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I gave a presentation to parents at a local middle school last night about Internet safety. One of the things I left them with was a collection of useful links and online references for parents, teachers, and students. This seemed like a pretty useful
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According to this article ( Sending racy photos is common among teens ) in eSchool News, some 22% of teenage girls and 11% of girls 13-16 send nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves to others. Some 18% of boys are sending similar pictures of themselves
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So long time readers know that I am not a fan of filtering of the Internet in schools. My wife is a librarian who enthusiastically marks Banned Books Week every year for the chance to discuss censorship with her students so its a family thing I guess.
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The Boston Public schools have a very nice cyber safety program with a home on the Internet. This site has resources for teachers, students and families. These resources include posters and presentations that can be downloaded and used. While they are
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One of the problems with many "free" Internet services is that they are supported by advertising. Generally that is a pretty minor issue and for most applications where "free" as in no out of pocket costs is a requirement its a non-issue. In schools though
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Well October was an interesting month. In some cases I was pretty good at predicting which posts would get the most interest and in others I was pretty far off. I did think that the free download book on creating websites that sell would be popular but
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I came across a moving video on cyberbullying last week. It is remarkably well done and tells the story that cyberbullying is bullying and that it really hurts people. The video can be found here . There you will also find a teacher's guide to help use
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OK maybe phun (or even fun) isn't quite the word but some people at Carnegie Mellon University Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory have come up with an educational game to teach young people about phishing attacks called Anti-Phishing Phil . It's a
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Earlier I reported on a teacher who was seeing some interesting and positive results by letting students use tools (computer software tools) that are often blocked or banned in schools. Today we learn the other side of this coin. Ben Chun reports in his
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While supplies last elementary and secondary schools can order a free security resource kit from Microsoft. The kit includes " a CD packed with informational resources, including fat sheets, flyers, and video resources - a multimedia collection of material
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I gave a couple of talks on Internet safety last week. I spoke to a group of middle school students and a group of third and fourth graders at a summer technology camp. As always I learned a lot from teaching kids. I asked the younger kids for examples
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Last week I met with someone from the national headquarters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to learn about their ClubTech programs. These programs are designed to teach young people technical skills and to integrate technology into the core program
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Most new PCs these days are coming with Windows Vista on them. If you are a parent, especially if your children are younger, this can be quite a boon to you as there are many new security features in Vista that can be helpful to parents. Blake Handler
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A link to the Hacker High School web site went to the AP CS list the other day. It is an interesting site with lessons and exercises about computer and network security. It appears to be designed to be used in either a classroom or a computer club or
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