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Cyberbullying video from CommonSense Media

Paul — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:57:52 +0000

CommonSense Media has produced lots of helpful video on cybersafety. Here is a good one on Cyberbullying.

Youth Safety on a Living Internet

Paul — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:45:53 +0000

Youth Safety on a Living Internet – Report of the Online Safety and Technology Working Group, was released last month.

There are many recommendations in the report that resonated with me. Below are a few.

1. Avoid scare tactics. Trying to scare our kids into doing the right thing is not an effective strategy.

2. Digital citizenship in grades K-12 should be a national priority.

3. There is no silver bullet fix. Youth safety must be promoted through K-12 education AND parental awareness AND effective filtering and control software, etc…..

I encourage you to take a look at the report and draw your own conclusions.

Social Networking Risks

Paul — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:19:29 +0000

This story illustrates one of the big risks of social networking. You never know who you are really talking to until it may be too late.

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An American teenager has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after posing as a girl on Facebook to blackmail seven classmates into sex.

Anthony Stancl, 19, of Wisconsin, was accused of tricking more than 30 male classmates into sending him naked photos of themselves.”