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Anne Bubnic

Child-friendly social networking tools - 0 views

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    Privacy and security concerns are among the many barriers holding back the use of social networking tools in schools, new research suggests--but a number of child-friendly applications have emerged.
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    Anne - has anyone compiled a general list of CFSNT?
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    Anne - has anyone compiled a general list of CFSNT?
Anne Bubnic

Teenagers Get Sex Education Via Cellphone - 0 views

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    The special cellphone, set on vibrate, begins to whir. Throughout North Carolina, anonymous teenagers are texting questions to it about sex.
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10 Rules for Teen Texting - 0 views

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    Sage advice on teen texting etiquette, posted by Houston mom, Francisca Ortega.
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Saywire : Social Learning Networks for Schools - 0 views

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    One of the challenges now facing educators is how to get today's technology-charged student reinvigorated in the learning process. Increasingly, teachers are introducing their students to the exciting possibilities of collaborating online. Increasingly, teachers are introducing their students to the exciting possibilities of collaborating online. Saywire is another commercial solution to the problem of providing a safe, protected environment in the schools.
Anne Bubnic

Reputation Management and Social Media [Pew Research] - 5 views

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    A PEW research study conducted in 2009 and released this week (May 27, 2010) shows that young people are actually more mindful of online reputation and guard their personal information more than older ones. Among age groups, internet users ages 30-49 are the most likely to worry about the amount of information available online: 38% say they are concerned, compared with 30% of users ages 18-29, 31% of those ages 50-64 and 23% of those 65 and older.
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Teens With Low Self-Esteem Boost Image Online - 3 views

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    When it comes to the Internet, teenage girls, particularly those with low self-esteem, don't always present themselves honestly. Girl Scouts of the USA conducted a national survey in June 2010 of 1,026 girls ages 14 through 17. The survey found that girls often downplay their positive characteristics on social media networking sites, and many choose to portray themselves as sexy or crazy.
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Go Figure [FOSI Online Safety Video] - 4 views

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    Facts and Figures about Online Safety from FOSI, the Family Online Safety Institute. (Presented at their annual conference, Nov 2010).
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Teens and Mobile Phones: Exploring safety issues - 2 views

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    In this talk, presented at the Family Online Safety Institute's annual conference (Nov 2010), senior research specialist Amanda Lenhart discussed Pew Internet data about how teens use mobile phones and the potential safety issues associated with them. The presentation was based on the April 2010 study by PEW on Teens and Mobile Phones. See: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones.aspx
Anne Bubnic

The Kids are Alright [Study of Privacy Habits] - 4 views

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    An October 2010 study of the privacy habits of parents and their teens on social networks, conducted by TRUSTe, one of the foremost authorities on online privacy. Data suggests that the majority of teens use privacy controls on social networks and that most parents actively monitor their teen's privacy. However, there is still room for improvement a some privacy areas were identified where teens are at risk on social networks. There are some good videos on this site including parents and teens talking about privacy issues.
Anne Bubnic

Child Identity Theft [Video] - 1 views

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    ID theft has become the crime this generation will deal with most of their lives.Kids just never think about Identity Theft. Most parents are not even aware that kids have identities to be stolen. A 2-minute, eye-opening news video.
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Students will wear pink to protest bullying - 0 views

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    Staff and students in Rainbow Schools will wear pink on Thursday, September 11th, 2008, as Rainbow District School Board marks its first ever "Stand Up Against Bullying Day."
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Broward County schools ready to take on bullies - 0 views

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    When school starts today, Broward County schools will be armed to take action against you.A new district policy, adopted July 22, allows a range of punishments, from "positive behavioral interventions" to suspensions for students, to sanctions against teachers' certificates for "egregious acts of bullying." Included are cyber-stalking and cyber-bullying, which experts say are becoming more common among South Florida students.
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Teens Earn Real Cash in Virtual World - 0 views

  • According to Virtual Worlds Management, more than 100 youth-oriented virtual worlds are either now live or in development, including offerings from MTV and Disney (DIS - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr). Research firm eMarketer estimates that 24% of the 34.3 million users ages three to 18 used virtual worlds at least monthly in 2007 -- and that will jump to 53% by 2011.
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    If a young person wants to experiment with running a business, they're not just engaging in thought experiments and case studies; they're actually working with real people and real money," says Joey Seiler, editor of VirtualWorldNews.com, an industry news source that's part of Virtual Worlds Management, a company that provides trade events, media, research and online services.
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From MySpace to Hip Hop, A MacArthur Forum, Part 1 - 0 views

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    From MySpace to Hip Hop, A MacArthur Forum, Part 1
    This is the first of three videos, Julie Stasch, Vice President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation introduces the forum.
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Study: Teens buy online but prefer reality to the virtual world - 0 views

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    According to a new report from OTX and The Intelligence Group, teens actually prefer real world interaction to the virtual worlds offered online.
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The new philanthropists: Silicon Valley teens - 0 views

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    Meet the new philanthropists - Silicon Valley teens with innate computer networking skills, affluent family connections and the one-click ability to bear witness to global poverty.
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NetFamilyNews - 0 views

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    This highly respected newsletter by Anne Collier is pubished once a week and is must reading for parents trying to stay current with new about kids' use of the Internet.
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Facebook Privacy Settings for Young Teens-and their Parents - 5 views

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    Recommendations for privacy settings on Facebook and how to do it.
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JustThink.org - 4 views

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    Founded in 1995 as a concerned response to the ever-increasing deluge of messages youth receive from television, radio, film, print media, electronic games, and the Internet, Just Think teaches young people media literacy skills for the 21st century.
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A Pocket Guide to Social Media and Kids | [Nov09] - 2 views

  • Mobile devices represent a major impetus behind the social media movement, driving part of the 250% audience increase for the year ending February 2009. Teens represented 19% of the 12.3 million active social networkers.
  • To adults, cell phones are a communications device. To children, they are a lifeline. Consider that the average 13-17 year old sends more than 2,000 text messages per month. Compared with the total mobile Internet population, teens are much bigger consumers of social media, music, games, videos/movies and technology/science.
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    When is a phone not a phone? In the hands of children and tweens, today's cell phones are primarily used as text messaging devices, cameras, gaming consoles, video viewers, MP3 players, and incidentally, as mobile phones via the speaker capability so their friends can chime in on the call. Parents are getting dialed in to the social media phenomenon and beginning to understand-and limit-how children use new media
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