Stephen Balkam in conversation with Ambassador David Gross.
Family Online Safety Institute Conference in the Middle East/Promoting Online Safety and Cyber Ethics
Excellent talk, interesting insights at TEDx. Rosalind Wiseman addresses the complex problem of bullying in schools, and how administrators and parents need to support kids to make schools the safe places that they should be.
Teachers, administrators and bullying prevention experts will relate to the challenges.
Spoof on Little Red Riding Hood. Cute, short safety video for student education to initiate a discussion about friending people you don't really know on Facebook.
This video was great to teach students about sharing information. A good way to start a lesson on internet safety or use in your curriculum. Use a wiki site and make a curriculum where the students can do a self study with some of the videos.
The National Road Safety Foundation teamed up with National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS), to invite young people to help get out important safe driving messages in their own thoughts and words in a Drive to Life PSA Competition. The winning video was submitted by Bethany Brown.
Cyber Bullying has gained national attention in the case of Phoebe Prince, an irish immigrant attending South Hadley High School in Massachusetts. Though this case has shed new light on the issues of cyber bullying, there are many cases of what has been dubbed "bullycide" where students bullied both on and off line have taken their lives. Regardless of where the bullying is taking place, it is still an issue that must be dealt with on every level in order to prevent further tragedies.
Video produced by AVG Internet Security. Offers great privacy tips, scenarios and think-abouts for kids. Uses humor and exaggeration to make the point.
Speaking as a mom of a teenager and an individual, Madonna made a guest appearance via satellite on the Ellen show today to speak out about bullying and teen suicides. Madonna told Ellen that she could "totally relate to the idea of feeling alienated and isolated" and to being bullied as a kid. After brief banter between host and guest, the discussion starts at 1:40 min into the video.
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.