Excellent video developed for students at Sibley High School. College administrators and employers comment on how student representation in social media (digital footprint) influences college admission practices and hiring decisions.

Google has partnered with child safety experts at iKeepSafe to develop classroom lesson plans. Three classes are now available with pre- and post-assessments.

Twitter responds to outrage over abuse with abuse-report buttons, following rape and murder threats. http://blog.uk.twitter.com/2013/07/we-hear-you.html

Those who still have illusions about online privacy might want to consider the old adage "I can keep secrets; it's the people I tell who can't."

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.

Social Media Sites Have a Growth Spurt; Trying to Avoid Mom on Facebook

A well-documented week of middle school activities in celebration of Digital Citizenship Week.

Research on the Arab Region and growth trends in use of social media.

10 Ways to Protect Your Digital Identity online.

Stephen Balkam in conversation with Ambassador David Gross. Family Online Safety Institute Conference in the Middle East/Promoting Online Safety and Cyber Ethics

FOSI Middle East Conference Speaker, Fadi Salem - Director of Governance & Innovation Program, Dubai School of Government.

Note dana boyd's position that "Most anti-bullying assemblies are ineffective, and the messages of well-meaning advocates tend to fall on deaf ears". Students need to learn empathy, sensitivity and respect, all of which are life skills.

One school district's proposed policy. Note the meaty discussion of the policy points at the end of the article.

Lady Gaga gives a speech at the launch of her new charity, the Born This Way Foundation.

Anne Collier: Some take-aways from Lady Gaga's launch and several mos. of working with danah boyd and Harvard's Berkman Center to ground the event and her new foundation/movement in solid research

Youth empowerment effort led by Lady Gaga that addresses bullying as a human rights issue.

NYT account of the launch of the BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION.

Users of online social network sites such as Facebook are increasingly editing their pages and tightening their privacy settings as they seek to protect their reputations in the age of digital sharing, a Pew Research Center survey said on Friday.

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.

Highlights from FOSI's (Family Online Safety Institute) 2011 Annual Conference in Washington, DC.