Ad4dcss/Digital Citizenship

Welcome to X-BLOCK, the place for students to hang out, learn about cyber safety and share their online experiences with others. It is your turn to DRiVE. Make the cyber world your world!

Matthew Needleman's blog includes his presentation on copyright and fair use in the classroom. As film maker who has moved to the classroom, he also shares his knowledge of media resources, creative commons material etc.

provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information.

Tackling cyberbullying using COMIC LIFE

"The global board will include representatives from Internet safety groups with which Facebook already has relationships. They include Common Sense Media, ConnectSafely, WiredSafety, Childnet International and The Family Online Safety Institute." The global board will include representatives from Internet safety groups with which Facebook already has relationships. They include Common Sense Media, ConnectSafely, WiredSafety, Childnet International and The Family Online Safety Institute.

Larry Magid and Anne Collier offer practical tips for educators and parents on how to prevent teen sexting (the sharing of nude photos by cell phone).

New form of school cyberbullying toward red heads demonstrated with "Kick A Ginger Day" - a hate crime with redheads as victims, promoted via a Facebook group and inspired by a Southpark episode from 2005.

As part of its multi-year publicity campaign to address the emerging issue of teen digital abuse, MTV partnered with the AP on a study that provides an in-depth look at the prevalence of digital abuse among young people today.

MTV's campaign to educate teens about the dangers of SEXTING. Sending or forwarding nude, sexually suggestive, or explicit pics on your cell or online. For some people, it's no big deal. But real problems can emerge when the parties involved are under 18, when people get pressured into sexting, and when sexts go viral.

If you think the sexting phenomenon is growing, you're not imagining it. According to a new survey, almost one-third of youths admit they've engaged in sexting-related activities that involved either e-mailing a photo or video of themselves in the nude or being the recipient of such images.