Being Cybersmart

The Cybersmart curriculum unique to Manaiakalani is a wonderful resource for giving students some foundational knowledge about interacting online.  The Manaiakalani team developed the programme to ensure students learn how to act smart when interacting online. The programme is designed to gives students an understanding about their digital footprint empowering them to become digital citizens who can proactively and positively contribute online.

For teachers this is an excellent resource either as stand alone lessons or by using specific elements to ensure students are thinking about their online activities.  For example, the Smart Media resources helped me guide many students on the right way to reference images and websites they used for their assignments and the Cybersmart interactives were good lesson starters to get discussions rolling.


The categories are;

• Smart Learners - Digital Dig if you can’t use your device how can you learn
• Smart Footprint - Leave a smart digital footprint
• Smart Relationships - Positive, thoughtful, helpful
• Smart Media - Learning about validation, identifying fake news
• Smart Surfing - Knowing how to find information,
• Smart Legal - Understanding what you’re signing up to, understanding permissions and settings
• Smart Money - Understanding the financial implications of the digital world
• Smart Values - Replace the suggestions with the school’s values, 
• Smart Teachers - Are familiar with the Cybersmart curriculum and role models for students
• Smart Parents - Understand the purpose of digital technologies to support learning and how to connect with their child’s learning online

Here's a link to the Manaiakalani Cybersmart site