Citizens' Guides

Protecting Ourselves: A Rural Citizen's Guide for Emergency Preparedness
(Released May 2005) [Protecting Ourselves PDF]

Guide Supplementary Materials:
Communication Plan Magnet
Dealing with Stress Brochure
A Disaster Guide for Pet Owners
4-Step Disaster Preparation Guide
Kid's Guide to Emergency Planning
A Checklist for People with Mobility Problems

Preparing and Protecting Ourselves: A Guide for the Hispanic Community
(Released date: September 2006)

Designed specifically for the Hispanic community in Virginia and based on the Rural Guide for Emergency Preparedness, this guide adds additional public health information and guidance. In Spanish only.

The Hispanic guide is a collaboration by the Virginia Department of Health, the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and James Madison University.

To download the Hispanic guide, click here. To download a plan card, click here.

To request a hard copies of these guides or for quantities, email elliotcj@jmu.edu

Cyber Project for Middle Schoolers

CyberCitizenship Project
(Spring 2008 release)
This project is organized around the way a middle-schooler uses the internet: surfing for homework, connecting with friends through social networks and chats, gaming, email, and so on. Safety, security and ethical issues are interwoven through each section. CyberCitz is geared for middleschoolers.

The Educator's Handbook offers suggestions based on IT Resource Teachers' (ITRT) experience and the Virginia Department of Education Guidelines. For more information on VDOE guideslines for the Virginia law, visit the VDOE website.

CyberCitz for Educators (1.5MB) Now available online!

Youth Edition Website In development!

e-Class via Haiku Learning Systems Do you use a learning management system in your classroom? We joined haiku learning systems, inc. (www.haikuls.com) to provide class templates on CyberCitizenship. Sign up for a free account and access the CyberCitz class.

This new template provides lesson content, discussions, resources, and assessments, based on the information in this educators' guide -- everything needed to create an eClass!

Sign up for a FREE Haiku LMS account. After you have an active account, visit the haiku dashboard to choose the CyberCitz template for your unique class.

CyberCitz Posters These posters are approx 12 3/4 x 24" (4.6MB)

For general info on this project, download the CyberCitz Project Flier.

For hardcopies of these materials, please email us.

THE FINE PRINT: This CyberCitizenship Project is produced in cooperation with the Office of Educational Technology, Virginia Department of Education. Copyright © 2007 Institute for Infrastructure & Information Assurance at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.A. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED; however, all contents of this website (with exception of the NYTIMES cartoons) may be reproduced for educational purposes. Please reference the website www.jmu.edu/iiia/cybercitz in your materials and notify us via email of your usage.