Sept. 6, 2011 As school starts this week for the very few left that haven’t had summer short-circuited with August start dates, we’re continuing our focus on solutions-based media to ramp up Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and digital citizenship in an effort to not just squash ‘bullying’ but PREVENT it.Whether it’s an entirely new school experience or just curbing first … [Read more...]
Dec. 3, 2009 Just visited the excellent Connect Safely forum to pose the industry question, is there ANYthing that digital moderators or online advocates could’ve done in the child safety realm to prevent the loss of 13-year old Hope Witsell due to the suicide/sexting case? Obviously, Hope's case (visual at left/MSNBC) was on mobile phones, but cyberbullying/bodysnarking and … [Read more...]
May 22, 2009 Aside from another botched spelling test via corporate branding with the clever name in "Pursuit of Happyness" style, I'd like to hear pros and cons from mobile maniacs, please... Mobile Youth.org? Teen tribes? Safety pros? There's a new phone app to share a ‘Glympse’ of your location for a jiff in real time without any ties, tethers and trackability of other … [Read more...]
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