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Editor’s Note: Today's post is from our partners at the NEA Health Information Network (NEA HIN). Each month, we feature a new column on a topic related to school health. Through this effort, we hope to inform the public of important health issues that impact schools and offer educators and parents resources to address them.

This post was authored by Jamila Boddie, bNetS@vvy Program Coordinator at the NEA HIN.

Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube, Skype and Wordpress. These are terms that have become synonymous around schools, workplaces, homes and even your local supermarket. In a digital world, technology has created new ways for students to learn, teachers to teach, and information to be shared, all at the click of a mouse. However, with these new innovations comes a new challenge for educators and guardians to learn how to keep kids safe online.

Since its inception, bNetS@vvy has been helping tweens better understand the risks and benefits associated with the Internet and educating guardians and educators regarding the power of Internet use. Now bNetS@vvy’s is proud to announce their new and improved website. bNetS@vvy is a one-stop shop that offers tools exploring the issues that confront families and educators around topics like:

• Cyberbullying
• Sexting
• Consumer privacy
• Social networking

NEA HIN (National Education Association Health Information Network) focuses on health and safety topics that affect educators and school employees, topics like Internet safety.  bNetS@vvy is product of NEA HIN and funded by Sprint.

bNetS@vvy offers various resources to readers such as; downloadable curriculum and classroom tools for teachers, pledge forms to be bully free, and step-by-step information on How to Host Your Own Internet Safety Session.  On our new website you can sign up for monthly e-newsletters and stay abreast of the latest safety topics.

We created our website to be more interactive because we want to hear from you! Communication is essential to ensuring safe and smart Internet behaviors for everyone.  If you have a story to share, we’d like to hear from you here.  For questions, curriculum ideas and other inquiries, please contact Jamila Boddie, bNetS@vvy Program Coordinator, at jboddie@nea.org.

To learn more about our partners and what other organizations are doing on Internet safety you can visit Sprint, NCMEC, and My Club Life.