Overview

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At a glance

CyberSmart! fosters 21st century skills to increase student engagement and prepare students to achieve in today's digital society.

CyberSmart! Online Workshops, facilitated professional development, give educators a hands-on experience in 21st century skills—the new basic skills—to meet the learning needs of today’s students. Educators engage in the same kinds of learning they are expected to facilitate in the classroom.

Two free resources support daily teaching. The free CyberSmart! Student Curriculum empowers students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively. Vetted and evaluated by state educational technology groups nationwide, it is used in all 50 states and around the world. The free CyberSmart! Educator Toolbar puts 21st century skills into practice every day, with just-in-time 24/7 access to annotated essential resources to support student learning.

Our mission

CyberSmart! addresses Internet safety and security issues within the broader objective of helping educators and students acquire 21st century skills. In this way we are very different—and substantially more effective—than organizations that only promote messages alerting educators, students, and parents to the dangers of the Internet. While we do directly address all safety and security issues, we do so within the larger purpose of paving the way for the education sector constituents to harness the Internet's potential to foster creative inquiry, collaboration, and critical thinking—the skills students today need to be successful learners and workers in our digital world.