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A: Improve cyber safety, security and ethics education for K-12th grade students, and to provide training in these topics for teachers, parents, employers and other members of the community.
A: We live in an age where kids learn technology far sooner than they learn right from wrong. Adults must learn more about technology, security, and safety, to guide our youth towards not only creative but also responsible uses of digital technology.
A: The Cyber Safety and Ethics Initiative is a unique partnership involving many local school districts, business leaders, and higher education. The partnership was formed in the spring of 2006 and has gained steadily gained strength within the local community with each passing month.
A: The initiative has conducted the largest known survey of K-12 age students on their attitudes, knowledge, and practices in cyberspace. The survey included participation from over 20 school districts and more than 45,000 school age children, teachers, and parents.
A: There were many learning’s from the study, but perhaps the most interesting was that young people are not only victims of certain cyber behaviors such as cyber bullying, harassment and the like, but they also are the most likely perpetrators of these same behaviors. For more on our research, go to our research page.
