Featured: Info for Educators

Every day, kids and adults learn about online safety in their homes, schools, and communities. If you’re responsible for teaching others to be safe and secure online, we encourage you to use and share the resources on OnGuardOnline.gov.

Whether you need a game for a middle school classroom activity, a video to share with parents in your community, or an article to use in your workplace newsletter, you can find it here.

Elementary & Middle School Teachers

Net Cetera Tool Kit

Net Cetera Toolkit

The toolkit provides practical information about helping kids make safe, responsible decisions when they're online. It includes tips for parents and kids, videos, presentations, and other resources to help you teach online safety in your community.

Living Life Online

Living Life Online (PDF)

Through these short articles, activities and quizzes, kids (ages 8-14) can sharpen their critical thinking skills, be safer online and on-the-go, and better understand the ads they see around them.

Admongo.gov

Admongo.gov

Challenge your students to enter the fun, fast-paced world of Admongo for an adventure in advertising.

YouAreHere

In our virtual mall, kids learn to be smarter consumers. The can play games, design their own ads, watch a short film, chat with customers and store owners, and much more.

High School Teachers

Invasion of the Wireless Hackers

Invasion of the Wireless Hackers

Hackers hunting for vulnerable wireless networks are closing in. Stop the hack attack with correct answers to these wireless security questions

P2P Threeplay

P2P Threeplay

Dare you take on the Great and Powerful P2P Master? A game of tic-tac-toe awaits anyone willing to test their peer-to-peer file-sharing smarts.

Cyberbullying

Tips for parents and teachers about how to prevent or stop cyberbullying

Community Educators

Computer Security

Tips to help you secure your computer and protect yourself from hackers, scammers, and identity thieves

Tips for Using Public Wi-Fi Networks

Tips for protecting your personal information when using public Wi-Fi hotspots

Comparing Products Online

Tips to help you avoid spending more than you have to – or responding to a bogus offer posted by a scammer

IT Professionals

Computer Security

Tips to help you secure your computer and protect yourself from hackers, scammers, and identity thieves

P2P File-Sharing Risks

Computer security risks to consider before sharing files through a P2P network

Tips for Using Public Wi-Fi Networks

Tips for protecting your personal information when using public Wi-Fi hotspots

Malware

Tips for avoiding, detecting, and getting rid of viruses and spyware.