Safer Internet Day 2007 Blogathon http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/ CROSSING BORDERS www.saferinternet.org en Copyright 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:04:39 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss TESTING ON THE BLOG Wide interest in the Safer Internet Day was sparked early in January by the launch of a catchy video clip by the Spanish media company Publibureau. This has already found its way to YouTube via local and national television, projections in cinema foyers and release on internet. Last week marked another high point in the lead-up, when online voting was launched to select the winners of the Safer Internet Day 2008 competition that ran from October to January. 655 teams competed and national finalists received a record 48,000 e-votes.

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]]> http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/04/post_2.html http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/04/post_2.html Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:33:40 +0100 Spain-Italy: Correct use of the Internet Hi everybody!

Here we are again! This is our last post about our project. We have finished the research about the correct use of the Internet. A group of ten years old students prepared the pool helped by their teacher. After the correction of the pool they studied the results and tried to obtain some conclusions.
Finally they have written this "10 rules for the correct use of the net".
We think this experience has been very interesting and the students too. They are conscience of the importance of the correct use of the Internet.
Thank you for the organization of this Blogathon!
Conclusions

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Overview Netiquette, or Net etiquette, has become an essential part of communicating over the Internet. All to often people forget that they are, in fact, communicating with other people and not just some remote computer. A standardized set of rules--known as netiquette--has been developed to aid in human-to-human communication using simple text via a computer. Additionally, with the clever use of text characters, a general set of emotion-expressing icons and acronyms has been developed to further aid online communication.
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Am Anfang arbeitete jede Schule in Gruppen zusammen, um die Inhalte zu konkretisieren. Es entstanden dabei sehr interessante Fragen, wie z.B.
Wie können Bilder manipuliert werden? Warum werden Bilder manipuliert? Wie sieht die Rechtslage aus?
Welche Bilder dürfen manipuliert werden? Und viele weitere Fragen. Diese Informationen wurden mit Hilfe der moodle- Plattform, welche in der Wiener Schule installiert ist, ausgetauscht. Danach gestalteten die Schüler jeweils eine eigene PowerPointPräsentation. Aus den so entstandenen Ergebnisse, wurde eine eigene gemeinsame Präsentation erstellt.
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]]> http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/belgium_austria_1.html http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/belgium_austria_1.html power of image Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:25:14 +0100 Cyberbullying: An Emerging Threat to the "Always On" Generation bullying_org_logo_med.jpg

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The readers of this blog might be interested in learning about two free, non-profit, educational resources that may help those who are trying to understand and deal with the issues of bullying and cyberbullying. As I am a parent and teacher myself, I created these resources with children, parents and teachers in mind.

www.bullying.org is a multiple award-winning Web site that was created to help people address the issues of bullying within a safe, positive international community. www.bullying.org is a supportive community where people can learn that they are NOT alone in being bullied and teased, that being bullied and teased is NOT their fault and that they CAN do something positive about it. People can contribute their personal stories, poems, images, oral stories (audio files), music and videos.

We have a team of reviewers who ensure that only first names may be used on the Web site and that no e-mail addresses or contact information may be shared or displayed on the Web site. Our reviewers review the content to ensure that original submissions and replies contribute in a helpful way to supporting the Web site's goals; that "You are NOT alone. (Being bullied is NOT your fault and that there are many positive things that you can do about it."

www.bullying.org also has a "Helpful Resources" section that features a huge listing of articles, books, legislation and policies, research and multimedia resources. Many people have identified this section as being the largest collection of bullying-related online resources in the world. www.bullying.org also has the world's first and largest online moderated support groups for adults and youth. The Web site receives nearly one million visitors and contributors from around the world each month and is often listed as the number one “bullying” referenced Web site in the world by www.google.com and many other Internet search engines. This high ranking has been accomplished primarily by word-of-mouth among parents, teachers and young people.

www.bullying.org has been chosen for the ChildNet International Award which goes to projects that make the Internet a better place for youth, as well as being a finalist in the Stockholm Challenge Award which has been called the Nobel Prize of the IT (Information Technology) world. www.bullying.org has been featured by media around the world.

As www.bullying.org quickly became an international portal of information about bullying, I realized that a new behaviour was emerging online. I defined it in the following way, "Cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies such as e-mail, cell phone and pager text messages, instant messaging, defamatory personal Web sites, and defamatory online personal polling Web sites, to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviour by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others."

As cyberbullying was a new behaviour, I decided to create a new Web site to address it.

www.cyberbullying.org was the world's first Web site specifically dedicated to the emerging issue of cyberbullying. You may be interested to learn that we have been repeatedly cited as the first to coin and define this term.

If you and your audience would like more information about the issue of cyberbullying, what it is, how it can be prevented, and what can be done if someone has been cyberbullied, I would invite you and them to visit www.cyberbullying.org.

Bullying.org is the creator and facilitator of the annual international "Bullying Awareness Week" which now takes place in November each year. In 2006, it will be held from November 19th to the 24th.

We have done presentations about the issues of bullying and cyberbullying around the world.

If you would like more information about the issue of cyberbullying, please visit
http://www.cyberbullying.ca/pdf/Cyberbullying_Information.pdf

You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to open and download this information.

Please feel free to share this with others, as you may deem appropriate.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you should have any questions or need further information.

Most sincerely,

Bill Belsey

President,
Bullying.org (non-profit)

e-mail: help@bullying.org

www.bullying.org
"Where You Are NOT Alone!"

and

www.cyberbullying.org
"Always On? Always Aware!"
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]]> http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/cyberbullying_an_emerging_thre.html http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/cyberbullying_an_emerging_thre.html Crossing borders: General strand Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:00:00 +0100 Testing tools for filtering and parental control Safer Internet Day! We offically presented the results of the filtering study performed in till December 2006 (www.sip-bench.eu). We found that the tools are really needed considering some of the awful things that are on the Internet these days, that indeed cross the border of human decency. And whilst a tool may not be the golden bullet yet, it is definitely an important complement to the guidance by parents and other educators. Today we also start the campaign to again find 100 to 200 testers who want to test one of the 30 Internet content filtering tools, across European borders. ... http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/testing_tools_for_filtering_an.html http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/testing_tools_for_filtering_an.html Crossing borders: General strand Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:16:52 +0100 COLOURS IN INTERNET Download file

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London – 06 January 2007: Bebo, the UK’s number one social networking site*, has today announced that it will conduct a series of Knowledge Transfer Workshops as an extension to European Safer Internet Day*.

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]]> http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/safer_day.html http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/safer_day.html e-privacy Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:13:35 +0100 Projet réalisé Nous y sommes quand même arrivé à le finaliser pour le blogathon ! Aujourd’hui, le 06 février 2007, avec voie haute je dit que le projet est fini. Un grand MERCI à l’équipe de travail « IT Task Force » du forum « 911 ordi », vous étiez formidables.

Nous sommes quand même arrivé(e)s à terminer ce dossier assez compliqué à bonne date. Le « bus du savoir et du partage du savoir » est arrivé à son premier « terminus ». Le voyage n’a duré que trois (3) semaines) et certains d’entrevous y ont pris goût à mes voyages éducatifs organisés, tel que « jfgagnon », qui m’a proposé de suite d’entamer une nouvelle aventure.

Le plaisir d'apprendre audessus les frontières géographiques !

]]> http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/projet_realise.html http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/projet_realise.html Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:11:05 +0100 CANADA: Addressing online hate with “a mission in critical thinking” Media Awareness Network Logo
Governments and educators are concerned about the growing use of the Internet to spread hate and propaganda. Most worrisome is its impact on young people – who are already growing up in a culture in which stereotypes and putdowns are a regular theme in their popular entertainment.

According to research by Canada’s leading media education organization, Media Awareness Network, 12% of Canadian students have encountered hateful Web sites and the majority of students (82%) have never talked to an adult about hate sites or racist content on the Net. Now more than ever, students need to be able to judge for themselves the legitimacy of the information and ideas they encounter. To do this, they need guidance in developing critical-thinking skills—and parents and teachers need education strategies to help young people learn to recognize online bias and propaganda. Allies and Aliens: A Mission in Critical Thinking

Since misinformation and subtle forms of racism may be difficult to recognize, the free educational game Allies and Aliens: A Mission in Critical Thinking is designed to help young people understand the basics of bias, stereotyping and propaganda techniques on the Internet. In Allies and Aliens players become agents on an intergalactic mission for earth. As players interact with alien characters and visit Web sites on the "Galactic Web", they come across varying degrees of prejudice and discrimination. These interactions help young people playing the game to understand how such messages can promote hate.

The game also helps kids understand the difference between fact and opinion, and the importance of authenticating online information, ultimately sharpening young peoples’ research and verification skills.

Allies and Aliens is accompanied by an extensive Teacher's Guide (PDF) which is also available free online.

]]> http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/canada_addressing_online_hate_1.html http://blog.eun.org/SID2007/2007/02/canada_addressing_online_hate_1.html Crossing borders: General strand Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:00:11 +0100 USA: Crossing Borders - Acceptable Use Policies around the World Living and learning internationally via the Internet certainly provides the means to learn from one another on educational topics that are vital to ensuring healthy learning environments. One of the most valuable facets of this type of global sharing is the ability for some areas of the world to preview the rise of new technologies, their associated issues, and subsequent solutions, as these technologies are adopted and spread throughout. For example, when it comes to the rapid advancement of cyber communication tools, there is a real need to learn from those who have already experienced the “latest and greatest”, and collaborate on ways to address the negative consequences that arise. Unfortunately growing safety and responsible use issues are sometimes overwhelming, and in our attempt to address each one comprehensively, basic foundational structuring of new policies is often overlooked. As schools in the U.S. deal with growing problems stemming from advancements in cyber technologies, there has been renewed interest among educators in updating the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) to cover newly emerging issues and to provide each student with a meaningful document to learn from.

What is an AUP? It is a written agreement that outlines the terms and conditions of Internet use at school. It sets the rules of online behavior, privileges, and appropriate uses, and it covers the consequences or penalties when these terms are violated. Students, parents, and teachers usually sign it—and all should know that it will be kept on file and used as a legal and binding document (in the U.S). However, it should be used as more than a legal document to keep students in line online. It should be used as the very basis for teaching safety and responsible use.

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