Safe TECH
Program Overview
SafeTech supports efforts to improve student learning by assisting districts and schools in creating and promoting emotionally and physically safe schools for students. SafeTech helps districts and schools address the federal CIPA mandate to educate students about Internet/digital safety and cyberbullying prevention. Achieving this goal is vital considering that for every hour a K-12 student is in school, they spend on average two hours interacting with digital media.
SafeTech is a cost-effective way to meet the need for a complete Internet safety and digital literacy program. SafeTech is designed and developed based on years of proven programs. It is needed to meet the federal mandate for child safety (CIPA), challenge the ubiquity of the Internet and digital media in children’s lives, and address the needs of schools for up-to-date, engaging curriculum in this area.
Innovative Approach
There are many existing resources that schools can use to meet the goal of ensuring K-12 students are safe while in school or digital/Internet environments. So what makes SafeTech so different and more effective?
- Students learn by doing and not by listening to adults or reading information. Many other Internet safety programs are simple presentations to students which are proven not to be effective.
- Schools must address the CIPA mandate. SafeTech is an effective, engaging way to do this.
- Producing digital/Internet PSAs fosters creativity and 21st Century Skills.
- Students relate to and learn more from resources created by their peers. They live in the cyberspace more than adults.
- Students take responsibility for their digital/Internet safety.
- A continual flow of student-created projects solves the problem of the continual changing world of technology and its effect on child safety.
The SafeTech bundle
Online Collaborative Tools
SafeTech utilizes the TechYES platform but includes additional tools and resources that emphasize digital and Internet safety. The SafeTech online tools are fully hosted on our secure server, accessible through any browser, and require no downloads or special hardware or software.
- Features:
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- Teacher and student dashboards
- Class management and collaboration tools for SafeTech teacher
- Access to all curriculum, resources, tools, and account settings
- Student home page shows projects and help requests
- Online access to student resources
- Unlimited student logins and groups
- Admin logins available for districts and service centers
- In depth report system on student progress
- Student Tech Leaders provide necessary onsite support
Safety Curriculum
The SafeTech environment has an internal collaboration system where teachers and students can safely communicate within their school and to other SafeTech schools. This system includes Internet Safety Curriculum which has been tested and thoroughly evaluated over the years. Units include:
- Cyber Safety and Digital Citizenship
- Online Tools
- Digital Media
- Cyberbullying Prevention
- Media Influence
Technology, Internet content, social networks, and societal concerns continually change. Students will always need to learn how to deal with these changes in positive and safe ways.
Purchase Options
Due to variations in school size and the customizable options we offer, give us a call (toll-free) at (888) 941-4369 to find out what the price for your school will be. To purchase student accounts on our system and utilize our curriculum, you will have to fill out an order form.
Sole Source Letter: This is a generic sole source letter. If you need a customized letter, please call and we would be happy to help you.
Shipping Policy: We will ship print materials (if any) and enable your Generation YES online account on receipt of a P.O., a P.O. number from a school institution, or check. Please use the order form to indicate your payment method.
Preview the program
SafeTECH Facts
Connect Projects to standards:
- Common Core Math & ELA
- ISTE NETS Standards
- Teacher-specified
Customized Features:
- Curriculum Unit addressing Digital/Internet Safety
- Project Showcase searchable by many safety topics
- Updated links to Digital Safety resrouces
- Student SafeTech project ePortfolio
