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Trend Micro What’s Your Story Competition: The winners are …
As a follow-up to our earlier blog on Trend Micro’s What’s Your Story competition, the winners of the competition are
Continue reading...Boys and Girls music video: Is this the best school video ever?
2. June 2010
Okay, so this is not about cyberbullying. But we’re including it today because it is about the things we care about: Young people in an educational setting using technology in a very positive, professional, and innovative manner. (Okay, so they had some professional help, but so what!). Plus, they did it to raise awareness for [...]
Continue reading...Internet Safety: Professor Garfield (the cartoon cat!) helps out
2. June 2010
Following on from our blog about the Cartoon Network’s efforts with regard to Internet safety, here is another very uesful site for the younger set (kindergarten through eighth grade) put together by the Infinite Learning Lab (a team of the Garfield Foundation, Virginia Department of Education, and the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia). [...]
Continue reading...Canada and Cyberbullying: New Data, Key Researchers and Organizations
30. May 2010
A new study has found that 8 percent of Canadian parents of children aged 7-17 indicate that their child
Continue reading...“Generation Me”: Less Empathy for Others, More Likely to Cyberbully?
29. May 2010
May 27, 2010. A just released University of Michigan meta-analysis study of 14,000 college students combining 72 different studies over a 30 year period finds
Continue reading...Cyberbullying in Australia: 1 in 4 kids cyberbullied; expect rise in depression and suicide
26. May 2010
The “scourge” of cyberbullying will cause depression and suicide rates to escalate among Australian youth unless
Continue reading...Bullying & Cyberbullying Bystanders: Cartoon Network campaign targets middle school “bystanders” to intervene
26. May 2010
Next fall, the Cartoon Network will launch
Continue reading...Florida 11 year old suicide alleged bullying victim’s diary to be released
24. May 2010
Florida. 11 year old Celina Okwuone hanged herself in her closet last Thursday night, May 20, 2010. According to news stories, authorities report that she left behind a diary with accounts of
Continue reading...Social Networking Sites for Children?: Togetherville
23. May 2010
Social networking for kids ages 6-10?
Continue reading...Cellphone ban coming in Prince George’s schools
18. May 2010
May 13, 2010. The Washington Post. Prince George’s County (Maryland) schools has proposed a ban on cellphones at school, namely, turned off and in the lockers. Issues still being finalized are how it will apply to teachers. Other schools are loosening bans.
Continue reading...McDonald’s “Bully Buster” Show; McDonald’s Gives $2,000 to help cause of parents of bullying suicide victim
15. May 2010
McDonald’s is one community stakeholder doing the right thing to help stop bullying. According to Dan Rooney, McDonald’s wants to make this one of it’s key messages.
Continue reading...Alex Moore Suicide: Alabama Teen Bullying Victim Jumps to Death
14. May 2010
May 12, 2010. Alex Moore, a 15 year old Jemison High School student in rural Alabama near Birmingham jumped to her death from an interstate overpass Wednesday. The Associated Press and MSNBC are reporting hat fellow students say she “was made fun of daily”.
Continue reading...Why Choose this Site about Cyberbullying?
13. May 2010
Aren’t you just shocked that every educator and researcher doesn’t have an assistant to check the whole world every morning for all the current news on cyberbullying?! We know you are busy and are already buried under a pile of work, so let us do the work for you. We will review and summarize the information, as well [...]
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- Experts on Cyberbullying: Shaheen Shariff, Ph.D.
- Useful Advice about How Effective Parents Communicate with a School about Bullying
- Internet Safety: Professor Garfield (the cartoon cat!) helps out
- Coming Soon: Interviews with Experts and Who's Who Profiles
- The Formspringme.com Controversy: swimming pools, faulty gas tanks and cigarettes
- Shaheen Shariff: Thank you for this insightful review. I appreciate...
- Judge Tom: After 23 years in juvenile court, I believe that t...
3. June 2010
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