Cyber Quicksand: Current Issues for School Leaders

S.J. Brooks-Young Consulting

Cyber Quicksand: Current Issues for School Leaders

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Welcome

Scenarios for Discussion

Use of graphic images in classrooms
E-mail concerns
Cyberbullying: Student victims
Cyberbullying: Adult victims

Hands-on Activities

Option 1: Using Technology Responsibly (Track number = 61555)

Option 2: Cyberbullying WebQuest

Additional Resources

Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use

Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide (Henry Jenkins, NYU Press 2006)

Crimes Against Children Research Center

Discussion: MySpace and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)

Family Tech Talk

FAQs--Student Blogging

Internet Safety Awareness

KidsHealth (Internet Safety)

NetSmartz Workshop

Parent's Guide to Internet Safety (FBI)

Potentially Risky Internet Behavior: Summary of Findings (Polly Klaas Foundation)

Protecting Teens Online (Pew Internet & American Life Project report)

Stop Cyberbullying

Students, officials locking horns over blogs (USA Today)

Why MySpace.com Matters to the K-12 Space (ESP Solutions Group, free

registration required)

Yahooligans! Parent Guide

Podcast: Social Networking

Video Clip: When I Go to UVA

Discussion and Wrap-Up

Additional Reading

Critical Technology Issues for School Leaders

by Susan Brooks-Young

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