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State Cyberbullying Laws: The Facts at your Fingertips

Just a short blog today, but one which is nevertheless packed with information.  Do you want to know what the law says about cyberbullying in your state?  Then check out this excellent resource from the Cyberbullying Research Center and you will have all the facts right at your fingertips: State Cyberbullying Laws – A Brief [...]

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“New Boy” Video Clip: The Tip of the Bullying Iceberg

This week we are featuring a film about a “young African boy with a haunting back story who starts school in Ireland, and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar.”  Let’s check it out … 

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Online Safety Prevention Resources: bNetS@avvy website

Today’s online safety feature is the bNetS@avvy website which “provides up-to-date information about online trends and behavior, and offers practical cyber safety tools for use in the home and the classroom.”  Their goal is to “help parents and educators guide children towards the safe and savvy use of social technology.”  Let’s check them out …

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Cyberbullying Prevention Resources: Cyberbullying Research Center website

We’ve mentioned materials from this website in previous blogs (see “Right Now” Toolkit Resources, and Top Ten Fact Sheets), but it’s such a valuable resource that we wanted to include it “en masse” in this feature on cyberbullying prevention websites.  What makes it such a valuable resource?  Well, to start with …

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Cyberbullying and Suicide: Hinduja & Patchin Research

A lot of media attention has recently been given to the subject of young people ending their lives as a result of being bullied and/or cyberbullied (see also our recent blog on this topic).  Profs. Hinduja and Patchin at the Cyberbullying Research Center have just had their paper on Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Suicide accepted for [...]

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Cyber bullying: “Top 10″ Fact Sheets Reviewed

Periodically, we will be reviewing the cyber bullying “Fact Sheets” which can be found on various websites, as these are often useful resources to keep readily at hand for educators, parents and students wanting to know more about this topic.  They can be a great way to introduce this complex topic in a manner which does not overwhelm or [...]

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Who’s Who Profiles: The Team of Dr. Hinduja and Dr. Patchin

First segment in a series of profiles of key leaders in the cyberbullying field. Because there is so much cyberbullying content out there, we aim to save you time by identifying which researchers, speakers and authors are the key leaders in the field.

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