Our Curriculum 

This “Using Your Devices Mindfully” workshop kit gives educators everything they need to run an engaging, interactive session on digital mindfulness and online safety. The kit includes a ready-to-use presentation, a facilitator’s guide, a research-backed report on youth digital habits, and a flyer to help advertise the workshop. Students will explore safe online practices, healthy screen time habits, digital footprint management, password security, and how to recognize and respond to cyberbullying. With polls, discussions, and hands-on activities, the workshop helps students think critically about their online behavior while giving facilitators the resources to deliver it confidently.

This workshop helps students understand the real-world impact of their digital presence. Students will interactively explore how cyberbullying affects mental health and how their digital footprints can influence college admissions and job opportunities. The workshop encourages students to think critically about their social media habits and provides strategies to stay safe and intentional online.

This workshop introduces students to the basics of online safety, with a focus on password protection and smart internet behavior. Students learn hands-on what makes a strong password, why it matters, and how to identify unsafe online situations. The session encourages collaboration and reflection, helping students understand digital safety in a fun and memorable way while reinforcing the importance of protecting personal information online.

This workshop helps students better understand cyberbullying, digital footprints, and the long-term effects of social media use. Through hands-on activities and real-world statistics, students reflect on their online habits and learn how their digital actions leave lasting impressions. The workshop blends discussion and presentations to teach students how to identify red flags in digital behavior, improve their online presence, and make smarter choices on the internet.  

This in-person workshop introduces the basics of staying safe online. Through a read-aloud and a hands-on coloring activity, students begin to understand what it means to be safe on the internet. They create their own Cyber Detective characters, each with a special skill to help others navigate the digital world. With space for imagination and guided reflection, this workshop helps build the foundation for thoughtful and safe internet use from an early age.

This workshop is designed to help parents of elementary schoolers feel more confident talking to their children about staying safe online. Parents explore how to build trust with their kids, set healthy screen time boundaries, and start early conversations about topics like cyberbullying, scams, and privacy. The workshop invites parents to create a personalized plan they can take home, with a focus on communication that feels supportive. By the end, parents walk away with practical tools and a deeper understanding of how to guide their children toward safer and more mindful digital habits.

This workshop is designed for educators to be able to use C4Y content in their own classroom. With the topic of using devices mindfully, the lesson plan covers many important cybersecurity subtopics such as password safety, digital footprint, screen time, and cyberbullying. By using comparisons and investigating positive and negative online habits, students will be able to form an idea of how to spot irregular behaviors online and know what to do in order to protect themselves. The linked drive contains everything needed to run the workshop, from a flyer advertising it to a sample video showing an example on how the workshop could be run. By the end of the session, the students will be able to recognize discrepancies in online interactions and protect themselves.