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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning examines the effect of digital media tools on how people learn, network, communicate, and play, and how growing up with these tools may affect a person's sense of self, how they express themselves, and their ability to learn, exercise judgment, and think systematically.

Six topics are available as free downloads online:
Youth, Identity, and Digital Media Current Volume
Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media
Digital Young, Innovation, and the Unexpected
The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning
Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility
Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth

We show this excellent video from the MacArthur Foundation at the start of many CTAP workshops to give our audiences a sense of kids and their digital world. It shows how student' worlds are changing because of digital media and includes conversations with kids and teachers. You can download it to your desktop and save it as a Quicktime video.

Be prepared to answer questions when the law seems to make little sense, when a law is inconsequential, when a law is widely ignored, or when breaking the law may serve a higher moral purpose. [Doug Johnson]

It's easy to see new Internet phenomena and panic, especially when the technology in question opens up a portal to all of the weird parts of the Internet. This is precisely what is happening around ChatRoulette, a new peer-to-peer webcam-based video chat site. Although the site was built by a 17-year-old Russian high school student to connect with other teens, nearly every adult who has visited the site runs screaming that this is a terrible space for young people. In some senses, they're right. But the more that they panic and talk about how bad this is for teens, the more teens get curious and want to check it out. The result? A phenomenon generated through fear.

The project was born out of a sense of curiosity and experimentation. Can youth and adults have open and honest conversation in an online setting? What are the perceptions and tensions across generations when it comes to how we act on the Internet? Is it possible to reach common ground when it comes to digital ethics?

Based on common sense and good judgment, cyberethics also includes obeying laws that apply to online behavior. When you practice cyberethics, you are more likely to have a safer and enjoyable Internet experience.

When traveling in cyberspace, you provide information to others at almost every step of the way. Often this information is like a puzzle that needs to be connected before your picture is revealed. Information you provide to one person or company may not make sense unless it is combined with information you provide to another person or company. A summary of the more common ways you give information to others when using the Internet is provided.

It would be wonderful if parents could simply purchase a set of "controls" that would instruct children in online safety and screen out dangers. While of course no piece of software can do all of this, parental controls combined with online safety education and some common sense rules for Internet use are a parent's best strategy for keeping children safe online.

How to talk to your kids about cyberbullying. Tips for parents with kids in elementary, middle and high school.

Digital Life 101 covers several lesson plan units in Digital Citizenship for Grades 6-8 to help students act responsibly in their relationships over digital media.

Connected Culture Curriculum Includes three 45 minute lesson plans with all necessary resources on the Power of Words, Group Think, and Writing Good Emails for Grades 4 and 5

Rings of Responsibility for grades 4-5 challenges students to think about their online communities and relationships.

The only merit in using a term like 'cyberbullying', in my opinion, is that it draws attention to the fact that, because it takes place online, its perpetrators can hide behind a cloak of anonymity. In that sense it is possibly different from, and worse than, bullying in the physical world.

Millions of students head to the nearest computer to conduct school research online. With the Internet's help, they can create everything from detailed projects on rainforests to slide presentations about how a hurricane forms without setting foot in a library."There's a wealth of information on the Internet, and it's a great tool," says Ross Ellis, founder and CEO of Love our Children USA, a child abuse prevention organization that is active in Internet safety. "You can't keep kids off the Internet." Yet the Internet is not the place for an all-access pass. Kids of all ages need parental supervision. A few common-sense tips can help keep your child safe online.

Members of an internet safety task force on July 8 suggested several ways to improve cyber safety for children, focusing on three key areas in particular: education before a child gets on the internet, control while the child is online, and having set procedures if problems arise. The task force, which included representatives from Verizon, Comcast, Cox, Google, Yahoo!, AOL, Symantec, Common Sense Media, the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe), the National Parent-Teacher Association, Family Online Safety Institute, and the Children's Partnership, met for more than a year to develop its report and recommendations.

The most pressing challenges of modern-day B2B sales, including customer acquisition, re-evaluation of the traditional sales model, educating sales personnel on the power of eCommerce, management of product data across different trade channels, and much more. These small business forums can be a great way to fill the gaps of your knowledge, get or give expert advice, and enjoy a sense of community-so that you don't feel like you're all alone as you set out to make the world a better place. 1. Small Business Forum 2. Quora 3. Small Business Forum.net 4. BizWarriors 5. Small Business Brief 6. CNET Small Business and Startups Forum 7. Small Business Computing and Ecommerce Forum 8. ChefTalk 9. QuickBooks Online Community 10. Practical Machinist 11. Warrior Forum 12. Bank of America Small Business Online Community 13. Business Advice Forum 14. UK Business Forums 15. StartupNation Community 16. LinkedIn Groups 17. Creative COW 18. Alignable 19. Reddit 20. Startup Nation 21. Flying Solo 22. The Fastlane Forum 23. Women in Business Network One of the best ways to keep current with trends in the market is by attending ecommerce conferences. Discussion forums are the best way to get real answers for you questions relating to anything ecommerce.

In WEBONAUTS INTERNET ACADEMY, kids (age 8-10) explore what it means to be a citizen in a web-infused‚ information-rich world. Participants play through a series of 12 missions adhering to the Webonauts' motto: "Observe, Respect, Contribute." Each mission helps children understand critical online safety issues, such as the importance of protecting passwords and maintaining privacy settings. Other missions teach how to differentiate between credible and non-credible sources of information and how to react to bullying. Note: this resource was developed as a partnership project between PBS KIDS and Common Sense Media.