Textcess - Sleep Deprivation brought on by Excessive Texting
To many parents, text messaging is an enigma – a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. It seems to be a strange but harmless means of communication. What most don't know is that too much texting can actually be detrimental to their teens' health.
A film made by 4th graders on blogging safety.
Online Safety with Tim and Moby
Promethean offers a free flipchart viewer and flipchart on Online Safety with Brainpop characters, Tim & Moby. (Registration is required).
You’ve got mail! Surfing the Web can be fun and informative, but it can be dangerous, too. Let Tim and Moby help you sort out the good from the bad as you learn some rules to keep you safe in this BrainPOP movie on online safety. Figure out how to keep your identity a secret, how to identify people who might not be as nice as they seem, and who can help you stay safe online. You’ll also discover some rules that are good to follow both online and in life and what can happen if you break the World Wide Web code of conduct.
Cell Phones in (and out of) the Classroom
Tammy Worcester's handouts and links from NECC09
These technology guides from the Australian government provide information about some popular online services and tools and some of the key points about children and young people's technology use
VirginiaTech Study on Texting While Driving
This latest report from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute concludes that the risk of a vehicle crash can be up to 23 times higher when the driver is texting, compared to a driver who is paying full attention to the road. The report concludes that driving while texting should be banned, and that cell phone use should be banned for newly-licensed drivers.
Comprehensive literacy lesson plans
Comprehensive literacy lesson plans and student materials from any content in minutes from ClassTools.net
Example of Online Assignment Safety
Online Safety Assignment (wiki) for Milton Area School District (Pennsylvania) students
Online youth need critical thinking skills
Today's media environment provides an opportunity--and responsibility--for parents and schools to teach critical thinking. Not only must young people learn to "consider the source" of what they take in but also think critically about what they post in a world where just about every young person is now potentially an author, photographer, and videographer. Kids--who may never even know who Walter Cronkite was--need to have a miniature version of him inside their head by asking questions such as "Is this true?" and "How do I know it's true?."
South West Grid for Learning Trust - Creating an e-Safety policy? Where do you start?
New Tack in fight against teen 'sexting'
Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden) has introduced three bills to curb the practice, called "sexting." The package is the latest in a wave of state legislation designed to help young users of the internet and electronic devices to avoid sex predators, bullies, stalkers and other dangerous contacts.
