SaTC: EDU: Digital Safety Immersion for Elementary School Students

随着越来越多的人接触到数字设备，儿童已经开始创建数字足迹和在线身份，这给他们的安全和隐私带来了相关风险。培养和促进健康的在线行为、冲突和身份认同的动态，对于在我们的学校和社区培养负责任的21世纪学习者是相关的。迫切需要围绕强调小学生数字安全的体验开发教育材料和研究。该项目的成果有可能极大地提高儿童的数字安全，而不会限制他们的学习机会。该项目还将为计算机和教育专业的本科生和研究生提供机会，让他们参与教材的设计以及评估和研究活动，从而获得经验。实施小学年级安全教育，将促进数字安全教材的现代化，帮助小学适应技术发展，培养负责任的21世纪学习者。该项目解决了小学层面对数字安全和隐私教育的需求。为了实现这一目标，该项目将为3-5年级的小学生设计一套全面的数字安全教育材料。主题将包括网络欺凌、数字安全和隐私、足迹以及在互联网上的正确沟通方式。这些材料将通过在北卡罗来纳州大夏洛特地区举办讲习班，培训40名小学在职和职前教师，分发给学生。为期一周的数字安全夏令营将惠及400名小学生，并将用于对教材进行彻底的评估和改进。该项目还将通过家长研讨会吸引家长参与，并将探索为未来的数字安全教育组建学生-家长-教师-研究人员联盟。此外，该项目建议采用培训员培训模式，以确保材料到达广泛的最终用户手中。因此，受过培训的在职教师将有能力培训其学校的其他教师和学生。这个项目得到了安全和值得信赖的网络空间(SATC)计划的支持，该计划为解决网络安全和隐私问题的提案提供资金，在这种情况下，特别是网络安全教育。SATC计划与联邦网络安全研究和发展战略计划和国家隐私研究战略保持一致，以保护和维护网络系统日益增长的社会和经济效益，同时确保安全和隐私。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

With increased access to digital devices, children have started to create digital footprints and online identities, with associated risks to their security and privacy. Fostering and facilitating the dynamics of healthy online behaviors, conflict and identity is relevant to producing responsible 21st-century learners in our schools and communities. There is a critical need to develop educational materials and research around experiences emphasizing digital safety for elementary school students. The outcome of this project has the potential to greatly improve digital safety for children without restricting their learning opportunities. This project will also provide undergraduate and graduate students in computing and education majors with the opportunity to gain experience by involving them in the design of the educational materials as well as the evaluation and research activities. The implementation of security education for elementary school grades will promote modernization of digital safety educational materials and help elementary schools adapt to technology development and prepare responsible 21st century learners.This project addresses the need for digital safety and privacy education at the elementary school level. To accomplish this goal the project will design a comprehensive suite of digital safety educational materials for elementary school students in Grades 3-5. Topics will include cyberbullying, digital security and privacy, footprint, and the correct way of communicating on the Internet. The materials will be disseminated to students by training 40 elementary school in-service and pre-service teachers through workshops in the greater Charlotte, North Carolina area. Week-long digital safety summer camps will reach 400 elementary school students and will be used to conduct thorough evaluation and improvement of the educational materials. The project will also engage parents through a Parent workshop and will explore the formation of a Student-Parent-Teacher-Researcher coalition for future digital safety education. In addition, the project proposes to apply a train-the-trainer model to ensure the materials reach a wide range of end users. Thus, trained in-service teachers will be equipped to train other teachers and students in their schools. This project is supported by the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program, which funds proposals that address cybersecurity and privacy, and in this case specifically cybersecurity education. The SaTC program aligns with the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan and the National Privacy Research Strategy to protect and preserve the growing social and economic benefits of cyber systems while ensuring security and privacy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.