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A courageous target turned upstander

November 13, 2013 By Anne Leave a Comment

Read Caitlin Seida's story for a great example of resilience and how to be an upstander online. Caitlin had publicly posted an unflattering Halloween photo of herself, forgetting to make it private, and the photo – along with plenty of nasty comments – went viral. What started out to be a fun Halloween became a nightmare. "I don’t generally view my body size as positive or negative – it simply … [Read more...] about A courageous target turned upstander

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, Risk & Safety Tagged With: bystander, Caitlin Seida, harassment, resilience, social cruelty, upstander

Great contest for teen activist/app developers

March 15, 2012 By Anne Leave a Comment

Spread the word to young app developers and code writers at your house or school: ReachOut.com has just announced its national "Don't Just Stand By" Facebook App Developer Competition. Launched at the SxSW conference, the competition "calls on teens 13-17 to create a Facebook app that will help inform and empower potential bystanders of cyberbullying to take action," says Reach Out's press … [Read more...] about Great contest for teen activist/app developers

Filed Under: apps, bullying, Risk & Safety, Social Media Tagged With: app developers, apps, bullying prevention, bystander, cyberbullying, education technology, Facebook app, reachout.com

An appropriately social anti-bullying campaign

July 27, 2011 By Anne Leave a Comment

I think the very reason why this year's big-media anti-bullying campaign featuring CNN's Anderson Cooper has a much more effective message – "Stop Bullying: Speak Up" – is because a social media partner's involved. Last year, Cooper was host of a TV special report, "Bullying: No Escape," sponsored by Time Inc., CNN, and Cartoon Network, eSchoolNews reports. This year a more positive and … [Read more...] about An appropriately social anti-bullying campaign

Filed Under: cyberbullying, Research, Risk & Safety Tagged With: Anderson Cooper, bystander, cyberbullying, Facebook, Justin Patchin, Sameer Hinduja, Stop Bullying: Speak Up, Time Warner

Bystanders can help when bullying happens

August 7, 2009 By Anne Leave a Comment

If your children are neither bullies nor victims, there's still a strong possibility they can help reduce bullying at school. A well-reported article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says it's a myth that bullying involves only the bully and the victim. The fact is that "the active involvement of bystanders frequently determines the nature, extent and outcome" of bullying behavior and … [Read more...] about Bystanders can help when bullying happens

Filed Under: cyberbullying, Risk & Safety Tagged With: anti-gay bullying, bystander, Olweus

New, holistic anti-bullying program for schools

April 3, 2009 By Anne Leave a Comment

Parents and educators may be interested in a groundbreaking new approach to anti-bullying instruction. Called "CAPSULE" for "Creating a Peaceful Learning Environment," the program focuses on the entire school community instead of just on aggressive kids and teaches the need to understand rather than react to others, ScienceDaily reports. CAPSULE creates "a climate where feelings [are] labelled and … [Read more...] about New, holistic anti-bullying program for schools

Filed Under: bullying, empathy, Risk & Safety, School & Tech Tagged With: bystander, CAPSULE program

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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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