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Parental controls provide one or more of five main functions: content filtering; use restrictions; contact management; privacy protections; and monitoring. This guide provides helpful info for parents on controls for Internet, Mobile Phones, Gaming Consoles and Media Players.

Impressive school district page on external Internet Safety resources by topic and age group. Also includes samples of K-12 student cybersafety activities that have taken place at individual schools within the district.

Salt Lake City's Granite School District is expected to approve a new policy this month barring students and teachers from connecting on sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The policy - the first of its kind in Utah - provides an exemption for teachers' sites that are educational, not personal. Officials said there was no specific incident that spurred the new guidelines. But with the popularity of social networking sites in schools, Granite wants to eliminate any gray areas when it comes to teacher-student interaction, district spokesman Ben Horsley said. "The reality is if someone is going to interact inappropriately with a student, there's certainly lots of technology out there that can help them get around those rules and guidelines in a very nonpublic way," Horsley said. "This gives us some tools to move forward on a disciplinary track."

Budd:e Secondary explores advanced e-security topics, including: creating content, file-sharing, pop-ups, privacy, sharing, scams, spam, spyware, malware, phishing, online transactions and computer viruses. Includes videos and teacher resources.

Software That Guards Virtual Playgrounds

The last "highlight" is particularly telling.

Researchers at IBM and MIT have found that certain e-mail connections and patterns at work correlate with higher revenue production

The official White House Blog calls it "WhiteHouse 2.0." The administration is unveiling its membership in a trio of the social-networking leaders today: Facebook, MySpace and Twitter

TEENAGERS should think twice before posting personal information and photos on the internet, as they might come back to haunt them, privacy experts warn. Young people risked losing jobs or being embarrassed by teachers and relatives viewing party pictures or sexually explicit images uploaded on social networking websites.

The Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) short animated video - Think before you upload! - aims to highlight the possible risks for young people of using on-line technologies such as social networking and gaming sites.

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We use this video frequently as an introduction at teacher trainings. The MacArthur Foundation is exploring how technology is changing kids and learning, committing $50 million to this initiative.

It will be most interesting to see whether the next generation of kids brought up by the Digital Generation will be any different.

As high school students flock to social networking sites, campus police are scanning their Facebook and MySpace pages for tips to help break up fights, monitor gangs and thwart crime in what amounts to a new cyberbeat.

Steps parents can take to help kids avoid being victims of cyberbullying.
Kids have always been challenged by bullies, particularly at school. But in a high-tech age where the Internet, a personal cell phone and social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace have become an integral part of young lives, there's a new kind of bully on the block.\n\n

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