k-12 Education
Empowering Educators and Students with Cybersafety Education
At KnowledgeFlow, we recognize the vital role technology plays in the classroom. We also understand the risks that come with using various devices and online platforms, especially for youth who are more vulnerable to online harm. As educators, being informed about essential cyber safety practices not only enhances your own online security but also underscores the importance of promoting safe technology use among students. By equipping today’s youth with the knowledge to understand digital threats, practice online safety, and navigate the complexities of the digital world, we can empower them to use technology securely while protecting their devices and information. Educators, let’s work together to create #UnHackable classrooms!
Professional Development and Lesson Plans
Cybersafety Fundamentals
In this resource, youwill learn to keep your device secure by using strong passwords, managing privacy settings, and updating apps and systems. You will learn to spot signs of compromise and stay alert for unusual activity. You will also understand common scams, including fear-based tricks, tech scams, fake transactions, and romance schemes. Finally, you will practice creating strong, unique passwords to protect your information.
Cybersecurity Basics
In this resource, you will explore the fundamentals of cybersecurity and career opportunities in the field. You will learn the CIA Triad of confidentiality, integrity, and availability and how these principles protect systems and data. You will review cybersecurity in schools, including common attacks and a case study on gaps and improvements. You will also learn about academic and industry pathways in cybersecurity. By the end, you will be prepared to guide students toward careers in the field.
Mastering Digital media Literacy
In this resource, you will learn how to integrate digital and media literacy into your classroom by using videos, screen captures, and multimedia projects to make learning more engaging and accessible. You will also develop the skills to guide students in thinking critically about digital content, while building confidence in creating, analyzing, and navigating digital materials responsibly and creatively.
Digital Habits and Online Culture
In this resource, you will explore what a digital footprint is, why it matters, and how to manage your online presence thoughtfully. You will learn to distinguish misinformation from disinformation and develop strategies to verify content. You will also examine how social media algorithms work and how they influence what we see. Throughout, you will build the skills to navigate digital spaces responsibly and help students become informed, thoughtful digital citizens.
Understanding Artificial Intelligence
In this resource, you will explore artificial intelligence (AI), gaining an understanding of what it is, how it is transforming learning, and the ways it can be applied in the classroom. You will examine how students can use AI to support creativity, problem-solving, and research, while also considering the challenges and responsibilities associated with its use.
EMAIL COURSE
Cybersafety For Schools Toolkit
#UnHackable classrooms, teachers, principals, and administration lead to #UnHackable schools. This weekly, 12-week email course will be sent directly to your email address covering the foundations of cybersafety you and your classroom needs to know. These toolkits were created to contain easy and digestible content that you can seamlessly add to your classroom activities and personal lives. Ready to use lesson plans included in each edition!
Lesson plans
seamlessly integrate Cybersafety Education into the classroom
We have made integrating cybersafety practices and learning material into classroom education a seamless process for teachers. Specially crafted by cybersafety experts, we offer a comprehensive collection of digital media literacy lesson plans created for K-12 education. Each plan features a month’s supply of ready-to-use materials for effortless incorporation into your classroom schedule and curriculum. These captivating, engaging, and comprehensive lessons were designed to be completed within 45 minutes or less, ensuring seamless integration into your current classroom schedule.
Protect Your Candy, our newest lesson plan for educators teaching grades 1-4, immerses students in the realm of passwords through a discussion-based snakes and ladders game. The lesson will help deepen their understanding of why strong passwords are crucial and how they can protect their digital information.
Aligning Cybersafety Education to Canadian Curriculums
We have made integrating our cyber safety material into your curriculum simple. Our curriculum alignment page outlines a detailed alignment of our educational materials with provincial curriculum standards. This guide is intended to assist educators in seamlessly incorporating our resources and course content into their lesson plans, ensuring compliance with the mandated educational outcomes. With the ability to filter by province, grade and specific course, educators can find the specific resource or lesson plan that fits the specific curriculum standard and incorporate cybersafety education in classroom learning.
Interactive Student Learning
CyberByters
Help your students explore, achieve, and thrive in the digital world.
Support learners at every stage as they build skills to stay safe, think critically, and grow with confidence online. Along the way, students can earn certificates to celebrate their progress, and you can feel confident guiding them through each step. These age-appropriate courses include video modules and interactive activities to confirm understanding and retention of key concepts. CyberByters can be completed right on our site, meaning no log-ins or account creation is required. For teachers who want to track individual progress, CyberByters is also available on our learning management system. See below for more information on the Cybersafety Academy. Anonymous student account credentials are available so that no personal information is collected or stored.
Cyber Explorers: Learning to Explore Safely
Welcome to Cyber Explorers! The internet is like a big digital playground but just like on the real playground, safety comes first. In this course, young learners in grades 1–3 discover how to stay safe online through fun games, stories, and interactive activities. They’ll learn to make smart choices, keep personal information private, and show kindness in the digital world. At the end of their adventure, they’ll earn a Cyber Explorer Certificate to celebrate their safe online skills!🚀
Cyber Wizards: Mastering Magical Cyber Safety
Step into Cyber Wizards, part of the magical Cyber Wizard Academy! 🧙 Guided by Hoot the Owl, students embark on an exciting journey to become smart and responsible digital citizens. This interactive course teaches essential cybersafety skills, from creating strong passwords and spotting online scams to managing privacy and practicing respectful online behavior. Designed for learners in grades 4–6, the program builds confidence while earning them a Cyber Wizard Certificate and a magical checklist for everyday digital life.
Cyber Defenders: Taking Control of Your Digital Life
Welcome, future Cyber Defenders! Designed for grades 7–9, this program helps students take charge of their digital lives. You’ll learn how to protect personal information, navigate online risks, handle digital drama, and make smart choices about online interactions. By the end, you’ll not only gain critical thinking and self-awareness but also earn your Cyber Defender Certificate, proving you’re ready to lead in the digital world.
Cyber Smart: Preparing for the Future
The Cyber Smart Certificate Program empowers high school students in grades 10–12 to build digital confidence and prepare for life beyond the classroom. Through lessons on cybersafety, managing online identity, and exploring career pathways in technology and cybersecurity, students become informed and future-ready. By completing the course, they earn the Cyber Smart Certificate, a step toward being responsible digital citizens and leaders of tomorrow.
The #UnHackathon 2025
Where Cybersafety Meets Creativity
No Coding Or Hacking Skills Required!
A new concept in digital literacy and cybersafety training. Unlike a regular hackathon, the main focus of The #UnHackathon is cybersafety education and digital media literacy through a creative design challenge.
The #UnHackathon uses Project-Based Learning (PBL) to engage students after they complete their grade-level CyberByters course. Building on what they have just learned in CyberByters, students transform their key takeaways into creative projects that educate older adults, such as grandparents or community members. This hands-on approach builds digital citizenship, critical thinking, and creativity.
The cybersafety Academy
Home to all of KnowledgeFlow’s online courses, our exclusive Cybersafety Academy website offers FREE courses for all ages and demographics. Several of these courses are specifically designed to address K-12 cybersafety learning and education. Each course is structured to provide comprehensive, easy-to-understand content with relevant real-world applications, short video tutorials and interactive quizzes to strengthen learning and retention. Our courses cover everything from ensuring your device is protected and up to date with all security measures, safe app downloads and account creation to the online harms associated with technology, cyberbullying and scams. Our Cybersafety for Everyone course encompasses three modules that cover all things cybersafety, designed for all ages and demographics to understand the basics of personal online safety and security.
If you are an educator who would like to enroll your class, contact us to receive anonymized accounts for your students. No student personal information is provided or collected – no names, no student numbers, no email addresses!
Charting Your Course: A Map From Cybersafety to Cybersecurity
The course comprises 8 modules covering the critical aspects of cybersafety, with tailored course content and examples directed to teenagers. We introduce Cybersecurity careers and associated pathways to the industry.
10 immutable rules of cybersafety
This course features a video detailing 10 essential rules for maintaining the privacy and security of your information online. It also includes various group activities, discussion guides, and lesson plans for classroom discussion and engagement.
7 cyber savvy skills
This video course outlines 7 important Cyber-Savvy Skills to help students stay safe online. These skills will give them the know-how and tools to use the Internet in a safer and smarter way. Each short video lesson includes activities and quizzes for student engagement and knowledge retention.
Cybersafety For Everyone
This comprehensive course covers everything you need to protect both your devices and personal information online. You’ll learn how to safeguard your physical devices with tools like secure passwords, inactivity settings, and virus scans, as well as how to back up your data effectively. It also delves into account security, guiding you through managing new accounts, protecting sensitive information, and navigating online platforms safely. Additionally, you’ll gain practical skills to recognize and avoid online scams, using real-life examples to help you recover if ever targeted.
Playing With Razors: A Handy Guide for Teens
Explore the key differences between misinformation, malinformation and disinformation, how and why they spread, and why understanding them matters. Learn how to debunk disinformation using the C.R.I.S.P. Scan and uncover the tactics used by disinformers.
Scammer Academy: How to Make $$$ Scamming Teens
This comprehensive course covers everything you need to protect both your devices and personal information online. You’ll learn how to safeguard your physical devices with tools like secure passwords, inactivity settings, and virus scans, as well as how to back up your data effectively. It also delves into account security, guiding you through managing new accounts, protecting sensitive information, and navigating online platforms safely. Additionally, you’ll gain practical skills to recognize and avoid online scams, using real-life examples to help you recover if ever targeted.
Additional Resources
CHECKLIST
aI TOOL EVALUATION
While Artificial intelligence-powered classroom resources and tools are becoming more common in educational settings, from automating lesson plans to assessing student work, teachers are expected to navigate powerful, but often complex, technologies. While AI can enhance teaching and learning, it also raises significant concerns about privacy, security, and data usage.
This resource is designed specifically for Canadian educators to help you evaluate AI tools responsibly before bringing them into your classroom. Because AI systems often rely on personal data to function, using them without careful review can pose risks to student privacy and may even conflict with Canadian laws.
EdTech
The Ultimate Student Data Protection Controls Checklist
In the dynamic world of educational technology (EdTech), public education is experiencing a digital renaissance of implementing various technologies and platforms in the classroom. However, this great power brings the crucial responsibility of safeguarding our students’ valuable data. Introducing the KnowledgeFlow EdTech Privacy Controls Checklist: your essential guide in the evolving digital education landscape. This guide intended for all parties in the education sector, provides you with a standard guideline when individually reviewing potential education technologies to be used in the classroom. Follow this guide to ensure any platforms introduced in the classroom are conscious of maintaining the integrity of student data, information, and use.
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