The document provides guidance for teachers on creating a cyber savvy classroom. It outlines three key steps: 1) explicitly teaching students skills and strategies for staying safe online, such as what to do if they experience cyberbullying or see inappropriate content; 2) developing an acceptable use agreement with students and parents; and 3) modeling appropriate online behaviors and allowing students opportunities to practice safe and responsible technology use.

1. How to create a
Cyber Savvy Classroom
Explicit teaching of strategies Steps to follow Experiences
Students need to be explicitly taught Students need to be taught what to do if something As teachers we need to allow our students to have
the skills and knowledge required to goes wrong online. If they are being cyber bullied, see access to the online world in order to allow them to
act safely and responsibly in the inappropriate content, are contacted online by gain skills needed for the 21st century and to help
online world. The DEECD’s Cyber someone who makes them feel uncomfortable or them develop cyber safe behaviours in a
Teach Toolkit can assist teachers in accidently reveal personal information, they need to supportive, monitored environment. We need to
helping students to develop an know who to tell and the steps they need to take. ensure that social media is used predominately for
understanding of the behaviours and Various scenarios should be discussed as a class and educational purposes and that where possible
processes which will help them to role plays could be used to give students practise in technologies that have been created for
remain safe when using digital carrying out the steps. educational purposes are used.
technologies.
Posters
Cyber Buddies Cyber safety posters should be displayed around
Students should be taught to look out the room as a constant reminder of the rules and
procedures when going online.
for their peers online just like they do
in the classroom or playground. If they
witness a peer being bullied online or
displaying unsafe behaviours such as Modelling
revealing personal information or It is important for you as a teacher to allow your
students to see you interacting appropriately with
accessing or sharing inappropriate
digital technologies. Share your thinking with
content, they should tell an adult who Develop an Acceptable Use Agreement
students as you make cyber safe decisions. As a class
will be able to help them deal with the In consultation with parents and students, develop an
Skype other classes or schools, send emails, use class
issue and remain safe. agreement on what is acceptable behaviour when
blogs etc. to practice behaving safely and
using digital technologies and consequences for when
appropriately in the online world.
inappropriate behaviour is displayed online.