Sesame Street does it again with brilliance! Big Bird is invited to join the “Good Birds Club” and is very excited. However, a pigeon with an attitude [...]
3. September 2011
Facebook, YouTube, Texting: Rules of the Road for Kids
Here is a short video clip from Common Sense Media to help young people make smarter decisions online. The clip is only 3.21 minutes long, and features a group of young people helping other young people stay safe online. They provide 10 simple rules to “keep us safe and smart when we are online or using our cell phones.” The video is engaging, informative, visually appealing, and to the point. We love it! What a great example of adults and youth working together to create an online world where young people “feel safe from being embarrassed or humiliated.” Common Sense Media has also provided a short video clip of “Rules of the Road for Parents in a Digital Age.” We suggest you watch both these video clips with the young people in your lives; they make a great conversation starter around the topic of our digital lives.
18. August 2011
Stopping digital abuse: MTV’s new resource for grown ups
We have featured MTV’s A Thin Line campaign before on this blog (see here). Now MTV has produced a new resource to help grown ups (parents and educators) use A Thin Line to “open up a conversation on digital abuse, test awareness, and help encourage action on the issue at home or in school.” Let’s check it out … [...]
13. August 2011
Help for youth in crisis: Safekids.com provides a directory of resources
Do you know a young person who is in crisis, perhaps someone who is struggling with suicidal thoughts, dating abuse, domestic violence, or bullying? Or are you that person? Do you need help, but are not sure where to look? [...]
20. July 2011
Is Facebook good or bad for teenagers? Here’s your chance to weigh in
Nowadays, almost everyone you ask seems to have an opinion on whether or not Facebook is a positive or negative feature of young people’s lives. Teens, parents, grandparents, educators, school administrators, and more all weigh in with different perspectives. But what do YOU think? Is Facebook a “force for good or ill in kids’ lives?” Here’s a great opportunity for your voice to be heard. [...]
13. July 2011
Your high school students can be great digital citizens: Commonsense Media provides the tools
We have previously lauded the terrific online safety/digital citizenship resources provided by Commonsense Media, and we are going to do it again! Commonsense Media has just brought out a FREE, five-part curriculum for high school students to complement the materials already available for elementary and middle school students. [...]
5. July 2011
Define the Line website: Clarifying the blurred lines between cyberbullying and socially responsible digital citizenship
Dr. Shaheen Shariff and her team at McGill University have launched a critical new website on cyberbullying called ”Define the Line“ which has already received wide press by Stanford University College of Law, YouTube and Twitter. The site does not attempt to provide any ”quick fixes” for cyberbullying (as we know there aren’t any), but instead [...]
28. June 2011
Internet Safety Education for Teens: Getting it Right
Following on from last week’s blog, we want to share with you another useful Factsheet produced by the Crimes Against Children Research Center (CACRC). This time, it’s a factsheet on Internet Safety Education for Teens: Getting it Right which provides research-based content in a useful “Don’t Say” and ”Do Say” format. It’s so important that we get our message right when we speak to young people and adults about internet safety, and this factsheet helps us do just that. Thanks to CACRC for helping us get it right.
21. June 2011
The True Prevalence of “Sexting”: A Useful Factsheet
Are you confused about sexting – what it is, who’s doing it, and how often? Are you trying to make sense of the various studies and work out what information is accurate when the results often vary widely? Then look no further … [...]
1. June 2011
Confronting Cyberbullying: What the experts say
This short, but informative article – Confronting Cyberbullying - by Peter Levy for The Journal: Transforming Education Through Technology, contains sage advice from some of the leading experts in the field: Patti Agatston (co-founder of www.Cyberbullyhelp.com), Larry Magid (co-director of www.ConnectSafely.org), and Linda Burch (Chief Education and Strategy Officer for Common Sense Media). [...]
26. May 2011
Best Defenses Against Cyber Bullies: Good parenting and self-control can help
Check out this short article by Abigail Baird for Scientific American which refers to a study by Carter Hay and Ryan Meldrum at the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. In a study of 426 adolescents (average age 15), Hay and Meldrum found that [...]
21. April 2011
New Resource on Suicide and Bullying from SPRC
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) has published a new 8-page Issue Brief on Suicide and Bullying. As the SPRC website notes, this publication examines [...]
19. April 2011
The Pitfalls and Promises of Facebook, Social Media and Kids: Helpful info from Mindshift.kqed.org
We understand and appreciate that many adults worry about young people’s use of Facebook and other social media, and may be at a loss to know what, if anything, they need to do in this regard. Should adults intervene? If so, how and to what degree? [...]
12. April 2011
Sexting: A Typology – A “Must Read” for law enforcement, school officials, parents and others
If you are one of the many among us trying to understand the “complicated phenomenon” of sexting, then you would do well to read this latest 11-page bulletin by two of the top researchers in this field – Janis Wolak and David Finkelhor of the Crimes Against Children Research Center (University of New Hampshire). [...]
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