Digital Wellness & Safety
For Educators
Resources for Educators
Screenagers Film Screenings
We are excited to offer a limited number of FREE Screenagers film screenings to Marin County public elementary, middle, and high schools.
Screenings can be held as a schoolwide assembly, multiple classroom-based screenings on a single day, or a community screening.
In addition to the screening, schools also gain access to discussion guides, handouts, and marketing packs intended to support meaningful dialogue and promotion of the event.
Questions? Contact Ally Constantino.
ScreenSense Guidelines
Healthy Tech Use Guidelines
These are easy to share with parents at Back to School Night, orientation events, or digitally via newsletters / PeachJar.
Tech Guides - Information for Educators
Managing a School Device at Home
Feel free to share this resource with parents and families if you distribute school devices like tablets or laptops.
Questions? Contact ScreenSense.
Curricula & Lessons
Common Sense Media – Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum - A FREE, research-backed framework for building students' digital literacy skills. The curriculum is designed for grades K–12, and covers the digital challenges students face every day as well as the offline skills they need to manage them, including AI literacy and social media to cyberbullying, screen time, and digital footprint.
Manosphere Toolkit (Amaze) – A FREE toolkit that includes videos for youth about the online manosphere, AI-generated nudes, and more. Also includes a resource guide for adults.
Digital and Media Literacy Toolkit (Amaze) - A FREE toolkit that includes videos for youth about social media and self-image, being wise on the web, and more.
Youville - A FREE downloadable educational program designed for children ages 8–12. The program provides tools to help young people understand privacy, digital citizenship, and how to spot online scams. Includes step-by-step lesson plans, slides to guide discussions, downloadable activity sheets, and an answer key so you can answer questions along the way.
For Families
Resources for Families
ScreenSense
MCOE partners with ScreenSense, a local organization dedicated to helping families teach their children to be healthy tech users, in hosting a series of webinars dedicated to providing practical support for families looking to create a healthy and balanced relationships with technology.
Resources
- Delaying Social Media - Resource Guide - English | Español
- Reeling in Social Media - Resource Guide - English | Español
- ScreenSense Parent Packet - English | Españo
- 4 Tips for Parents on Social Media Use (APA))
- 8 Tips for Parents and Kids on Social Media Use (U.S. Surgeon General)
- Keeping Teens Safe on Social Media (Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.)
Webinar Recordings
Their Tech Habits Start with Us.
Delaying Social Media. Together.
Supporting Healthy Tech-Life Balance (Grades K-12)
Is Screen Time a Daily Struggle in Your Home? (Grades K-3)
Is My Child Ready for a Smart Phone? (Grades 4-6)
Is My Middle Schooler Ready for Social Media? (Grades 7-8)
Vigilant Parent Trainings
MCOE partners with the Marin County District Attorney's Office in hosting Vigilant Parent Trainings dedicated to educating families about:
- Basic social media and technology how-to's
- Online exploitation and various prevention strategies
- How to talk to children about protecting themselves online
Resources
Guides & Toolkits
- Vigilant Parent Guide for Parents – Contains information about how to customize device and app settings to keep your child safe
- Is Your Explicit Content Out There? - Outlines various tools and processes that can support the removal of nudes or sexually explicit images from the internet and various platforms.
- Manosphere Toolkit – Includes videos for youth about the manosphere, AI-generated nudes, and more. Also includes a resource guide for adults regarding AI nudes.
Handouts
Videos
- No Escape Room - An interactive film designed to help people understand what it feels like to get caught in online sextortion.
- Shareable? - A short film about young people who are faced with dilemmas related to image sharing.
- 11 year old boy drives 200 miles to meet stranger from Snapchat
- Man accused of posing on Instagram to solicit nude photos
Other
- Parent resources from the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children website
- Parent / Child Contract for online safety and responsibility
- Cellphone Agreement
Children & Screens
Children & Screens is a national organization that holds ongoing webinars that address compelling questions regarding digital media's impact on child development.
