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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?
Continue reading...The power of positive social norms: Harrison High School shows us the way!
7. April 2011
Check out this video, produced by students from Harrison High School in Georgia, which beautifully illustrates the power of positive social norms. As the Sources of Strength website notes, the school broadcasting program partnered with the school’s Sources of Strength students to “create a Lip Dub that had a message for all teens.” This engaging and powerful [...]
Continue reading...White House Conference on Bullying Prevention – March 10, 2011
10. March 2011
Today (Thursday, March 10, 2011), the President convened a conference on bullying prevention at which some of nation’s leading experts and practitioners on bullying prevention spoke (Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D., Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D., Rosalind Wiseman, Catherine Bradshaw, Ph.D, and others). The conference is available for review for a limited time at http://www.whitehouse.gov/live, and/or check out the [...]
Continue reading...Acceptable Use Policies: Balancing Access and Choice
8. March 2011
If you are wanting to update your school’s Acceptable (Responsible) Use Policy, perhaps with a view to integrating new cloud-based and mobile technologies, then we suggest that you first read A “Responsible” Approach to School Usage Policies on Internet Safety
Continue reading...Want a 30 second clip about digital harassment to catch the attention of your students?
3. March 2011
Then check out this short but powerful clip entitled Tattoo from A Thin Line (see our earlier blogs on this website by clicking here and here). We think this is a great short piece to show to students to begin discussions about cyberbullying/digital harassment. Perhaps one of the first questions might be to ask them, ”In your opinion, [...]
Continue reading...Looking for useful resources on cyberbullying: Try Education.com
1. March 2011
Education.com, a website which “provides expert advice, features, columns, thousands of reference articles, and a community for parents of pre-school to high-school students,” has a very useful Special Edition section on cyberbullying (and also one on bullying). Why do we recommend this site?
Continue reading...What’s your Internet safety story? It could be worth $10,000
22. February 2011
Are you looking for some creative ways to get youth actively engaged and talking with adults and each other about Internet safety? A project which will interest and empower young people rather than disengage and disenfranchise them? Oh, and one that carries a $10,000 first prize and six $500 second prizes? Then take a look at the 2011 What’s [...]
Continue reading...Take action to stop digital abuse: MTV, Facebook, and Justin Bieber team up
17. February 2011
MTV, Facebook, and Justin Bieber have teamed up to help stop digital abuse, and they are asking you to help out! If you post an action on MTV’s A Thin Line (see our earlier blog about this cool website), you too can be eligible for the Grand Prize of a trip for two and backstage passes [...]
Continue reading...GRID: A new Internet safety resource from the Family Online Safety Institute
15. February 2011
We have reported before on the important work of the Family Online Safety Institute (“FOSI”) – see Cyberbullying Prevention, Cyberbullying Conferences and Events, and Cyberbullying: How can we be a part of the solution? - and now we are delighted to feature their latest very impressive resource which is designed ”for governments, industry, lawyers, academics, educationalists and all [...]
Continue reading...Safer Internet Day 2011: It’s more than a game, it’s your life
8. February 2011
Today is being marked as Safer Internet Day in “more than 70 countries, from Canada to South Korea and Russia to Kenya, including all 27 countries of the European Union.” As noted by Neelie Kroes, patron of Safer Internet Day, and European Digital Agenda Commissioner, “[f]or children and young people especially, [Safer Internet Day]is both [...]
Continue reading...Useful Advice about How Effective Parents Communicate with a School about Bullying
4. February 2011
Here is some useful, first-hand advice from Brian Gatens, a Principal of Harrington Park School, Harrington Park, NJ. As a guest blogger on Rachel Simmons’ website, Brian shares the “best practices” of parents he has worked with over the last eighteen years. He suggests that “when parents practice the principles below, it very often leads [...]
Continue reading...Net Safety Tips on the Go: App for your Android Phone
1. February 2011
Check out this really cool new app brought to you by an impressive array of “responsible Internet corporations and leading online safety organizations.” The app provides “quick, practical, friendly advice for you and your family.” It’s quick and easy to download and it’s FREE.
Continue reading...No Name Calling Week – January 24-28, 2011
25. January 2011
“No Name Calling Week,” created by GLSEN and Simon & Schuster, is now in its 6th year and gaining momentum. Barnes & Noble, and over 40 national partners, including a generous grant from Cisco Systems, made this year’s week possible. As the website notes, No Name-Calling Week was inspired by a young adult novel entitled “The [...]
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- 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
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19. April 2011
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