I have a question for you, but first here's what it's about: A recent group cyberbullying incident involving two high schools in Palo Alto, Calif., has "sparked intense discussion" among parents, school administrators and general community members "about the proper role of the school district" when cyberbullying involves students but doesn't happen on school grounds," Palo Alto Online reports. … [Read more...] about Schools: How to handle group cyberbullying?
Search Results for: digital citizenship
*Social* media literacy: The new Internet safety
In talks and sound bytes over the past year, I've been saying that - for the vast majority of online youth - digital citizenship is the new Internet safety. And indeed digital citizenship is HUGE, for the very reason that behaving aggressively online more than doubles the risk of being victimized (see "Good citizens in virtual worlds, too"). Still, that's really only the half of it. Media literacy … [Read more...] about *Social* media literacy: The new Internet safety
Mom undercover in kids’ virtual worlds
How would you like to go in-world and experience ClubPenguin's igloos, icey games, and penguin pizzeria first-hand (well, almost first-hand)? You can, if you haven't already, with ChilyLily437, aka writer, former elementary teacher, child development expert, and mom of four (ages 6 to 16) Sharon Duke Estroff in this month's issue of Good Housekeeping. Her article, "I Was an Undercover Penguin: … [Read more...] about Mom undercover in kids’ virtual worlds
The Net effect
Just why do we need to think before we post and text? A logical question your kids may be asking you. Here's a possible answer: because... online socializers and media sharers have invisible audiences those audiences could be small or huge (tough to tell) those readers, viewers, friends, acquaintances, potential ex-friends and employers can copy, paste, do just about anything they want with our … [Read more...] about The Net effect
9th graders’ Lively protest
"It's free expression in a dignified, a powerful and a passionate manner," a School Library Journal blogger reports, referring to Digiteens' protest against the impending shut-down of Lively avatar chat by its parent, Google. The Digiteens are Camilla, Ga., 9th-graders whose goal, they say in their protest blog, "to teach digital citizenship to students via an easy to use 3D virtual world that is … [Read more...] about 9th graders’ Lively protest