Marian Merritt at Symantec asks “Wonder What Kids Are Searching Online? Well, Wonder No More!
Kids have so much time on their hands in the summer and much of that time will be spent online. For parents who use OnlineFamily.Norton, the new and easy-to-use family safety service from the makers of Norton Internet Security, there’s no mystery about what your kids are searching for and where they are clicking. OnlineFamily.Norton has just released a study showing what kids are searching for (the Norton Top 100, if you will) from the millions of searches monitored by OnlineFamily.Norton during the survey period of February 2009 through July 2009.
Linda Criddle at LookBothWays tells us about “Social Networking’s Impact on Childhood”
The results from a national poll of teens and parents conducted by Common Sense Media highlights that youth increasingly interact with friends, classmates, and people with similar interests through social networks – but parents remain largely unaware of their teen’s online activities. Teens are deeply involved in their social networks. Over half of all teens (51%) check their social networking sites more than once a day, and 22% of teens check their pages more than 10 times a day.
Sameer Hinduja, of the Cyberbullying Research Center discusses “School-sponsored PDAs in the classroom?”
A colleague sent along this article detailing how some public schools are issuing PDAs to third, fourth, and fifth graders in an effort to render them comfortable with the technology, and as another medium through which they can learn. For example, they can use it to draw pictures, write essays, study flash cards, and take photos.
Parry Aftab introduces “The Stop Cyberbullying Toolkit – free for schools”
By putting the tools, programs, and proven approaches into the hands of schools and community organizations, we can tackle the issues and forge solutions by working together. It’s a cyberwar and school professionals, community leaders and all young people who care are our cyberarmy.
Anne Collier at NetFamilyNews tells that “Bystanders can help when bullying happens”
If your children are neither bullies nor victims, there’s still a strong possibility they can help reduce bullying at school. A well-reported article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says it’s a myth that bullying involves only the bully and the victim.
PC Pandora reports on “Marines Ban Social Networking”
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