Cybersmart Outreach
Book school presentations and workshops
To inform and assist teachers, children and parents about online safety, the ACMA offers Cybersmart Outreach—a program of cybersafety professional development and presentations in metropolitan and regional centres throughout Australia. These free presentations and workshops provide valuable information about the risks confronting children online and offer appropriate tools and strategies to help make their experiences safe and positive.The training team, consisting of educational specialists, service schools from all sectors nationally.
Currently available:
Professional Development for Educators
In consultation with key stakeholders and education bodies, the ACMA has developed a free and accredited Cybersafety Outreach—Professional Development for Educators (PD) program. This workshop provides teachers (including casual relief teachers) with a comprehensive understanding of a modern student's technology profile, digital literacy, positive online behaviour, personal and peer safety and the school's and teachers' legal obligations to minimise and address risks.
The PD is available as a full one-day workshop. It is offered as either an on-site workshop, held at a school, or an off-site workshop held at a central venue.
Teachers who attend the ACMA's accredited workshops will be:
- better equipped with the tools and confidence to engage students on cybersafety issues
- able to incorporate strategies into the curriculum to keep students safe at all year levels
- aware of the capabilities required to develop good digital citizens
- better able to identify and prevent cyberbullying
- better able to use the ACMA's teaching resources—case studies, policies, lesson plans and more.
Teachers who attend can register for ongoing updates on key issues through a cybersafety newsletter. This newsletter will feature additional information, tips, hints, strategies and updates on available resources.
Register for a Professional Development Workshop
View Professional Development Workshop dates
Internet Safety Awareness Presentations
As part of its Cybersmart Outreach program, the ACMA offers free general internet safety awareness presentations for parents, students and teachers (including casual relief teachers). Each presentation is approximately 60 minutes excluding question time.
These presentations are easy to understand, thorough, non-technical and informative. They cover a range of issues including:
- the ways children use the internet and emerging technologies
- potential risks faced by children when online such as cyberbullying, identity theft, inappropriate contact and exposure to inappropriate content
- tips and strategies to help children stay safe online
Register for an Internet Safety Awareness Presentation
Connect.ed - Online Learning Course
Connect.ed is an innovative, self-paced online Cybersmart education program that offers teachers the knowledge, confidence and resources to help students stay safe online.
Connect.ed is designed for all primary and secondary school teachers throughout Australia, including casual relief teachers and support staff. Learning activities include issue-based simulations that replicate a student’s experience in social networking sites; video interviews with experts in the field including Professor Donna Cross and attitudinal surveys and interactive case studies that prompt teacher self-reflection.
Enrol in Connect.ed
View a video presentation on Cybersmart Connect.ed
Pre-Service Teacher Program
To further promote the importance of cybersafety in schools, the ACMA has developed a cybersafety program for pre-service teachers at university. The program, consisting of a 60 minute resource lecture and 90 minute tutorial, was successfully piloted at Australian Catholic University in Sydney and officially launched at Deakin University in Melbourne on 10 June 2010. It is now available free to all universities throughout Australia.
This interactive and cutting edge program is aimed at equipping pre-service teachers with skills, knowledge and confidence to educate their future students about cybersafety. Topics covered include cyberbullying, sexting, safe social networking, identity protection and digital citizenship.
Register for the Pre-Service Teacher Program
View a video presentation on the cybersafety program for pre-service teachers (SWF 20.6MB)