Cyberethics training needed
“She was a little big for her age, her face still chubby and prepubescent,” writes ZooeysRoom.com’s Kaley Noonen in Edutopia.org. “She pulled me aside after the cyberbullying workshop I’d just given to...
View ArticleGood citizens in virtual worlds, too
I truly believe that children’s good citizenship online helps protect them – and it’s a large and growing piece of the online-safety puzzle. How so? Because (I know I’ve quoted this here before) “youth...
View Article‘Law ‘n’ order’ in virtual worlds
It’s a fledgling concept, but there are some interesting community-policing efforts afoot in virtual worlds such as Second Life, VZones, World of Warcraft, and mobile-phone-based Cellufun for mobile...
View Article9 parts of digital citizenship
These make complete sense (“complete” as in comprehensive, too). The nine elements grew out of a three-year PhD dissertation project by educator Mike Ribble at Kansas State University. Mike defines...
View ArticleThe Net effect
Just why do we need to think before we post and text? A logical question your kids may be asking you. Here’s a possible answer: because… online socializers and media sharers have invisible audiences...
View ArticleThe new media monsters we’ve created for our kids
In adjusting to a media environment very different from the mass-media one we grew up in, we adults have created some monsters. They’re large, intimidating “creatures” that threaten the mutually...
View ArticleHow an 11-year-old became a meme
Did Jessi Slaughter’s father think this was parenting, when he went on YouTube with her and threatened the harassers and trolls she had violently threatened too? He certainly made things worse, not...
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Digital citizenship in process: Notes from the Baku IGF
The “Flame Towers” in Baku, Azerbaijan I’m sure we’re all pretty aware that the Internet and social media are global, but do we think enough about how digital citizenship has to be global too, then –...
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