Data Privacy & Security Service
Issue 13
DIGITAL CITZENSHIP
Garfield Teaches Digital Citizenship? (continued)
It is this kind of information that led the Center to reach out to Jim Davis and enlist the support of Garfield. Together, they have created a series of cartoons, activity books, posters, stickers, trading cards and more to help teach young children safety basics such as not sharing your password, not posting private information and being kind online. Mr. Davis even made a video to help explain the program, which is now available to schools, libraries, media centers, churches, scouts and parents. You can watch the fun, short video at https://youtu.be/vJ8e- 8VDuUq4. To make it even easier for schools to use, they have developed an Educators’
Kit that has all the materials needed for a class or group of 30 students - all in one box with instructions and guides included. A single lesson only takes about 20-30 minutes to complete and produces prov- en results. This past school year, the Center followed 500 students who were using the program and found that their cyber safety knowledge in- creased on average 28 per- cent! With some topics, only 30 percent of the students an- swered the pre-lesson ques- tion correctly, but 90 percent got it right afterwards. The Center has free materi- als to help you jumpstart the conversation, but does offer
the Educator Kits or Digital subscription at cost (they are a nonprofit and just trying to re- coup their expenses). You can learn more about all programs at https://iamcybersafe.org/ school-program/. And make sure you check out the materi- als they have for your parents at https://safeandsecureonline. org/parents-guardians/. There is even a PowerPoint presen- tation that can be used at PTA or upcoming parent meetings. Both Garfield (who turned 40 years old in June) and his Cy- ber Safety Adventures lessons are kid-tested and teacher ap- proved. Make sure you check them out at www.IAmCyber- Safe.org.
COMPTROLLER’S CORNER
NY State Comptroller DiNapoli: Social Media Firms Must Demonstrate They Can Protect Users
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli called on Facebook, Twitter & Alphabet (Google’s Parent Company) to explain how they plan to protect users from fake news, harassment and abuse on their social media platforms. DiNapoli stated his con- cern that these companies are at risk of lawsuits, financial losses and reputational damage if they do not work quickly to address these issues.
Read more from the Comptroller here: NY State Comptroller Calls on Face- book, Twitter and Alphabet (Google) to Enforce Terms of Service, Block Fake News and Harassment CNY Central: NY Comptroller: Social Media must curb harassment, fake news
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