Boston Public Schools Internet Safety Campaign

Sponsors

Boston Public Schools’ Office of Instructional and Information Technology is grateful for the following support of the BPS Cyber Safety Campaign:
	Bunker Hill Community College has donated printing services that have enabled the BPS Cyber Safety materials to be distributed to Boston Public Schools and Boston Public Libraries through the college’s National Science Foundation grant in Cyber Forensics.
	The BPL (Boston Public Library) Foundation donated funding to support the Summer 2008 BPS/BPL Cyber Safety Project. The funds were used to hire Homework Assistance Program mentors to work on a Cyber Safety educational program in the Boston Public Libraries. TechBoston/BPS trained these students to be Cyber Safety Mentors. The mentors will be paired up in team and assigned to Boston Public Library branch libraries to conduct educational outreach activities for children and their parents.
	BATEC (Boston Area Advanced Technological Connections) grant funds have helped to support TechBoston’s summer Tech Apprentice program that recruits and prepares students for summer internships. Many of the Cyber Safety Mentors have been hired through the Tech Apprentice program.
	Boston SIM (Society of Information Managers) donated funding to support the Summer 2008 Boston Public School cyber safety educational outreach program with the Boston Public Libraries. Funding from Boston SIM supported TechBoston/BPS to hire four high school students to be Cyber Safety Mentors. TechBoston/BPS trained these students to be Cyber Safety Mentors TechBoston/BPS trained these students to be Cyber Safety Mentors. The mentors will be paired up in team and assigned to Boston Public Library branch libraries to conduct educational outreach activities for children and their parents. The Boston Public Library plans to continue the cyber education program during the school year through the BPL’s Homework Assistance Program mentors. The BPS plans to continue the program next year by hiring these Cyber Mentors to conduct cyber education activities in BPS elementary schools.
	Microsoft has provided generous financial support that enabled TechBoston/BPS to hire high school students during the summer months to serve as Cyber Safety Mentors. In 2007, fourteen high school students were hired to work on the Cyber Safety Campaign. These students produced a multitude of products that are being used for educational purposes including a comic book, promotional materials, and a movie entitled “Jake’s Cyber Adventure.” In 2008, Microsoft contributed funds to hire four students to work on a Cyber Safety educational program with the Boston Public Library. TechBoston/BPS trained these students to be Cyber Safety Mentors. The mentors will be paired up in team and assigned to Boston Public Library branch libraries to conduct educational outreach activities for children and their parents.