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2nd Annual "Kids Safe Online"
NATIONAL WEBCAST

Cyber Citizens of the World Wide Web Interactive Play

October 4, 2006

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The 2nd Annual “Kids Safe Online” National Webcast was held on October 4, 2006 which featured a Play entitled “Cyber Citizens of the World Wide Web,” geared for 4th and 5th graders.  Over 10,000 students, parents, educators and adults representing 40 states and 4 countries viewed the webcast.  The play was held in recognition of October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month and featured interactive skits to help children learn more about cyber security and how to be safe when using computers and the Internet.

The play used content from i-SAFE - http://www.isafe.org/ , an organization dedicated to teaching secure, responsible and effective Internet and computer use, and acted out with members of the Plays for Living organization, a nonprofit organization that utilizes live theater dramas to depict the real-life challenges.

 

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Play Synopsis

Four characters, LadyPink, DRock, A1i, and MissInformation, are newly inaugurated citizens in cyberspace. Watch them define what it means to be a citizen and be part of a community.  Travel with them as they visit websites, and learn as they go along.  Cyberspace is just like any place in our real world.  Our friends will get lost, or be in danger, or talk to someone who they shouldn’t be talking to in cyberspace, watch them help each other get out of these potentially bad situations. They’ll figure out how important parents are, where the magic X is, and that appropriate = safe.

Cyberspace is like any place, and sometimes in school, we have to deal with bullies.  That means there are bullies in cyberspace too.  We watch our travelers protect each other, and reveal some of their honest experiences in dealing with bullies, and some solutions to the problem, like getting help from teachers and parents. Our four heroes and sheroes learn netiquette, which includes the polite way to write emails, and Instant Messages. FYI!

Just like we need to maintain a healthy environment in our real world, we need to keep our computers healthy, so we can visit cyberspace whenever we want.  Viruses make people sick.  There are other kinds of viruses that make computers sick. Malware are programs that tell computers to do things like crash, and delete or mess up files. Our characters learn how to protect their computers from getting sick, like not opening email from people you don’t know and not downloading attachments.

LadyPink, DRock, A1i, and MissInformation use their voices to tell their stories, and their bodies to make it come alive! They’re fun, smart, and kind! That’s what makes them upstanding citizens of cyberspace!