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Vicki Davis

FOXNews.com - Cyberbullying: Parents, Tech Companies Join Forces to Keep Kids Safe - Sc... - 1 views

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  • An ex-friend’s mother faces charges in federal court as a result, and Missouri has made Internet harassment a crime.
  • Cyberbullies often commandeer e-mail accounts and social-networking profiles, attacking kids while pretending to be someone they trust, like a best friend. They use cell phones and the Web to spread embarrassing and cruel material, and they can harass their victims well beyond the schoolyard -- even when they're "safe" at home.
  • 85 percent of 5,000 middle-school students surveyed said they had been cyberbullied. Only 5 percent of them said they’d tell someone about it.
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      Vicki Davis on 23 Oct 08
       
      This is important research to share.
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  • Fake profiles and anonymous screen names are used in 65 percent of cyberbully attacks,
  • she went to a mental-health clinic
  • assuming that if they haven’t received a death threat or had a picture of their face posted on a naked body on the Internet, they haven’t been bullied.
  • They think that’s just part of online life,
  • Aftab said she knows of three other teens who have committed suicide after cyberbullying attacks, and that the problem is on the rise.
  • Cyberbullying peaks in 4th and 7th grade
  • 4th graders are especially into blackmail and threatening to tell friends, parents or teachers if the victim doesn’t cooperate.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 23 Oct 08
       
      This is essential to discuss in 4th and 7th grades as this says these are the places where this happens most.
  • The most outrageous recent way is through theft of a cell phone for a few minutes," Aftab said. "If your kids leave their cell phone unattended or accessible in their backpack, the cyberbully will take it and send a bunch of bad text messages or reprogram it.”
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 23 Oct 08
       
      Taking cell phones is part of cyberbullying.
  • “This whole password thing freaks people out ... but a good password doesn’t have to be hard to remember, just hard to guess,” Criddle said. “Friends don’t ask friends for passwords.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 23 Oct 08
       
      Friends don't ask friends for passwords, that is an important thing to share!!
  • October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month,
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 23 Oct 08
       
      October - National Cyber Security Awareness Month
  • Vicki Davis on 23 Oct 08
     
    Important article about cyberbullying and some recent legislation.
  • Vicki Davis on 23 Oct 08
     
    Excellent article on cyberbullying and an example of a girl who was harrassed online and killed herself. This sort of thing is tragic and we should consider what we think aboutinternet harrassment penalties, particularly against children. There are mention of several websites including one I'd never heard of called CyberBully Alert.
Vicki Davis

Children's Way - Teaching Kids and Parents Internet Safety - 1 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 04 Oct 08
     
    I highly recommend that elementary and middle schools at least sign up for a school code for woogi world - this is a great tool suggested by Hoover City schools for teaching digital citizenship. My daughter (my intrepid tester of all kid virtual worlds) loves it and says she thinks it is great for kids.
  • Vicki Davis on 04 Oct 08
     
    Great place to teach digital citizenship for students in elementary ages. Schools can sign up for accounts. Excellent place to evaluate as part of how the www is changing the world and how information is moving between children.
Vicki Davis

Online, teachers walk a fine line | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY - 0 views

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  • And some districts -- from South Dakota to New Jersey -- are starting to limit what teachers can do on the sites.
  • "It is the responsibility of all individuals associated with the Foundation to act in a manner that will ensure the public's trust as well as the trust of colleagues and peers.
  • he has heard that some teachers have "risqué" photos on their accounts, but he hasn't actually seen any.
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  • Last month, district officials investigated an e-mail from an unidentified "concerned parent" that included pictures of a woman clad in only a bra and underwear. The photo allegedly was taken from a Sunrise Elementary teacher's MySpace page. The teacher was not identified, and the photos did not show the woman's face.
  • "Teachers are role models, and they don't stop when school gets out," said Credle, whose daughter attends Lockmar Elementary in Palm Bay. "If you don't want people to see it, why post it? Odds are it's going to get out."
  • Vicki Davis on 20 Oct 09
     
    Teachers have a different standard. It is fascinating to read this newspaper article and also the responses. Our students on Flat Classroom project and Digiteen will be reviewing this information because teachers are held to a higher standard online.
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