Many teachers (or Principals more often than not) are anxious about the dangers of YouTube. What if little Johnny watches a naughty video or little Sally stumbles across some foul language?? Ban YouTube!
My previous school banned Youtube (on the Principals orders) and I'm sure its happening elsewhere.
Check out the following resource developed by Youtube that is a series of lessons aimed at educating students to use YouTube responsibly. It is aimed at ages 13-17. As the lessons are Google Docs you can open, then save a copy and modify as you see fit for your own setting. The lessons have links to videos to further enhance the message:
Curriculum: Understanding YouTube & Digital Citizenship
http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/youtube/curric/index.html
Another resource created by Google that is more broadly aimed at cyber safety/citizenship:
Google Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum(targeted at Grade 6-8)
http://www.google.ie/goodtoknow/web/curriculum/
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