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MTV’s Draw Your Line: Between Digital Use and Abuse
Following on from our earlier blog on Cyberbullying Solutions: New Tool from MTV, we are pleased to bring you this latest update from MTV …
Continue reading...“Alison Trachtman Hill gives US the scoop on cyberbullying”: AllyKatzz Tween Summit
25. October 2010
Check out this short but informative interview with Alison Trachtman Hill, founder of Critical Issues for Girls (CI4G), at the AllyKatzz Tween Summit held in NYC on October 10, 2010. (See also her interview on YouTube.) We suggest that you take a moment to check out the rest of the AllyKatzz website, where “Girls ‘right’ their stories,” and [...]
Continue reading...Next Generation Learning: “My School is Cool”
13. August 2010
Check out this short video clip (3.32 mins) which gives Harry’s (age 11) perspective on Next Generation Learning: “My School is Cool.” From his perspective, some of the benefits of teaching and learning with technology inlcude: It helps kids with braintraining and fitness exercises; helps students participate in classes better, especially students who are shy; helps teachers see [...]
Continue reading...Online Safety Resources: Adina’s Deck
3. August 2010
Today’s feature is Adina’s Deck, an “award-winning DVD series about the fictional detective club, “Adina’s Deck,” a group of friends who help solve challenges current to today’s young people.” The series addresses a number of important topics relating to online safety and digital citizenship. Let’s find out more …
Continue reading...Digital Citizenship Project Goes Global: The Digiteen Project
2. August 2010
This exciting project was founded in 2008 by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis, who, along with Barbara Stefanics, founded the Flat Classroom Project. The Digiteen Project is a “global hands-on project for middle and early high school students (typically Grade 6-9, 11-15 year old).” Let’s learn more …
Continue reading...Bullying Prevention Resources: Ronan’s Escape
30. July 2010
This week’s video feature is a ”visually stunning short film set in the rural wheat belt of Western Australia.” The film provides a “candid insight into the life of Ronan … a 14 yr old boy who’s been bullied his whole life at school.” The film won the “Best Short Film” award at the prestigious 2010 Sedona International [...]
Continue reading...The Living Internet: Get ready to be “spoofed”; youth as co-creators
16. July 2010
In reviewing clips for today’s “Friday’s Film Feature,” we became accutely aware that, as noted in the recent Youth Safety on a Living Internet, the “Internet, is, in effect, a ‘living thing,’” (p. 5), with its users, especially youth, being very much co-creators and co-interpreters of much of the content. What’s this got to do with the Friday film feature? [...]
Continue reading...Hero in the Hallway: Empowering young people in bullying prevention efforts
9. July 2010
This week’s Friday video clip is a powerful piece about the prevalence of bullying in schools, the need to hear young people’s voices on this issue, and the importance of involving young people in solutions. The clip is just under 4 minutes long, but packs a punch. Check it out.
Continue reading...Cyberbullying Prevention Resources: Let’s Get Real Video + Materials
13. June 2010
Need some great materials which examine the issues that lead to taunting and bullying, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and others. Then check out this site.
Continue reading...Trend Micro What’s Your Story Competition: The winners are …
3. June 2010
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...Bullying & Cyberbullying Bystanders: Cartoon Network campaign targets middle school “bystanders” to intervene
26. May 2010
Next fall, the Cartoon Network will launch
Continue reading...Youth Voices on Cyberbullying: What young people in the UK are saying about their digital world
17. April 2010
In this engaging video clip, Dr. Tanya Byron, a leading U.K. cyberbully expert, gives us 12 refreshing (and funny!) youth voices which really help inform us about digital safety. Do you know what your students are saying about their digital world?
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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
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- Judge Tom: After 23 years in juvenile court, I believe that t...
1. November 2010
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