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One of eight interactive case studies for kids (GR 4-8) from Cable In the Classroom: Power to Learn.
Harassment and humiliation take on new forms in Cyberspace. Learn about the consequences, actions and reactions of using cell phones, the Internet and other digital devices to bully one's peers. This unit explores cyberbullying and the offline consequences for online actions. The graphics are Nickelodeon style. A short quiz assesses understanding. For the entire series, check out: http://powertolearn.com/internet_smarts/interactive_case_studies/index.shtml

Excellent 8-minute video from the UK's Thinkuknow education program that helps children to understand what constitutes personal information. The assembly enables children to understand that they need to be just as protective of their personal information online, as they are in the real world. It also directs where to go and what to do if children are worried about any of the issues covered.

NCDC conducted a survey of International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) members last April to gain insight into educators' understanding of digital citizenship and classroom needs. Results were released this week and are summarized here. Also see the Microsoft digital citizenship curriculum site at: http://www.digitalcitizenshiped.com/

Yet another incident showing use and misuse of technology with no understanding of offline consequences for online behavior. This time, however, it occurs in the workplace and not at school.

Today's kids are born digital -- born into a media-rich, networked world of infinite possibilities. But their digital lifestyle is about more than just cool gadgets; it's about engagement, self-directed learning, creativity, and empowerment. The Digital Generation Project tells their stories so that educators and parents can understand how kids learn, communicate, and socialize in very different ways than any previous generation. This project was funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation.

From Temple University Media Literacy Lab. Catchy little tune to introduce copyright and fair-use concepts to students. Sing along to understand copyright and learn about your rights to fair use.

"New Image for Computing" recently released a report in their first wave to understand the image of computing among youth. Funded by WGBH and ACM, this report examines both race/ethnicity and sex-based differences in perceptions of computing. What they found was that there is little race/ethnicity-based differences in how youth perceive CS but there are HUGE gender based differences in perception.

Do you wonder how kids are being affected by growing up in a globally interconnected, multicultural, participatory world? Whether you're a parent or educator, it's important to understand the challenges and opportunities experiences like posting to Facebook, creating a blog, or IM'ing offer to kids, and what you can do to help your kids be successful today.

Last year, Congress passed the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act,which called for yet another committee to study Internet safety. By statute, the Online Safety and Technology Working Group is made up of representatives of the business community, public interest groups and federal agencies.

From the Media Education Lab. Sing along to understand copyright and learn about your rights to fair use.

In an effort to better understand the intersection between sex and cyberspace with respect to attitudes and behavior, the National Campaign to Prevent teen and unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com commissioned a survey of teens and young adults to explore electronic activity. This is the first public study of its kind to quantify the proportion of teens and young adults that are \nsending or posting sexually suggestive text and images.

This article, by John Palfree, is part of an online symposium on the First Amendment Center Online titled Cyberbullying & Public Schools. The author concludes that there is no easy answer to the problem of online bullying and that the most effective approach - education, with a view toward establishing positive social norms - is the hardest to accomplish. John Palfrey chaired the Internet Safety Technical Task Force in 2008. He is the co-author of Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives\n\n

1).Helps you better understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code. 2). Collects, organize & archive the information you might need to support a fair use evaluation. 3).Provides you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records, which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it. 4). Provides you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records [example], which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it.

If you're a Gadgetwise reader, you're among the 23 percent of the world's population that has Internet access. You've figured out how to download fresh news, print a boarding pass or tweet. But take a second and try to understand how it must feel to be undigital these days. There's a grating discomfort that comes from being left out of everyone else's secret language. I was reminded of how common this feeling is in my own hometown library last night, when I walked into a free public workshop on Facebook.

This lesson helps students understand copyright, fair use, and plagiarism by focusing on why students should avoid plagiarism and exploring strategies that respect copyright and fair use.

Looking at how and why copyright law has changed over time can help students better understand recent and current copyright disputes and the many perspectives involved in these ownership issues. In this lesson, students read about the history of copyright law and generalize about how and why it has changed.

A solopreneur is a person who runs his or her business all by themselves. Getting almost zero assistance from anyone like employees, for example, being a solopreneur requires you to maintain certain habits and follow rules in order to effectively manage your time. This time then converts to money. Although you're not a freelancer or a contractor, you need to understand that, if you're not in the office working things out for your business, then you won't earn a single cent!

A keyword phrase which is spelled without spaces and preceded by a # sign is known as a hashtag. Hashtags originally got famous by Twitter and now they are used in almost all the social networking platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter. Hashtags are important for social media. It began with Twitter and spread to other platforms. This guide will tell you how to use hashtags in social media marketing and how it will help you to get found by your target audience. Here, we will look into various effective ways to get the most out of hashtag strategy - - Hashtag Based on Social Media Platform - Number of Hashtags in a Post - Be Specific in Hashtags - Understanding Marketing Strategy - Finding a Relevant Trending Topic - Live Tweet - Create a Simple and Catchy Hashtag - Involving Audience in Hashtag Posts - Selecting the Right Time - Create to Inspire You might have seen hashtags on various social media platforms. Whenever someone clicks on the hashtag, they are directed to all the other posts containing the same hashtag. If someone searches for the word used in your hashtag, your post would get listed which means grabbing the attention of several social media users.

"A good infographic here that clearly and simply explains Creative Commons and how it works, It visually captures the main concepts of CC for better student understanding.