Globally safer Internet

That's the aim of the fourth-annual Safer Internet Day on February 6, with participants in nearly 40 countries. The event involves the work of nonprofit child advocacy organizations in multiple countries, led by Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for the Information Society and Media. "The highlight of the day will once again be a worldwide blogathon, which will reach Australia on 6th February and progress westward through the day to finish up in the USA and Canada," according to European Schoolnet, the event's organizer. The blogathon will include the work of young people from 200+ school in 25 countries participating in a content-creation competition. They created "Internet safety awareness material on one of three themes: e-privacy, netiquette, and power of image." Really great topics US educators might consider for next-generation (Web 2.0) Net safety curricula! The winners will be announced and their projects uploaded to the blogathon on Tuesday (2/6). Here's coverage from SiliconRepublic.com out of Dublin.