Over the past two years, more than 500 Community Leaders have learned how to promote Internet safety to children and their parents or guardians at one of the Attorney General’s C.L.I.C.K.S. Train the Trainer programs that we’ve held in a number of Maryland counties. I am pleased to let you know that we are offering the Train the Trainer program live and online via web conference on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 from
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
OUR FIRST WEBCAST WILL BE LIMITED TO FIFTY (50) REGISTRANTS. I encourage you to invite other interested persons in your organization to join the webcast together - all you will need is a computer with an internet connection and a speaker phone. Only one person per group or organization should register. For anyone unable to participate during this session, we plan to conduct future online Train the Trainer sessions.
In partnership with Internet safety experts from The NetSmartz Workshop, developed by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, we are offering this webcast for Maryland’s Community Leaders -- including Law Enforcement Professionals, Teachers, Librarians, and Parent Leaders - to equip them to speak with students, parents and community groups about how to keep children, 'tweens and teens safer online.
Community Leaders who participate in the C.L.I.C.K.S. Train the Trainer webcast will receive an overview of Internet safety issues affecting young people and also will learn about NetSmartz’s no-cost, web-based, age-appropriate, interactive resources that can be integrated in classroom lessons or assemblies, or in making presentations to parents and community groups about keeping kids safer online.
You can register for the May 5th Train the Trainer webcast at www.oag.state.md.us. You can expect to receive confirmation, including log-in and call-in information, within two business days. For more information, you can contact us at clicks@oag.state.md.us.
Please join me in keeping Maryland’s children safer online, one click at a time.
Douglas F. Gansler
Attorney General