Last week, Yahoo! hosted the fourth annual Digital Citizenship Summit and partnered with the Santa Clara County Office of Education and other leading national nonprofit organizations, including Common Sense Media, ConnectSafely, iKeepSafe, i-Safe, and NetSmartz.  At the event, Northern California educators and child safety experts came together to share ways to create digital environments that put safety within children’s reach, and to encourage students to manage their digital reputations and help prevent cyber-bullying.

Discussions that took place at the event focused on how parents, teachers, nonprofit advocates, law enforcement, and Internet companies can collaborate to create a safer online environment for children. Given the recent increase of concern around cyber-bullying, the discussions at the Summit were very timely, providing educators with the tools and resources to create productive digital environments for students.

You can view what people were saying at the summit here, and view photos from the event here.

We had a wonderful opportunity to capture brief videos of key experts and leaders at the event. We talked to them about their involvement at the Digital Citizenship Summit and how they are working with Yahoo! on efforts around child safety. Also included in the video is the keynote address from Yahoo! EVP and CMO Elisa Steele.

Huge thanks to all the speakers and educators who joined us. We appreciate your continued dedication to keeping our children safer online, and we look forward to seeing you all again next year!

Stay up-to-date with the latest tools and resources for protecting teens and children online with Yahoo! Safely.

-Catherine Teitelbaum, Yahoo!’s director of child safety and product policy