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Teen suspended for anti-bullying video with fake suicide

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:54:00 +0000

TODAY Moms . Parenting Advice, Stories and Mom News | TODAY.com Blogs - Teen suspended for anti-bullying video with fake suicide: When Jessica Barba, a freshman at a New York high school, created a Facebook account for a fictional 12-year-old, she was hoping to raise awareness about bullying. But did the school project go too far? NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports and Barba and her parents speak with TODAY's Matt Lauer about assignment that caught the attention of police and resulted in her suspension.

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Teens & Online Video | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:42:00 +0000

Teens & Online Video | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

OVERVIEW

In a survey of 799 teens conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project between April 19 and July 14, 2011, the teens were asked about a number of online behaviors. The results for video-oriented activities are reported here. Among the findings:

37% of internet users ages 12-17 participate in video chats with others using applications such as Skype, Googletalk or iChat. Girls are more likely than boys to have such chats.
27% of internet-using teens 12-17 record and upload video to the internet. One major difference between now and 2006 is that online girls are just as likely these days to upload video as online boys.
13% of internet-using teens stream video live to the internet for other people to watch.
Social media users are much more likely than those who do not use social media to engage in all three video behaviors studied.

Coming Out: Audio, Photos and Stories of Gay Teens - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:53:00 +0000

Coming Out: Audio, Photos and Stories of Gay Teens - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com: Bullying and suicides of gay and lesbian teenagers are in the headlines, the military's “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy has been repealed, and the debate over same-sex marriage continues to divide the country. Against this backdrop, many L.G.B.T. youth wonder how accepting society will be.

Facebook 'Likes' Could Get You Fired, and Legal Options are a Challenge | PCWorld

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:18:00 +0000

Facebook "likes" can possibly get you fired, and if you take your employer to court over the punishment you may have an uphill legal battle.

That's what several plaintiffs found when they took the matter to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia.

In the case Bland v. Roberts, the plaintiffs, who had worked in the Hampton, Virginia, sheriff's office under B.J. Roberts, who was running for re-election against Jim Adams, asserted doing things to support their boss' opponent eventually got them fired once Roberts had secured his seat. Such activities included placing a pro-Adams bumper sticker on one of their cars, attending an Adams-sponsored cookout, and "liking" Adams' Facebook page.

Read more: Facebook 'Likes' Could Get You Fired, and Legal Options are a Challenge | PCWorld

Cyber Bully Commercial

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:20:00 +0000

How Many Teens are Actually Involved in Cyberbullying?

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:31:00 +0000

How Many Teens are Actually Involved in Cyberbullying?: Estimates of the number of teens who have experienced cyberbullying are all over the map. I can point you to a paper published in a peer-reviewed academic journal that says that 72% of students have been cyberbullied while another published study puts the number at 5.5%. The numbers are similarly varied when it comes to [...]

It Gets Better: Kayla in Primghar My brother's story

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:40:00 +0000

Positive Peer-based Approaches to Address Cyberbullying

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:52:00 +0000

Embracing Digital Youth is please to announce its Webinar series. Through these Webinars, Embracing Digital Youth Network will seek to help educators, mental health professionals, and law enforcement engage in prevention and intervention activities that ground in research insight, focus on influencing positive behavior and implementing restorative practices, and encourage effective evaluation.

These Webinars will be available for later viewing in our archive. An Issue Brief for each Webinar will provide insight and recommendations for practice.

Positive Peer-based Approaches to Address Cyberbullying

This webinar takes place on April 26th at 7:00 P.M. Eastern Time

Schools are struggling to address a new challenge–the hurtful behavior of students when using digital technologies. Addressing this new challenge is difficult because much of this hurtful behavior occurs in digital environments where adults are generally not present. Hurtful interactions frequently occur when students are off-campus, with the damaging impact occurring at school.

How can educators ensure the development of a positive school climate and support positive actions by peers that will be necessary for prevention and early intervention? These three professionals are working on innovative new approaches to enhance these positive peer-based approaches.

Presenters:

Patricia Agatston, Ph.D. Licensed Professional Counselor with the Prevention/Intervention Center, a student assistance program in the Cobb County School District, Georgia. Co-Director of CyberbullyHelp: Preventing Bullying in the Digital Age

. Co-author of Cyber Bullying: Bullying in the Digital Age. Patti has been pioneering a peer-based prevention approach that includes utilizing peer leaders to facilitate class lessons on cyberbullying as well as utilizing peer leaders from the Sources of Strength suicide prevention program to develop anti-bullying messages.
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use/Embracing Digital Youth. Author of Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Cruelty, Threats, and Distress, Cyber Safe Kids, Cyber Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the Internet in a Safe and Responsible Manner, Cyber Savvy: Embracing Digital Safety and Civility. Nancy is developing a new program called Be a Friend ~ Lend a Hand

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Karen Siris, Ed.D. Professor at Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Principal at OceansideElementary, NY. Currently serving on the New York State Education Task Force charged with designing and implementing the new Dignity for All Students Act, anti-bullying legislation. Karen has demonstrated significant success in creating a caring majority

of “upstanding students” in her Long Island school.
Torin Hovander is a senior at Sandia High School in Albuquerque, N.M. who established a very successful bullying prevention club

. This program has increased peer intervention and reporting to the school. It is now being spread to other high schools in the region.

Young Heroes Prevent Bullying

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:52:00 +0000

Young Heroes Prevent Bullying: TEACHERS IMPLEMENT the 11th annual AMERICA'S YOUNG HEROES CONTEST To PREVENT BULLYING

Young Heroes Prevent Bullying

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:51:00 +0000

Young Heroes Prevent Bullying

TEACHERS IMPLEMENT the 11th annual AMERICA'S YOUNG HEROES

CONTEST To PREVENT BULLYING & PROMOTE RESPECT

in SCHOOLS!

Two Standley Lake High School Students Face Felony Charges In Sexting Case

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:15:00 +0000

Two Standley Lake High School Students Face Felony Charges In Sexting Case

Guest Commentary: Let’s prevent peer victimization, not just bullying

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:01:00 +0000

Guest Commentary: Let’s prevent peer victimization, not just bullying

This commentary argues that it is time to make bullying less of the central concept in efforts to combat peer victimization.

How Often Are Teens Arrested for Sexting?

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:01:00 +0000

Findings from the study include the following: during 2008 and 2009, there were approximately 3,477 youth sexting cases handled by law enforcement agencies across the country; an adult was involved in 36 percent of the sexting cases investigated by police, while in 31 percent of the cases a minor engaged in malicious, non-consensual, or abusive behavior; police made an arrest in 62 percent of the cases in which an adult was involved, in 36 percent of youth-only cases involving abusive behavior, and in 18 percent of cases experimental cases in which only youth were involved and there were no aggravating or abusive behaviors; and 63 percent of the images created in sexting cases were distributed by cell phone only and never reached the Internet. This study examined characteristics of police-investigated cases of youth sexting and the police response to these cases. Data for the study were obtained from a national survey of 2,712 law enforcement agencies with detailed questions about sexting cases handled by police during 2008 and 2009 (n=675). The cases investigated by the police involved “youth-produced sexual images” that were considered child pornography under relevant State statutes. The cases were divided into two categories: aggravated cases that involved additional criminal or abusive elements to the images, and experimental cases that did not involve adults or contain any intent to harm or reckless misuse. The findings indicate that youth sexting is a diverse phenomenon in which some cases involve adults and serious criminal dynamics while other cases are better characterized as adolescent sexual experimentation and attention-seeking. Many of the cases investigated by the police included aggravating circumstances that led to arrest and prosecution for the offenders. Policy issues of concern to law enforcement are discussed. Figures, tables, appendix, and references
https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=258881

NetSmartz Workshop eBook: Delivery for Webster

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:28:00 +0000

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NetSmartzKids e-books offer an exciting, new way for children ages 5-10 to learn important Internet safety lessons. In this first offering, Webster learns why it's important to ask a trusted adult before sharing his information online.

Delivery for Webster has animated pictures and "read-to-me" narration for early readers. Parents and educators can also utilize the accompanying discussion guide to start a conversation about pop-ups and personal information with children.

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The Philosopher Whose Fingerprints Are All Over the FTC's New Approach to Privacy - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:49:00 +0000

The Philosopher Whose Fingerprints Are All Over the FTC's New Approach to Privacy - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

The brilliant New York University philosopher Helen Nissenbaum has put her approach to privacy at the center of the national agenda.

PALO ALTO -- A mile or two away from Facebook's headquarters in Silicon Valley, Helen Nissenbaum of New York University was standing in a basement on Stanford's campus explaining that the entire way that we've thought about privacy on the Internet is wrong.

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Online Oversharing Can be Dangerous | PCWorld

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:43:00 +0000

Online Oversharing Can be Dangerous | PCWorld: Online oversharing can be downright unsafe, as an app making headlines for being creepy and undermining the privacy of women shows. A geo-location based app called Girls Around Me shows users a radar overlaid on top of a Google Map, “out of which throbs numerous holographic women posing like pole dancers in a perpetual state of undress,” Cult of Mac reports. Read more ...

MTV's A Thin Line : Angry Birds Draw Their Line : www.athinline.org

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:46:00 +0000

MTV's A Thin Line : Angry Birds Draw Their Line : www.athinline.org: You're not the only one dealing with digital drama – even birds go through it sometimes. Join them in standing up and taking action, and you'll be rewarded with access to a secret Golden Egg level of the Angry Birds Space game!

Teens, Smartphones & Texting | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:49:00 +0000

Teens, Smartphones & Texting | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project: Teens are fervent communicators. Straddling childhood and adulthood, they communicate frequently with a variety of important people in their lives: friends and peers, parents, teachers, coaches, bosses, and a myriad of other adults and institutions. This report examines the tools teens use to communicate, with a particular focus on mobile devices, and then places the use of those tools in the broader context of how teens choose to communicate with people in their lives.

McGruff SafeGuard Browser for iPhone, iPad, iPod/Touch

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:29:00 +0000

McGruff SafeGuard Browser for iPhone, iPad, iPod/Touch http://www.gomcgruff.com/browser

The Viral Kony 2012 Video | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:52:00 +0000

The Viral Kony 2012 Video | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

The 30-minute video released last week by the San Diego-based group Invisible Children calling for action against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony provided striking evidence that young adults and their elders at times have different news agendas and learn about news in different ways. Those ages 18-29 were much more likely than older adults to have heard a lot about the “Kony 2012” video and to have learned about it through social media than traditional news sources. Indeed, a special analysis of posts in Twitter showed that it was by far the top story on the platform. Younger adults were also more than twice as likely as older adults to have watched the video itself on YouTube or Vimeo. As of March 13, the video had been viewed more than 76 million times on YouTube and 16 million times on Vimeo, making it one of the most viewed videos of all time on those sites. A new Pew Research Center report, based on polling and social media content analysis, tracks how the “Kony 2012” video and information about it reached so many Americans in a relatively short period of time, and the critical role social media played, especially for adults under age 30.

Read or download the full report: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Kony-2012-Video.aspx

Efforts to Deal With Bullying | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:46:00 +0000

Efforts to Deal With Bullying | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR: An estimated one in six children and teenagers will be bullied this year. A new documentary highlights how bullying can trigger a cycle of violence. Diane speaks to the director of the film "Bully," one of the teenagers who appears in the film, along with a panel of experts.

INFOGRAPHIC: Teens and Texting Are The New Milk and Cookies | Mobile Marketing Watch

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:58:00 +0000

INFOGRAPHIC: Teens and Texting Are The New Milk and Cookies | Mobile Marketing Watch: Teens and texting have become a synonymous pair. Like milk and cookies and peanut butter and jelly, it’s almost impossible to find a teen today who isn’t tethered to his or her mobile device. To illustrate this powerful and increasingly common relationship, OnlineSchools.com published an informative new infographic highlighting the incredible frequency with which today’s teens text.

Study Finds Link Between School Bullies and Substance Use | The Partnership at Drugfree.org

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:08:00 +0000

Study Finds Link Between School Bullies and Substance Use | The Partnership at Drugfree.org: Study Finds Link Between School Bullies and Substance Use By Join Together Staff | March 9, 2012

Students who bully their classmates are more likely to use cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana, compared with their peers who aren’t bullies, a new study suggests. “Our findings suggest that one deviant behavior may be related to another,” lead author Kisha Radliff of Ohio State University said in a news release. “For example, youth who bully others might be more likely to also try substance use. The reverse could also be true in that youth who use substances might be more likely to bully others.”

Minnesota District Reaches Pact on Antigay Bullying - NYTimes.com

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:26:00 +0000

Minnesota District Reaches Pact on Antigay Bullying - NYTimes.com: Last month, the district rescinded the neutrality policy in favor of a requirement to “affirm the dignity and self-worth of students” regardless of race, sexual orientation, disabilities or other factors.

Family Online Safety Guide in Different Languages

noreply@blogger.com (RS) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:43:00 +0000

Family Online Safety Guide: Family Online Safety Guide Are you concerned about your children when they go onto the Internet? Have you heard about MySpace and Facebook and are wondering what your children are doing on there? Do your kids know more about computers than you do? You aren’t alone but help is here. Marian Merritt’s Family Online Safety Guide was written just for you. An easy to understand booklet full of tips and tricks for keeping your family safe on the Internet is available for FREE. The guide, which received the 2008 Disney iParenting media award, is authored by renowned Internet Safety Advocate Marian Merritt of Norton security by Symantec. It is made available to you by Symantec, the makers of the Norton Internet security software.

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Teen suspended for anti-bullying video with fake suicide

Teens & Online Video | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

OVERVIEW

Coming Out: Audio, Photos and Stories of Gay Teens - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

Facebook 'Likes' Could Get You Fired, and Legal Options are a Challenge | PCWorld

Cyber Bully Commercial

How Many Teens are Actually Involved in Cyberbullying?

It Gets Better: Kayla in Primghar My brother's story

Positive Peer-based Approaches to Address Cyberbullying

Positive Peer-based Approaches to Address Cyberbullying

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Young Heroes Prevent Bullying

Young Heroes Prevent Bullying

Two Standley Lake High School Students Face Felony Charges In Sexting Case

Guest Commentary: Let’s prevent peer victimization, not just bullying

How Often Are Teens Arrested for Sexting?

NetSmartz Workshop eBook: Delivery for Webster

The Philosopher Whose Fingerprints Are All Over the FTC's New Approach to Privacy - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

Online Oversharing Can be Dangerous | PCWorld

MTV's A Thin Line : Angry Birds Draw Their Line : www.athinline.org

Teens, Smartphones & Texting | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

McGruff SafeGuard Browser for iPhone, iPad, iPod/Touch

The Viral Kony 2012 Video | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

Efforts to Deal With Bullying | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR

INFOGRAPHIC: Teens and Texting Are The New Milk and Cookies | Mobile Marketing Watch

Study Finds Link Between School Bullies and Substance Use | The Partnership at Drugfree.org

Minnesota District Reaches Pact on Antigay Bullying - NYTimes.com

Family Online Safety Guide in Different Languages