Your cell phone, IM, and social networks are all a digital extension of who you are. When someone you're with pressures you or disrespects you in those places, that's not cool.
13% said they had been bullied or threatened online, and 15% had been embarrassed. Among tenth through twelfth grader, 15% reported having been harassed or stalked online, and 17% had been embarrassed.
15% of 10-12th graders have ben harassed and STALKED online!!!!
Whether supervised or not, children in the fourth through sixth grade age
group were frequently connecting to social networking sites where some admitted
that they shared the following personal information with others online:
16 percent posted personal interests
15 percent posted information about their physical activities
20 percent gave out their real name
5 percent posted information about their school
6 percent posted their home address
6 percent posted their phone number
9 percent posted a photograph of themselves
The new essentials: Top 10 School Supplies for today's students. These free tools enable students to take advantage of the new learning possibilities the Web has to offer, such as making research easier, or finding better, cheaper ways of doing what they're already doing.
Upload all major file formats and convert them into online publications.
Can be used to:
-Create digital books, e-zines, etc.
-Students can become "published" authors
-Alternative strategy for reports and presentations
-Develop and share tutorials, study guides, etc.
-Embed projects into a class site, blog or wiki
-Connect with others that share your interests
If true, we have to quit listening to digital divide comments...if true. Or perhaps "the haves" do not have the skills we attribute to this group.
The same study found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically proficient as their counterparts, going against what results from previous studies have suggested.