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Counterspeech: A tool for students who want to counter online hate

September 29, 2017 By Anne 2 Comments

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Now, in time for National Bullying Prevention Month 2017, students have solid, research-based guidance for countering online hate, harassment and bullying – in the form of a cartoon! "Counterspeech DOs & DON'Ts" is the result of a months-long collaboration of iCanHelpline.org, iHeartMob.org, #ICANHELP, Project HEAR, The Dangerous Speech Project and some outstanding student advisers in … [Read more...] about Counterspeech: A tool for students who want to counter online hate

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, hate speech, Literacy & Citizenship, Research, Risk & Safety Tagged With: bullying, counter speech, counterspeech, cyberbullying, dangerous speech, Heartmob, icanhelp, iHeartmob, iHollaback, Project HEAR, Susan Benesch

2 kinds of bullying, 2 kinds of empathy: Research

September 1, 2017 By Anne Leave a Comment

Digital mindfulness poster

It's an age-old social problem, but we have gotten so much smarter about bullying – both the problem and the solutions – since media became so very social. Not only do we now know that the age-old "schoolyard bully" is a stereotype, we know it's not the only one people all over the world entertain. There's more than one stereotype of bullying and more than one kind. But there's something else we … [Read more...] about 2 kinds of bullying, 2 kinds of empathy: Research

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, empathy, Parenting, Research, Risk & Safety, School & Tech Tagged With: affective empathy, bullying, cognitive empathy, Cyberbullying Research Center, empathy, Federation University, Mean Girls, SEL, social-emotional learning

Game-changing insights on bullying from a top US researcher

June 20, 2017 By Anne 1 Comment

Chart about criteria for healthy families, schools

If we want schools to be safe for all kids, we cannot ignore the direct connections between bullying, sexual harassment and homophobic name-calling in middle school. That's according to groundbreaking research presented by University of Florida psychology professor Dorothy Espelage in her latest talk. One of the U.S.'s leading bullying researchers, she was speaking in Washington at the American … [Read more...] about Game-changing insights on bullying from a top US researcher

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, Research, Risk & Safety, Youth Tagged With: American Psychological Association, APA, bullying, cyberbullying, Dorothy Espelage, GLSEN, research, school climate, SEL, social-emotional learning

The resilience part of digital parenting (& kids’ safety)

March 11, 2017 By Anne 1 Comment

Shadow of a strong, confident girl

Parents concerned about the digital part of parenting deserve to know that they are not starting from scratch when their kids start using phones, tablets and other connected devices – even if they haven't had conversations about digital safety yet. Far from it. Besides a loving family member or 2, 3 or 30 and the safeguarding norms, identity and values that most kids develop at home, kids also … [Read more...] about The resilience part of digital parenting (& kids’ safety)

Filed Under: cyberbullying, Parenting, Research, Risk & Safety Tagged With: Cyberbullying Research Center, resilience, Sameer Hinduja

How to choose (or make!) an anti-bullying video that helps

January 17, 2017 By Anne 7 Comments

Recently a graduate student was given the assignment to find videos on YouTube that are "helpful to kids in confronting bullying." The criteria given the student were: Make sure the video… 1. presents accurate information about both the problem and what bullying is (sometimes behavior's just rude or mean, not bullying) 2. is made by kids for kids 3. shows kids standing up for … [Read more...] about How to choose (or make!) an anti-bullying video that helps

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, Risk & Safety, video Tagged With: Cartoon Network, educators, McGruff the Crime Dog, media literacy, Russell Sabella, teachers, YouTube

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IMPORTANT RESOURCES

Our (DIGITAL) PARENTING BASICS: Safety + Social
NAMLE, the National Association for Media Literacy Education
CASEL.org & the 5 core social-emotional competencies of SEL
Center for Democracy & Technology
Center for Innovative Public Health Research
Childnet International
Committee for Children
Congressional Internet Caucus Academy
ConnectSafely.org
Control Shift: a pivotal book for Internet safety
Crimes Against Children Research Center
Crisis Textline
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative's Revenge Porn Crisis Line
Cyberwise.org
danah boyd's blog and book about networked youth
Disconnected, Carrie James's book on digital ethics
FOSI.org's Good Digital Parenting
The research of Global Kids Online
The Good Project at Harvard's School of Education
If you watch nothing else: "Parenting in a Digital Age" TED Talk by Prof. Sonia Livingstone
The International Bullying Prevention Association
Let Grow Foundation
Making Caring Common
Raising Digital Natives, author Devorah Heitner's site
Renee Hobbs at the Media Education Lab
MediaSmarts.ca
The New Media Literacies
Report of the Aspen Task Force on Learning & the Internet and our guide to Creating Trusted Learning Environments
The Ruler Approach to social-emotional learning (Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence)
Sources of Strength
"Young & Online: Perspectives on life in a digital age" from young people in 26 countries (via UNICEF)
"Youth Safety on a Living Internet": 2010 report of the Online Safety & Technology Working Group (and my post about it)

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