The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource that teaches kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet. NetSmartz combines the newest technologies available and the most current information to create high-impact educational activities that are well received by even the most tech-savvy kids. Parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement also have access to additional resources for learning and teaching about the dangers children may face online.
The goal of the NetSmartz Workshop is to extend the safety awareness of children to prevent victimization and increase self-confidence whenever they go online. These goals include how to enhance the ability of children to recognize dangers on the Internet, enhance the ability of children to understand that people they first "meet" on the Internet should never be considered their friend; encourage children to report victimization to a trusted adult; support and enhance community education efforts.
The NetSmartz Workshop was made possible via a public-private partnership with the United States Congress, United States Department of Justice`s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Sponsorship from private corporations enables the NetSmartz Workshop and its innovative content to be shared with children, parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement globally via the Internet at www.NetSmartz.org.