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My job will be to offer tips and strategies for how you can sneak a little activity into your lessons without losing your sanity in the process.
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Education authorities in Australia rolled out on Friday an anti-bullying Web site that offers to children and parents fact on bullying and tips on how to deal with it.
The Bullying No Way! Portal features a choose-you-own adventure game that teaches student ways to deal with bullying and offers moderate for a where the kids could talk about their problems with fellow children. It could be found at www.bullyingnoway.gov.au.
The Web site, which was launched by the Council of Australian Education Ministers, will also make available an iPhone app called Take A Stand that will grant students access to information about bullying and ways to deal with the school problem.
Australian Medical Association President Dr Steve Hambleton added that cyberbullying causes more harm than traditional playground bullying.
"Cyberbullying doesn't stop at three o'clock in the afternoon when school finishes. It keeps going," he warned.