new study - Pew Internet & American Life Project for the Family Online Safety Institute and Cable in the Classroom

Pew Internet & American Life Project for the Family Online Safety Institute and Cable in the Classroom

Race, age and gender differences

‘There are differences between ages, genders and races. Among youth who use social media, younger teenage girls (12-13) are much more likely to say that people are mostly unkind.

A third (33 percent) of these girls say people their age are mostly unkind to one another on social network sites, compared with 9 percent of boys their age and 18 percent of boys 14-17.”

Bystanders and Upstanders
‘There is a lot of talk about the role of peers in helping to stop bullying and, from the data, it's clear that a significant percentage of kids are stepping in when they see someone else being mistreated online. While 55 percent of teens say that their peers who witnessed cruel behavior typically ignore it, 27 percent said they "frequently see others defend the victim," while 20 percent said they "frequently see others tell the person being mean to stop." Nearly a fifth (19 percent) said they frequently see others join in the harassment.’

Summary

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-57320587-238/online-bullying-still-way-less-common-than-in-real-life/

Study

http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Teens-and-social-media.aspx

I will be incorporating this into the presentations I do the rest of the year – highly recommend reading at least the news story (summary).

Resources for internet safety

Internet Safety has become such a big part of my career - and it never really dawned on me before how little John and Jean Q. Public knew about it. Once people realize the scope of the Internet - and how deep it reaches into the lives of kids - and themselves- they typically get mad and or frightened and then realive what I have come to belive. We must be vigilant.

Topics:
Cyberbullying
Virus
Adware
Predetors
Phishing
Spyware
Handsets / Cell Phones
Privacy
Sexting
Inapropriate Sites
Blocking/Filtering access
Tablets
Theft
Intellectual Property / Copyrights
Identity
Digital Citizenship
Digital Professionalism
Digital Parenting
and my favorite
Zombie Armies

I am going to stop -  there are more and I discover more areas of concern the longer I look at it.




Here are some of the resources I have used to develop my understanding and my presentations on this subject.

Please use google youtube teachertube and wikipedia with the terms above to get your feet wet - I'll wait here for you

Now go check these sites out

General Sites:

https://onguardonline.gov/
http://www.childnet-int.org/
https://www.oag.state.tx.us/criminal/cybersafety.shtml
http://www.drhowie.com/Cyberbully-Digital_Footp.html
http://www.ag.ny.gov/bureaus/internet_bureau/internet_safety.html

Free Resources from Uncle Sam
http://bulkorder.ftc.gov/

Application Evolution

As a teacher I have found it valuable to get across to my students my passion for learning. One of the things I love to do is hear my own voice - to lecture - to sermon. This is rarely a learning activity for me - and I suppose I have to admit that that it is rarely a learning activity for anyone involved!

One way to get away from this - and I learned this from kindergarten teachers - is stations. If you break up the day into segments it feeds right into the norm we have created through Television-Web Surf(cerf)ing- video games and Web 2.0. By breaking up an activity you are chunking (google Chunking Models of Expertise: Implications for Education or goto Wiki for the short version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunking_(psychology)) As an extension of that into the upper grades (and their shorter classes) I have developed what I call application evolution.

1> Activity that is instantaneous - speech, memorization, song, drama, reading, etc
2> Capture that onto paper - Notes, Multiplication table, Written music, written play, book report, Poster
3> translate that paper into another medium - record it, word process, spread sheet, presentation software,
4> translate that into web 2.0 or streaming media - teachertube, video production software, blog, glogster

No one could do this in 45 minutes - this is several class periods for each iteration - but this is home work kids will relish and grow with - try it - let me know