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Basic Internet Safety Tips

• Be Aware. Keep the computer or iPad in a public area in your home.
• Get online. Visit forums, chat rooms and social networking sites. Understand how these sites work so you can talk to your children about them.
• Know where they go. Ask your children to show you their favorite websites. Encourage them to tell you about the exciting learning they have experienced online as part of their classroom or library activities.
• Be accessible. Encourage your children to come to you if they feel uncomfortable about information they see online or receive via e-mail.
• Add filters. Turn on parental controls and purchase content filters for Internet accessible devices.
• Think about the pictures. Photos of your children in their school uniform in front of their school can help predators find them. Consider keeping these kinds of pictures in photo albums or on protected web sites.
• Understand the lingo. Check your child’s cell phone message history occasionally. Learn the shorthand of texting and IMing.
• Stop the sexting. Sending and receiving nude or semi-nude pictures of boys or girls under the age of 18 is considered child pornography and your child can be prosecuted.
• Pause before you post. Anyone may be able to read those posts. This includes Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr. and messaging. Your 140 characters or fewer public “tweets” on Twitter will now be archived in the Library of Congress.
• Beware of strangers. Make sure your children understand that not everyone is who they claim to be when online. They should NEVER give any personal or identifying information without first checking with a parent.
• “Friend” your children. If you are concerned about what your children are doing on Facebook and other social media sites, consider “friending” them. Another option is to have your child give you her password and user name and then log in occasionally to her page. If your children know that parents are watching, they are less likely to post inappropriate content.

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From the Archdiocese of Baltimore web site
http://www.archbalt.org/youth-young-adult/pastoral-care/Bullying.cfm

Stop Bullying Now - The "Stop Bullying Now!" campaign was developed by the Health Resources and Services Administration in partnership with more than 70 health, safety, education, and faith-based organizations. The website, which has both children's and adults' sections, offers animated scenarios, public service announcements, and resources for educators, health and safety professionals, parents, children, and the general public.

Bullying Fact Sheet for Teens - Facts on bullying for teens, and advise on how to prevent it from happening to you or somebody else.

School Prevention of Bullying - This booklet provides an overview of what is currently known about bullying behavior and successful efforts to address it. It also profiles a number of anti-bullying programs and offers resources for further research and program development.

Preventing Bullying - this digest examines the problem of bullying and some of its effects, discusses steps schools are taking, looks at ways peers can discourage bullying, and identifies other strategies that are being pursued.

Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying - This fact sheet defines bullying, noting that it can take three forms: physical, verbal, and psychological. It also describes a recently published report by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and summarizes the report's findings on the long and short-term effects of bullying.

The ABC's of Bullying: Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression - This online course from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention examines the causes and effects of bullying, prevention techniques and programs, screening, treatment options, and legal/ethical issues surrounding bullying.

The School Bully Can Take a Toll on Your Child's Mental Health - This fact sheet explains steps parents can take to insure that bullying does not consume their children.

Bullying Among Children and Youth - Stimulated by the pioneering work of Dan Olweus in Norway and Sweden, researchers from several nations have begun to explore the nature, prevalence, and effects of bullying among schoolchildren. Although studies of comprehensive antibullying programs are scarce in the United States, evaluation data from other countries suggest that adopting a comprehensive approach to reduce bullying at school can change students' behaviors and attitudes, reduce other antisocial behaviors, and increase teachers' willingness to intervene.

Cyberbullying - when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.

15 Ways iPad Goes to Work CIO.com

http://www.cio.com/article/684435/15_Ways_iPad_Goes_to_Work?page=1#slideshow

Happy New Year!

The girls use the iPads for school and socializing every day. This morning before school started, I saw two students sitting next to each other in the lobby, iPads in their laps, books open and working on assignments. That is the true testament of the success of this program.

To date I have replaced 38 iPads due to broken glass or manufacturer's defects. The best thing we did was buy the insurance and the 3 year Apple Care Policy on each of our 420 devices. We need to seriously consider getting a different case for next year. I have been using the Griffin Survivor case now for a couple of months and it has protected the iPad extremely well.

Twitter and Facebook

We are facing the social media challenge every day with the students. As a result of a recent cyberbullying situation, students are no longer allowed to use Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and any other social media site during the school day. They are allowed to use these sites at home but they must follow the Acceptable Use Policy regarding what they post on the Internet when using the school-owned devices. It has been very difficult for some students to understand that they did not purchase the iPads and cannot do whatever they want on them. I gave a short presentation on Monday, December 12th about ownership, the AUP, and cyberbullying to the entire high school. Many of the girls still feel that the administration, teachers and parents do not have the right to look at the content on the iPads whenever they want. Hopefully, this misconception has been dispelled.