Education Campaigns
and Related Links
Cyberethics for Kids
U.S. Department of Justice offers teachers a lesson plan outline and exercises for K-8.)
Cybercitizenship.org
The Cybercitizen Partnership Awareness Campaign offers approaches for teaching children about cyberethics, cybercrime information, and links to adult and youth resources.
CyberPilot's License
The CyberPilot's License is dedicated to the study of web ethics and the development of healthy online learning environments. Students, teachers, parents and policymakers are welcome to join our discussion forums, examine online resources, and help create an archive of educational materials.
CyberSpacers
This site provides activities for kids: the CyberSpacers' oath; join the Super Cyber Team; and learn cybercrime through online quizzes, comics, games and contests.)
FA©E
Friends of Active Copyright Education (FA©E), is a new initiative of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. The principal goal of FA©E is to provide a broad range of resources to foster and support copyright education. To further that goal, a FA©E subcommittee developed the copyrightkids.org web site to teach school-age children the basics of copyright law.
MENC/ASCAP Foundation
MENC: The National Association for Music Education with support from the ASCAP Foundation has developed a school curriculum that teaches students at all levels about the creative community and copyright. The program is offered not only by grade level but also by Teacher’s class subject specialty, i.e. History, Government Affairs, English, etc.
Netmonkey
Convicted copyright pirate Mike Nguyen has created a site to educate young people about the risks of on-line piracy. This site contains a downloadable copy of "Net Monkey Weekly" an entertaining and informative newsletter directed at children, which addresses the ills of piracy.
Pro Music
Pro Music is an international website that supports legitimate online services and provides information about copyright laws as well as artists speaking out about piracy.
Parade Classroom
Parade Classroom, a website for professional educators, offers a Teacher’s Guide titled “The Music Swapping Crackdown”. The Guide encourages students to research the issue and decide what’s right & wrong.
Play It Cybersafe
This Web site provides children, parents and teachers the opportunity to prevent cyber crime through knowledge of the law, knowledge of their rights and the ability to avoid misuse on the Internet. The Business Software Alliance and the Hamilton Fish Institute at the George Washington University created this site. It is a Cyber-Crime and Intellectual Property Theft Prevention and Education Project funded by the United States Department of Justice to educate the public on cyber-crime and intellectual property theft.)
What’s The Diff? A Guide to Digital Citizenship
The MPAA has partnered with Junior Achievement in creating an educational program called What's the Diff? A Guide to Digital Citizenship. The program includes classroom activities, a parent newsletter and tips to educate children about illegal piracy.
See also: respectcopyrights.org
What's The Download?
“What’s the Download”, a comprehensive public education campaign created by The Recording Academy, strives to empower consumers to make informed, ethical and legal decisions when getting their music through digital technology while understanding the part they play in the future of music.
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