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This article discusses a new form of bullying that can be just as harmful, cyber bullying. The goal of the article was to find out how students view cyber bullying and to see if cyber bullying prevention programs needed to be implemented.

International Journal of Cyber Society and Education

Big need for cyber security pros.

An interactive safety guide

from 3/4/2011 cyber-bullying presentation; lessons, videos, and other resources for teachers, parents, and students about responsible and safe online use, from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Great resource for parents, teens and teachers!! Free eBook (PDF)

"Here we explore digital literacy and media literacy and their underlying aspects and principles." Also info and resources on cyber security

"Here we explore digital literacy and media literacy and their underlying aspects and principles." Also info and resources on cyber security

Free introduction to cyber security coursework for K-12 students. A helpful introduction to computer science for students and teachers.

Includes educational networks, curation sites, and writing/grammar sites.

"I'm absolutely awed by the amount of positive feedback I have received about my last column on what it's like to be cyber-bullied. In saying that, I have also received many questions. There was one in particular that I have been asked by many, both my peers and adults; Why not just go offline? Turn off your computer, turn off your Facebook, go outside and forget about it."

Some personal and professional thoughts on cyber-bullying as a secondary/high-school teacher in Ireland.

"(fictional story) Last week the House of Representatives passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a follow-up bill to SOPA that wants to erode your personal privacy. The bill, itself, is palatable enough that Facebook and Microsoft gave it their seal of approval, and it's already got a kick start towards passing into law. So what would life be like if CISPA were part of our reality?"

Lists 20 web 2.0 sites that do not require student email addresses to use.

Make a virtual paper snowflake with this great wintry site. Draw your pattern with the virtual pencil and cut out with the cyber scissors. Great to about out as Christmas cards. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Winter+%26+Christmas

My thoughts on normalising the use of social media in schools in the context of Safer Internet Day 2014 "This reality has yet to sink-in, in most schools where dealing with the safer-internet means presenting an anti-cyber bullying campaign rather than a positive pro-social media approach. Many children have a smart-device near at hand - the immediacy if this must be normalised within the process of teaching, learning and play as a tool for research, creation and communication rather than a device that necessarily leads to meanness."

YouTube, Twitter, Steaming Video: our students swim in media, but to what end? More thoughts on teen suicide, cyber bullying, Wikileaks and Gawker.