{"id":24264,"date":"2023-08-30T11:01:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=24264"},"modified":"2023-08-30T11:02:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:02:01","slug":"internet-safety-for-kids-fbi-launches-back-to-school-safe-online-surfing-sos-internet-challenge-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/internet-safety-for-kids-fbi-launches-back-to-school-safe-online-surfing-sos-internet-challenge-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet safety for kids: FBI launches back-to-school \u2018Safe Online Surfing (SOS) Internet Challenge\u2019 program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Safe-Online-Internet-Surfing-for-Young-Schoolers-image-FBI.png\" alt=\"Ace News Today - Internet safety for kids: FBI launches back-to-school \u2018Safe Online Surfing (SOS) Internet Challenge\u2019 \" class=\"wp-image-24265\" style=\"width:840px;height:203px\" width=\"840\" height=\"203\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the new school year begins, local FBI offices across the U.S. are announcing that the S<em>afe Online Surfing (SOS) Internet Challenge<\/em> opens September 1, 2023 for the 2023-2024 school year at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sos.fbi.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">sos.fbi.gov<\/a>. In the latest version of the program, students experience a more modern and mobile-responsive gaming experience as they make their way through the course. Most importantly, this update addresses and reflects the latest threats kids may face online.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FBI Safe Online Surfing (SOS) Internet Challenge is a free, educational program for children that teaches cyber safety and helps them become better digital citizens in a fun and engaging way. The program, created for students in third through eighth grades, covers age-appropriate topics like cyberbullying, passwords, malware, social media, and more. While taking the course, students guide a robot avatar through six thematic areas, answering true\/false, multiple choice, and matching questions along the way. After completing all levels, students will take a final exam.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SOS activities are open to anyone to explore. To participate in the testing and national competition, teachers must register their eligible classes. The website is available in both English and Spanish at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sos.fbi.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">sos.fbi.gov<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/INLINE-SOS-website-avaialbe-in-English-and-Spanish.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/INLINE-SOS-website-avaialbe-in-English-and-Spanish.png 700w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/INLINE-SOS-website-avaialbe-in-English-and-Spanish-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/INLINE-SOS-website-avaialbe-in-English-and-Spanish-435x173.png 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SOS Challenge is used widely by schools throughout the United States. During the 2022-2023 school year, 19,735 schools participated in the challenge, with more than 1.6 million students nationwide completing the program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In the state of California, 1,102 schools participated in the SOS Challenge during the 2022-2023 school year, including 103,982 students from 6,183 different classrooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools in the San Francisco Bay Area won the monthly national SOS Challenge three times last school year. The winning schools in the Bay Area included: the Stratford Preparatory High School in San Jose, which won once, and the Stratford Middle School San Jose, which won twice. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The FBI has refreshed its Safe Online Surfing (SOS) Internet Challenge\u2014a free, educational program for children that teaches cyber safety\u2014with new graphics and updated content. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MPZIH0oZlq\">https:\/\/t.co\/MPZIH0oZlq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9sqVqIvQOw\">pic.twitter.com\/9sqVqIvQOw<\/a><\/p>— FBI Dallas (@FBIDallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIDallas\/status\/1694800530587943409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>–<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Teachers: Registering Your Class for Safe Online Surfing Challenge<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Teachers can register classes from any public, private, or home school that has at least five students and is located in the United States for the FBI SOS Internet Challenge. A secure online system lets you manage your classes, automatically grades your students\u2019 exams, and gives you the test scores. Each month during the school year, the classes with the top exam scores nationwide receive an FBI SOS certificate and will be congratulated by local FBI personnel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To participate in the challenge, teachers must register their classes at\u202fsos.fbi.gov\/teachers-sign-up. Teachers manage their students\u2019 participation in the program; the FBI does not collect or store any student information. The SOS program’s curriculum meets state and federal internet safety mandates.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, see the video accompanyiong this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FBI Safe Online Surfing\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kRBY6o6yVzQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>–<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">(Source: FBI San Francisco)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>~ Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today<br>Follow Richard on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.webster.31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdwebster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a> <em>& <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rdwebster54\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free, educational program for kids teaches cyber safety measures, with topics like cyberbullying, passwords, malware, social media . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3537,35,40,52,2381,11,6678],"tags":[1708,15267,50,2614,15269,15270,15268],"class_list":["post-24264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-safety","category-education","category-lifestyle","category-public-health-and-safety","category-public-service-announcement","category-top-news","category-video","tag-child-safety","tag-cyber-safety-for-students","tag-fbi","tag-freebies","tag-keeping-your-kids-safe-online","tag-safe-online-surfing-internet-challenge","tag-tools-and-resources-for-teachers","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24264"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24272,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24264\/revisions\/24272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}