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Hurting others hurts us: Study

June 18, 2013 By Anne 1 Comment

Although the victim is usually the focus in discussions about the impacts of social cruelty, everybody involved in it feels some pain or distress, research shows. Two recent studies offer fresh insights into the impacts on bystanders, both those who witness cruel behavior and those who feel compelled to participate. First the latter, from the University of Rochester. "When people bend to … [Read more...] about Hurting others hurts us: Study

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, Literacy & Citizenship, Risk & Safety Tagged With: Brunel University, bullying, cyberbullying, Ian Rivers, ostracism, school, SEL, social cruelty, social literacy, social-emotional learning, University of Rochester

Pinterest for consuming, curating, producing

June 18, 2013 By Anne Leave a Comment

I love seeing the clear distinction being made by this teacher between consuming vs. producing social media – and the learning value being placed on the producing. Seems obvious, I know, but I still see peers – including media researchers – referring to today's media as merely consumed. "As I looked into using Pinterest as an educator tool," writes educator Lisa Nielsen, "I found that most … [Read more...] about Pinterest for consuming, curating, producing

Filed Under: education technology, Research, School & Tech, Social Media Tagged With: curation, education technology, Lisa Nielsen, mobile apps, Pinterest, Social Media, teachers

Parenting the littlest media users: Important study

June 13, 2013 By Anne Leave a Comment

Table from Northwestern U. report

Increasingly, digital media are just part of the rhythm of everyday US family life, a significant new study of parents of young children indicates. The study, "Parenting in the Age of Digital Technology," conducted by Northwestern University's Center on Media & Human Development, surveyed a nationally representative sample of more than 2,300 parents of children 8 and under about how media – … [Read more...] about Parenting the littlest media users: Important study

Filed Under: Parenting, Social Media Tagged With: Alexis Lauricella, digital media, Elinor Ochs, Ellen Wartella, Lynn Schofield Clark, Northwestern University, Parenting, Parenting in the Age of Digital Technology, Sabrina Connell, Social Media, Vicky Rideout, Vikki Katz

Point & counterpoint on young video gamers: 2 studies

June 11, 2013 By Anne Leave a Comment

What an interesting point and counterpoint about videogames have been turned up by two just-released studies, one from Northwestern University in the US and one by University of Victoria in Canada: On the one hand: "Parents assess video games more negatively than television, computers, and mobile devices. More parents rate video games as having a negative effect on children’s reading, math, … [Read more...] about Point & counterpoint on young video gamers: 2 studies

Filed Under: gaming, Parenting, Social Media, videogames Tagged With: digital media, Kathy Sanford, Northwestern University, Social Media, University of Victoria, video games, videogames

Undercover mom on Instagram

June 10, 2013 By Anne 1 Comment

One of her aliases is CupcakePuppy44. That's parent, author, and former teacher Sharon Duke Estroff's Instagram handle. She created a join account with her 10-year-old after some stonewalling and some external investigation (with kids, fellow parents, and psychologists), not to mention a certain amount of hounding by her daughter, who – not unlike other 4th- and 5th-graders – indicated she was … [Read more...] about Undercover mom on Instagram

Filed Under: Parenting, Social Media Tagged With: cellphones, Instagram, mobile apps, Parenting, photo-sharing, Sharon Duke Estroff

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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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