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* About * People * Research * Publications * Teaching * Events * Interactive * Newsroom * Get Involved Berkman Center for Internet & Society Internet Safety Technical Task Force > ISTTF Research Advisory Board The Research Advisory Board (RAB) is comprised of scholars and researchers whose research addresses children's online safety. The RAB was constructed to help the Task Force develop a rich understanding of what is currently known about online safety issues with respect to youth.

To decrease a child's risk of sexual exploitation in every environment, there are several steps parents and caregivers should take:

Terry Freedman asks students to take this survey in preparation for a BECTA presentation Jan. 2009

Researchers seek a better understanding of technology's effects on reading, learning

Make sure to track Santa!!

Facebook's millions of users are in the crosshairs of a computer virus dubbed Koobface that is being spread through the social networking site's messaging system. Users whose computers are infected may have their credit card numbers stolen or their searches on Google, Yahoo and MSN diverted to fraudulent Web sites.

American Association of School Administrators, Education.com and Symantec have launched a Special Edition on Bullying at School and Online reflecting new evidence-based, peer-reviewed content to dispel common myths about bullying.

Join the discussion about "What advice do you give to the victim of a bully?"

Another lesson about how easily inappropriate actions can be captured and immortalized on the web...and how nothing is really private.

Plagiarism, we all hate it, but how can we teach students to avoid it and how can we detect it? Just as the Internet makes plagiarism easy, the Internet also makes detecting plagiarism and prevent plagiarism easy. What follows are ten resources for detecting plagiarism and teaching students to avoid plagiarism.

Whether you are a digital immigrant or native we all find ourselves browsing the web exploring blogs, podcasts, wikis, or your own favorite professional (personal) learning community, there is a responsibility we have…..it is "Digital Citizenship".

A new law aimed at deterring the proliferation of cyberbullying at public schools goes into effect Jan. 1, bolstering educators' ability to tackle the problem head-on.The law gives school administrators the leverage to suspend or expel students for bullying other students by means of an electronic device such as a mobile phone or on an Internet social networking site like MySpace or Facebook; the law, however, only applies to bullying that occurs during school hours or during a school-related activity.

Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project

More than two-dozen British schoolgirls have been suspended for using the Facebook website to engage in a hate campaign against their teacher, a school principal said.

After a college resource company created a legion of phony Class of 2013 Facebook groups--a scheme that could have harvested personal information from thousands of students--some higher-education officials say it might be time for colleges to step in and manage online social-networking sites for their campuses themselves