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Sesame Street Launches Anti-Bullying Program with “The Good Bird’s Club”
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
Continue reading...Facebook, YouTube, Texting: Rules of the Road for Kids
3. September 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Stopping digital abuse: MTV’s new resource for grown ups
18. August 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Help for youth in crisis: Safekids.com provides a directory of resources
13. August 2011
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?
Continue reading...Face 2 Face: A book by young people to help young people handle online/offline bullying and peer abuse
30. July 2011
Here’s a new resource we really like. Face 2 Face: A book created by young people (Caroline Ster, author, and Emily Jones, illustrator) to help other young people learn how to handle bullying, cyberbullying, and peer abuse in a proactive, positive manner. With expert adult guidance (including Alison Trachtman Hill, MPA, and Lynn Dubenko, Ph.D.) and contributions, these two young [...]
Continue reading...Is Facebook good or bad for teenagers? Here’s your chance to weigh in
20. July 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Your high school students can be great digital citizens: Commonsense Media provides the tools
13. July 2011
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.
Continue reading...Define the Line website: Clarifying the blurred lines between cyberbullying and socially responsible digital citizenship
5. July 2011
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
Continue reading...Internet Safety Education for Teens: Getting it Right
28. June 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...The True Prevalence of “Sexting”: A Useful Factsheet
21. June 2011
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 …
Continue reading...The Youth Voice Project: What actually helps in bullying situations?
10. June 2011
The Youth Voice Project (Penn State Erie – Stan Davis and Dr. Charisse Nixon): What do youth really think about our prevention efforts? We have our ideas about what we think works, but what do 13,000 teens in 31 schools think? The results are surprising…
Continue reading...Confronting Cyberbullying: What the experts say
1. June 2011
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).
Continue reading...Delete Day – Girls at The Mary Louis Academy Take Action
16. May 2011
This is a fresh and brilliant idea: “Delete Day.” After a conference by Alison Trachtman Hill (Critical Issues for Girls) and her challenge to “take action,” students from Mary Louis Academy wasted no time and created Delete Day. Delete Day means students are invited to a designated room during an unscheduled period, and are aided [...]
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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
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15. October 2011
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