tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:26:35 +0000Cybersafety EducationCybersecurityCyberbullyingOnline Personal SafetyEventsSocial NetworkingCyberSafety Resource SpotlightIntellectual PropertySextingThis blog is intended to be an educational resource for students, parents and teachers about internet safety.http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)Blogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-242574078048079387Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:11:00 +00002011-03-09T15:22:54.694-05:00Tomorrow, March 10, the White House will be hosting parents, students, teachers, and community leaders for a conference on bullying prevention. You can watch the conference live and join in the discussion with bullying experts through an online chat. Please follow this link to see the President's video invitation to the event. You can also go to the website stopbullying.gov for more information http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2011/03/president-and-first-lady-hosting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-3799591088845829340Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:20:00 +00002011-02-08T10:43:20.782-05:00Trend Micro and the International Internet Safety Coalition have announced their second annual "What's Your Story" video contest. The contest is open to students ages 13 and up. The contest also accepts submissions from teachers and their classrooms. Each video entry is expected to address one or more of the following internet safety topics:Being a Good Online CitizenUsing a Mobile Phone http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2011/02/10000-internet-safety-video-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-6721810652388326547Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:48:00 +00002011-02-03T14:32:13.007-05:00We are pleased to make available i-SAFE's K-12 Internet Safety curriculum to all BPS educators. The interactive lesson plans, webcasts, and supplemental videos are being offered so all BPS educators can confidently teach their students appropriate online behavior, awareness and response regarding subjects such as cyber bullying, social networking, sexting, online predators, intellectual property http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-safe-internet-safety-curriculum-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-4655095918664017073Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:54:00 +00002011-01-31T09:58:53.896-05:00The educational technology blog, Free Technology For Teachers, posted about Eleven Resources for Teaching & Learning Web Safety. Check out some of these sites for your classroom cyber safety lessons and pass them along to your student's parents!http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2011/01/resources-for-cybersafety.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-5098905813637898788Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:39:00 +00002010-10-27T07:57:34.618-05:00Two very interesting, thought provoking articles this weekend in the Boston Globe and Herald about what some school districts are considering as social networking policy for their teachers. Recently, some teachers in New York have been terminated or face disciplinary measures for inappropriate relationships with students that included contact on social networking websites.This is a great http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/10/massachusetts-districts-considering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-5546640852766036374Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:20:00 +00002010-10-18T09:45:31.114-05:00This past Friday, ABC news magazine program 20/20 aired a story about bullying. While the title of the story was "Bullied to Death", they did mention that bullying (and cyberbullying) effect victims in non-lethal ways. One of the most staggering statistics that the segment mentions is that 160,000 children stay home from school each day out of fear from being bullied. Needless to say students http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/10/bullying-story-on-2020-and-other.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-414261058917081022Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:35:00 +00002010-10-01T12:37:30.870-05:00@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; The new Safe Driving Law has taken effect and it is now illegal for anyone to read, write or send text messages while driving. State and local police are already handing out http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/10/safe-driving-law-takes-effect-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-2920930644413984894Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:50:00 +00002010-09-17T12:04:34.304-05:00The Boston Public School district will roll out the Everyone Needs to Know the AUP initiative in fall 2010, thanks to financial support from the Verizon Foundation. Verizon joins Microsoft, Boston Society of Information Managers and Bunker Hill Community College in supporting the five-year-old City of Boston's Cyber Safety Campaign.Last spring, with the increase in cyber safety issues facing http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/09/verizon-grant-supports-effort-to-raise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-6004746067219331870Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:59:00 +00002010-06-21T11:23:49.930-05:00Back in March, the City of Boston invited all school-age children to submit creative ways of addressing the bullying problem and incorporate one of two contest themes. Students in grades K-5 are reminded to "Be Kind Online", while students in grades 6-12 are urged to "Keep it Social".With nearly 300 submissions, the citywide Anti-Bullying Contest was a wonderful success. Mayor Menino http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/06/city-of-boston-announces-anti-bullying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-7678840084633201658Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:56:00 +00002010-06-15T12:25:58.404-05:00Here is an interesting viewpoint from the Boston Globe about the new Massachusetts anti-bullying law. According to the principal featured in the story, the new anti-bullying law does not give principals any more authority in disciplining bullies than they had before the law was passed. In fact, students cannot be expelled for bullying according to this principal. The law calls for more traininghttp://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/06/globe-article-on-new-anti-bullying-law.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-1966538931319747764Thu, 27 May 2010 12:50:00 +00002010-06-01T14:37:21.991-05:00The Sarah Greenwood School hosted OIIT for two afternoons of cybersafety lessons last week. Eric Esteves and Joe Kidd went out to the school to talk with students about cybersafety strategies and cyberbullying. They traveled to eight different classrooms and spoke with students in grades four, five, six, seven and eight. In grade four, the presentation focused around the BPS CyberSafety Heroeshttp://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/05/internet-safety-presentations-at-sarah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-1417949685940707479Tue, 04 May 2010 18:31:00 +00002010-05-04T14:46:36.053-05:00BPS cybersafety expert, Eric Esteves, sent me a few interesting articles over the past couple of days. The first one is a new sexting bill that was signed into law by Governor Patrick a couple of weeks ago.http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20100413gov_patrick_signs_bill_to_outlaw_sexting_to_minors/The new law closes a loophole in the state's obscenity law that caused a conviction tohttp://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/05/couple-of-articles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-770838165012030666Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:08:00 +00002010-04-29T15:16:33.172-05:00The Massachusetts legislature unanimously approved an anti-bullying law this afternoon. The bill will now go to Governor Deval Patrick's desk for review. The law would require all school employees to report instances of bullying and require principals to investigate them. You can read the Boston Globe article here.http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/04/massachusetts-lawmakers-approves-anti.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-1641319985631295722Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:18:00 +00002010-04-22T13:34:18.116-05:00Cybersafety EducationEver wonder how you can report abusive behavior on Facebook? Are you a parent or a teacher who wants to learn some best practices of keeping your kids safe on the the popular social networking site? Well, go straight to the source and check out the recently overhauled Facebook safety center. Facebook wants to send the message to its users that they take the subject of online safety very http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/04/check-out-facebook-security-center.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-7730783757520387861Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:20:00 +00002010-04-22T13:33:53.751-05:00Cybersafety EducationCommon Sense Media is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to "improve the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology." Their website includes age recommendations and reviews of televisions shows, movies, books, video games, websites and music. They also offer a parental http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/04/common-sense-media-announces-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-7637801921441365490Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:55:00 +00002010-04-22T13:34:03.124-05:00CyberbullyingOver the weekend, ABC World News Report aired a story on how the city of Boston is trying to combat cyberbullying. The report featured a pair of students from Charlestown High School who were recent victims of cyberbullying. They were both interviewed about recent cyberbullying incidents involving Facebook pages. They called the new Boston anti-bullying hotline to report the incidents and get http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/04/abc-world-news-reports-on-boston.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-3790879095679395753Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:12:00 +00002010-03-30T12:35:07.064-05:00Students from TechBoston Academy have won the 2009-2010 MARC Public Service Announcement Contest for grades 6-12 for their video about cyberbullying titled, "Anti-Social". The Massachusetts Agression Reduction Center will hold their annual youth summit on April 30. The summit is a free event open to all students in grades 6 to 12 and their teachers from any schools in Massachusetts. Students http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/03/techboston-academy-students-win-psa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-1957188307729304260Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:27:00 +00002010-03-24T13:44:17.198-05:00Last week, the Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously approved an anti-bullying bill in an effort to "secure our students from bullying, both during the school day and after school hours." The Senate previously approved the measure. According to an article in the Boston Globe, Governor Patrick has indicated that he will sign the bill after it has been reconciled in committee http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/03/massachusetts-legislature-approves-anti.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-3278315862837682065Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:18:00 +00002010-03-12T09:34:45.630-05:00The city of Boston has announced an anti-cyberbullying contest that is open to all residents of Boston who are enrolled in grades K-12. The contest calls for "artistic submissions promoting healthy online behavior". Works of art can include posters, videos, songs, poetry and more. Students in Boston public schools, charter schools, and private schools are all welcome to apply. The contest is http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/03/city-announces-anti-cyberbullying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-5495881035009425037Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:52:00 +00002010-03-05T16:52:53.174-05:00Two weeks ago, PBS Frontline aired its special "digtial_nation - life on the virtual frontier". This new look into how digital media has transformed our lives is from the same producer that brought us the ground-breaking Frontline special, Growing Up Online, back in 2008. The 90 minute documentary takes a closer look at both the positive and negative effects that are the result of our now http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/03/pbs-frontline-special-digitalnation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-320231270916245577Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:10:00 +00002010-02-25T12:36:25.356-05:00CyberbullyingCybersafety EducationAs part of the Mayor's ongoing campaign against bullying in the city of Boston, he and BPS superintendent of schools, Dr. Carol Johnson, hosted a meeting about cyberbullying with past and present Boston Public School's cybersafety mentors. The cybersafety mentors are BPS high school students who have been hired during past summers to create materials and perform presentations to educate others http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/02/mayor-menino-and-superintendent-johnson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-4832529048130774677Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:52:00 +00002010-02-25T12:36:25.357-05:00CyberbullyingCybersafety EducationMayor Thomas Menino made an appearance at the McCormack Middle School Health and Wellness Day last Friday to speak to eighth grade students about bullying. The McCormack school Health and Wellness day featured community organizations making presentations to students on a variety of health related subjects. The Mayor used the event to announce a campaign against all types of bullying. The Mayorhttp://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/02/mayor-menino-announces-anti-bullying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-2954179364335694063Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:08:00 +00002010-02-05T14:34:45.947-05:00This is a great example of schools using technology for the good of humanity, please contribute if you can!Schools from all over Boston have come together to help the Haiti Relief Efforts. Many schools have been devising ways to raise money for the earthquake ravaged nation. Some schools have raised money by having bake sales, while other schools have raised money by having special non uniform http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/02/sumner-school-students-use-technology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-4149934075137810644Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:55:00 +00002010-01-27T11:03:26.282-05:00CyberbullyingAs you may have already read, a student in South Hadley took her own life last week. The student was allegedly cyberbullied by other students in her school via text messaging and Facebook. This event again brings up the conversation of new anti-bullying legislature which has not yet been passed. Cyberbullying continues to be a growing issue for parents, students and school systems. If you http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/01/massachusetts-cyberbullying-tragedy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155716946023512399.post-3210383199426534881Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:48:00 +00002010-01-20T09:00:50.738-05:00CyberbullyingWes Fryer, author of the educational technology blog, Moving at the Speed of Creativity, posted a link to a very clever YouTube video about cyberbullying. The video, called RE: Cry of the Dolphins, is less than a minute but gets it's point across about how some people post hurtful comments to blog and video posts. Part of teaching our students how to be good digital citizens also includes http://bpsinternetsafety.blogspot.com/2010/01/think-before-you-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BPS Internet Safety Blog)0