mind. We’re on a mission to change that. There are a variety of resources available including curriculum, lessons, toolkits, student games, tips, professional development, and family resources too. Parents resources include movie, tv and book reviews, Apps & games reviews, podcasts and parent guides.
Be Internet Awesome by Google educates students and children to make the most of the Internet while staying safe. They share a variety of free resources for parents/families as well as critical information regarding digital citizenship. It is also an interactive tool that helps student’s complete activities to practice being safe on the Internet. It is a great resource for families, educators, and students. Including slides for presentations in the classroom!
CyberCivics Included curriculum, The book, Teachers/Parents Resources, Blogs, and a Store. Teach your student how to become ethical, safe, and productive digital citizens with our comprehensive digital literacy curriculum for grades 4-8.
Dynamic, teacher-led lessons are standards-aligned and CIPA compliant. Designed in the classroom by actual teachers. Loved by homeschoolers too.
SmartSocial helps parents understand tech & social media to keep kids safe & successful! There are hundreds of resources available – blogs, teen slang being used and their #hashtags, popular teen Apps, video games, and parental controls available, as well as a human trafficking guide. There are other programs for parents and students.
They have a variety of videos available on YouTube as well…check them out by typing in SmartSocial.
Conversations that click. The Smart Talk is a free tool that helps families set digital ground rules together.
The Smart Talk helps children and families feel safer and more empowered in their digital lives. National PTA and Norton co-created The Smart Talk in 2015 and completed a major expansion and redesign in 2022.
ReThink an App to combat cyberbullying developed by a student features free resources. One such resource is an application that students can put on their phones or tablets to help them think twice before engaging in bullying behavior before hitting the send button. From a psychological point of view, it helps with impulse control, allowing students to engage in de-escalation activities before engaging in cyberbullying. It is a free resource for students and schools.
Center for Safe Schools offers a comprehensive Bullying & Cyberbullying Prevention Toolkits to help educators, parents, and students better understand and prevent bullying behaviors. The toolkit includes valuable resources such as strategies for intervention, training materials, and actionable steps to foster a culture of respect and inclusion in schools.
KnowBe4 will strengthen your security culture. You can get a personalized demo on the human risk management platform in action. It contains a variety of security awareness tools and trainings. Cloud, AI, Security and phishing trainings and tools along with many other resources to protect end users.