NetFamilyNews.orgDoesn’t it just make sense? That government programs aimed at educating youth actually consult youth about what works for them? The Australian federal government is doing just that in what I hope becomes a model for other governments. “The Youth Advisory Group (YAG) on Cybersafety program for 2013 has been launched [this week] with the [...]
Editor’s note: This week, my holiday gift to you, dear readers. Below you’ll find Part 1 of a three-part series of guest posts by teacher Marianne Malmstrom about what students learning in digital environments can teach all of us – parents, educators, risk prevention experts, and anybody else who works with young people. Editing this [...]
For a new report, the Pew Internet Project surveyed and held focus groups with more than 2,000 middle and high school teachers in the Advanced Placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) communities and found that 77% feel “the Internet and digital search tools have had a ‘mostly positive’ impact on their students’ research habits, [...]
Well, two great back-to-school messages, actually. I’ll get to the one from two organizations in a minute. First, one from a parent: At a time when so many families are feeling swamped with stuff added to schedules and school supplies lists – and that’s on top of run-of-the-mill, everyday parental pressures that probably include worries [...]
This is how safety, citizenship, and social change work best in social media. Count on students to lead the way. “After a bullying Twitter account at Linn-Mar High School [in Marion, Iowa] spurred copycats in Iowa City,” students at West High School in the latter city adopted countermeasures, the Iowa City Press Citizen reports. Their [...]
This article marking an important beginning was originally published March 2, 2012, then my service’s server crashed with no backup(!). So I’m reposting this 9/8/12. Surrounded by some of the best thinkers and researchers in the bullying prevention, social media, and youth empowerment fields, Wednesday (2/29) I got to watch “Born This Way” become “Move [...]
President Obama’s message to students went to the core of resolving bullying and cyberbullying.
A new study shows correlation between cyberbullying and suicidal ideation similar to traditional bullying and suicidal thoughts.
In light of some egregious cases in the news, we’re naturally seeing more and more calls for schools to take action against cyberbullying. Not surprisingly, students are wary of school interventions. “The effectiveness of adult interventions depends a lot ‘on context, school culture, climate, as well as the way in which each intervention is carried [...]
The other day, Patricia Agatston – school risk-prevention specialist and co-author of Cyber Bullying Prevention Curriculum for Grades 6-12 and Grades 3-5 – met with 30 student leaders at a high school in the state of Georgia. She asked them for their thoughts on cyberbullying. “I found this discussion fascinating,” she later wrote some colleagues. [...]
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