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Anne Bubnic

Do your kids use Formspring.me? - 5 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 07 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Conversations on each page quickly degenerated into some general types of questions/comments: “I hate you” comments were remarkably prevalent. I saw people calling each other names that I wouldn’t use around my closest friends. Moreover, the frequency of these comments was staggering. In a lot of ways, this site more or less encourages cyber-bullying, and does it in a public space. “You’re awesome” comments are much less disturbing, but encourage a pretty self-centered view on life. For example, I saw a few comments such as, “Why are people judging you? You’re so nice!” Not surprisingly, the students in question respond with statements about how they are good people that don’t judge other people but that other people actually judge them. Questions/comments about sex. Every question that can be asked about a person’s sexual history, preference, etc. is being discussed in public for the world to see. Like I said – I’ll never look at some kids the same way again. This site allows a space for kids to do discuss these things in an uncontrolled environment without talking about issues with parents or teachers or people who may have a little more experience and wisdom. Think MySpace encouraged risky behavior? Looking at two pages on Formspring, I saw full names, cities, and cell phone numbers posted for all the world to see. At our school, we try to teach kids what information to put out there and to be responsible citizens of the internet. Apparently our lessons aren’t sticking.
  • Anne Bubnic on 07 Apr 10
     
    Formspring.me, has the potential to be more dangerous to students than most other websites I've heard of. Just to give you an idea of it's prevalence, I took a quick poll of my 8th graders. About 1/3 have a Formspring page. About 3/4 know about Formspring.me.
  • anonymous on 07 Apr 10
     
    I appreciate your sharing this!
Anne Bubnic

Tools, Rules & Schools: Protecting Kids Against Cyberbullying [Audio] - 0 views

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  • Anne Bubnic on 09 Apr 10
     
    Bullying is on the rise and putting all our kids at risk, on and off line. Stephen Balkam, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) joins blogtalkradio (at 8 minutes into the program) to help us understand the importance of digital citizenship in the online world as a buffer for challenging events such as bullying and as a necessity for being part of today's society in general.
Anne Bubnic

Chatroulette: What's an Educator to Do? - 2 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 30 Apr 10 - Cached
  • You never know who you are going to encounter: a predator? Someone sitting there naked?” asks Barnett. “All it would take is one such incident and the school will be sued by an angry parent. Our focus should be on helping students to learn to be cyber safe and we don't have to do that by actually being on Chatroulette.com.”
  • Anne Bubnic on 30 Apr 10
     
    On listservs and blogs, education researchers and teachers are beginning to discuss how to handle this latest online application. To most educators, filtering is never a preferred option. Teachers and media specialists almost uniformly choose to use opportunities like this to teach students how to make decisions about what's appropriate on their own. "One of the responsibilities of working with students on the use of online resources is to make them aware of potential dangers so they can make informed choices," says Deb Logan, librarian and media specialist for Mount Gilead (OH) High School, by email. "A discussion of online resources like Chatroulette offers a learning opportunity. These opportunities sometimes come at unexpected times." But educators believe Chatroulette may be a bit different then other similar sites like Omegle.com and Facebook's PopJam in that video is involved-and there's no way to edit what pops up on the screen other than clicking "next" after it's already appeared. There's no lurking allowed on Chatroulette-once a user signs in, they're visible to anyone who chances upon them, and anyone, in turn, is visible to them. Needless to say, there's a bit of nudity and sexual play being reported on the site, and the swiftness of people moving from image to image doesn't allow children to protect themselves-other than signing off.
Anne Bubnic

StopBullying.gov - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 11 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 11 Mar 11
     
    New government bullying prevention website unveiled at the White House on 3/10/11 by the Dept of Health Resources & Services. Provides info on programs and materials that can help schools and communities expand their own anti-bullying initiatives. Emphasizes intervention, role of bystanders etc.
Anne Bubnic

MySpace vs. Facebook Safety - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Not only is their goal to ensure the safety of minors but also to protect particular adult groups such as gender-specific, age-specific and multi-cultural groups.
  • Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09
     
    A comparison of MySpace and FaceBook Safety Features
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ConnectYard - Social Networking for 21st Century Learners - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 25 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 25 Apr 09
     
    A commericial solution to social networking in the classroom. ConnectYard enables schools to leverage popular social media for teaching students where they live and socialize, online. The platform offers K-12 schools their own private learning communities with controlled access that are integrated with popular social networks like Facebook, which serves to make course work more social and collaborative by keeping students involved and engaged both in and outside of the classroom. Only users approved by the school are permitted to join the community and interact with other users. This eliminates a primary concern of both parents and administrators.\n\nConnectYard also provides teachers with the ability to audit student groups, walls, etc. This serves to ensure that both the interactions and information being shared are appropriate, which helps to guard against cyber bullying or posting of copyrighted materials. Thus fostering safe and secure learning communities, or Yards, that improve the student educational experience and chances for success.
Anne Bubnic

Please Stop The 'Sexting' Insanity - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • They define sexting as - "sending, receiving and/or posting sexy messages/photos (e.g. photos of themselves in their underwear, or without clothes, messages of a sexual or suggestive nature) online and via cell phone/email."
  • he survey was self-selecting, i.e. girls volunteered to take it after seeing it promoted on the homepage. This always biases the results.
  • But I also know how freaked out parents are about all of these issues — and unfortunately, the way this survey is being spun, along with a lot of the media coverage, only perpetuates a culture of fear around these issues.
  • Anne Bubnic on 24 Apr 09
     
    Flames of Moral Panic: You may have noticed that the media has fully embraced "sexting" [a term invented by the media] as the latest horror story about teens and technology. First it was about how the internet is teeming with predators a la "To Catch A Predator," with the most dramatic stories focusing on girls who met these predators in real life [read the real deal here: Online "Predators" And Their Victims]. Next it was about cyberbullying, highlighting the most extreme cases that ended in young people having to switch schools or even more tragically committing suicide. The latest is "sexting," where teens are naively sending and receiving sexually explicit photos or video of themselves to friends via cell phone, again, with the most dramatic cases highlighted.
Anne Bubnic

Should Sexting Be A Crime? - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 17 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 17 Apr 09
     
    Right now, sexting is a crime and kids can be prosecuted for distribution of pornography. And if a person is convicted of a sex crime, they have to register as a sex offender which will haunt them for years (talk about your permanent record...).\n\nIn Vermont, there is a movement to decriminalize sexting. We agree that kids shouldn't be prosecuted for essentially doing something really stupid. But we do believe it's up to parents to educate their teens about this really risky practice. Kids should know that anything they send can be redistributed in an instant to anyone and could result in tremendous humiliation and pain.\n\n
Anne Bubnic

A kinder, gentler response to adolescent "sexting" - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • My question is why we keep putting so much of this discussion in the context of crime and victimization?" asked Anne Collier of ConnectSafely.org. "The vast majority of the behavior we're talking about is adolescent behavior and risk taking. It's not criminal behavior."
  • For years we've been telling parents to put the computer in the living room, keep and eye on what your children are doing, go and hit the history button and review where they've been," Balkam explained. "Well all that advice holds true but it gets completely upended by mobile phones, PDAs, and anything that can walk around."
  • A recent survey indicates that as of last year, 71 percent of teens 12 to 17 own a mobile phone (that's up from 45% in 2004). Eighty-seven percent of 17-year-olds and over half of children 12-13 years of age have one.
  • Anne Bubnic on 24 Apr 09
     
    They came from pretty much every sector-nonprofits, government, wireless executives, and think tanks-to a day-long conference in Washington D.C. on how to respond to the panic du jour over kids, mobile phones, and sex
Anne Bubnic

Teachers Driving Web 2.0 Use in Schools Says National Research Survey - 0 views

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  • The research indicates that the movement toward Web 2.0 use to engage students and address individual learning needs is largely being driven in districts from the bottom up – starting with teachers and students
  • Overall, the research confirms school districts are using or planning to use several types of Web 2.0 technologies, but reveals there is still resistance to using online social networking for instructional purposes.
  • ther key results of the survey include: The three most frequently cited reasons for adopting Web 2.0 technologies are: addressing students’ individual learning needs, engaging student interest, and increasing students’ options for access to teaching and learning. Online communications with parents and students (e.g., teacher blogs) and digital multimedia resources are the Internet technologies most widely used by teachers, and a majority of districts have plans for adopting these technologies or promoting their use. Teacher-generated online content (e.g., multimedia lessons, wiki-based resources) is likely to be the next area of growth in the use of Web 2.0 technologies. Almost half of districts have plans for adopting or promoting the creation and sharing of this content through Web 2.0 tools.
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  • Over the next several months, the companies will conduct online focus groups, prepare a white paper summarizing and interpreting the research, and develop resources based on the insights learned to help guide districts in harnessing the educational power of the collaborative Web
  • Anne Bubnic on 10 Apr 09
     
    While many stakeholders are involved in developing policies on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in K-12 education, new research suggests that teachers are the most important group driving adoption. This is a major finding from a national research survey of more than 500 district technology directors. The survey was commissioned by Lightspeed Systems Inc., a leader in network security and management software for schools, and Thinkronize Inc., creators of netTrekker, America's number one educational search tool, with support from Atomic Learning.
Anne Bubnic

YouTube and Your Kids [Video] - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 02 May 09 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 02 May 09
     
    Advice and answers - what to know before they go.
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Stephen Balkam Talks About Sexting - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 02 May 09 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 02 May 09
     
    While in Las Vegas for the CTIA Conference in April, Stephen Balkam sat down with CBS Las Vegas to talk about online safety and recent cases of 'sexting' . Balkam is the founding CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI).
Anne Bubnic

10 Ways to Protect Your Kids Against Identity Theft - 0 views

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  • Anne Bubnic on 27 Apr 09
     
    Great tips from Vanessa Van Patten on guarding your kids against identity theft.
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Texting May Be Taking a Toll on Teenagers - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...26teen.html

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 28 May 09 - Cached
  • The phenomenon is beginning to worry physicians and psychologists, who say it is leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation.
  • Psychologists expect to see teenagers break free from their parents as they grow into autonomous adults, Professor Turkle went on, “but if technology makes something like staying in touch very, very easy, that’s harder to do; now you have adolescents who are texting their mothers 15 times a day, asking things like, ‘Should I get the red shoes or the blue shoes?’ ”
  • Anne Bubnic on 28 May 09
     
    Spurred by the unlimited texting plans offered by carriers like AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the Nielsen Company - almost 80 messages a day, more than double the average of a year earlier.
Anne Bubnic

Digital Citizenship: Raising A Digital Child - 0 views

www.slideshare.net/...itizenship-presentation-834124

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 03 May 09 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 03 May 09
     
    Mike Ribble's ISTE Webinar presentation, based on his new book, RAISING A DIGITAL CHILD.
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Blogs, Bulletin Boards & Bullying - 0 views

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  • Anne Bubnic on 27 Mar 09
     
    Watch this video to learn how to talk to your children about the dangers of posting personal information online and the effect of cyberbullying on others.
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AB 91 - Golden Rule Act [Kentucky] - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 25 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 25 Jun 09
     
    In April 2008, Gov. Steve Beshear signed House Bill 91, often referred to as "The Golden Rule Act." The measure is aimed at protecting Kentucky's students by requiring "bullying" policies in the state's public schools. "This legislation hits home for many children, teens and their parents," said Gov. Beshear. "By prohibiting bullying and harassment among students, The Golden Rule Act will help protect Kentucky's most valuable resource, our children."
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BEYOND BLOCKING - EMBRACING THE SOCIAL WEB - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09
     
    Designed for non-techies, this excellent presentation by Melanie McBride provides an introductory overview of web2.0 social media tools and trends. It also concerns challenges unique to school boards, their members and the communities they serve.
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Tips and Tricks for Wikis in the Classroom - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09 - No Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 26 Apr 09
     
    Fourteen tips for teachers. Includes a downloadable parent letter and permission form
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