Digital Citizenship: Resource Roundup

Resources by Topic:

• Cyberbullying
• The Importance of Netiquette
• Internet Safety
• Teaching Bullying Prevention
• Discussion Groups
• Additional Resources on the Web

Cyberbullying

• "She Used to Be Pretty": Schoolyard Harassment Goes Online

  The wounds cyberbullies cause can run deep.

• Techno Prisoners: Musings on the New Bullying Paradigm

  In the age of cyberbullying, a Stone Age tormentee looks back.

• Social-Networking Sites Draw Teens In

  In the largely unsupervised digital world, youths set the rules.

• Cinema vs. Cyberbullies: Using Filmmaking to Fight Online Harassment

  Filmmaker Debbie Heimowitz employs the power of movies to promote online empowerment and awareness.

• Google+: The Dark Side of the Circle

  Google's social network is built on the idea of social stratification. How does this translate to the classroom?

• Anti-Social Media: Educators and Parents Take on Cyber-Bullying for "Spirit Day"

  On this Spirit Day Edutopia's former senior producer Ken Ellis suggests that social media is becoming a bit too anti-social.

• Edutopia Poll: Does the Internet exacerbate bullying?

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The Importance of Netiquette

• Teaching Digital Citizenship in the Elementary Classroom

  Blogger Mary Beth Hertz believes that teaching digital citizenship and internet safety is a lot more meaningful when students can engage in authentic online experiences.

• The Importance of Digital Citizenship in Social Media

  Blogger Andrew Marcinek reflects on social and digital media integration into the lives of teachers and students.

• Behaveyourself.com: Online Manners Matter

  Netiquette becomes a key part of education.

• Beyond Emily: Post-ing Etiquette

  Educators offer guidelines for promoting good online behavior.

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Online Safety for Students

• Social Media Guidelines

  Instructional technologist Steven Anderson suggests integrating social media into education, district by district, through a sensible best practices approach.

• How to Talk About Life Online

  Tips for teachers to help students be safe on the Internet.

• Common Sense Tips for Digital Generation Parents

  Five practical pointers from Common Sense Media to help parents understand and manage the lives of their digital kids.

• Sage Advice: Child Safety on the Internet

  Edutopia users weigh in on how they teach their kids to be safe online.

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Teaching Bullying Prevention

• Bullying: How Educators can Make Schools Safer

  Schools can reduce incidents by adopting a schoolwide anti-harassment policy with a social and emotional perspective.

• Fear Factor: Harrassment Hurts

  The effect of bullying goes beyond simple schoolyard scuffles to cause lasting emotional wounds.

• Michael Pritchard: Lessons from the Heart

  A champion of social and emotional learning reaches out to students.

• Student Pledges: Preventing Harassment and Bullying at Your School

  Kids taking pledges in fall can help prevent harassment and bullying throughout the school year.

• Peace Helpers Become Classroom Problem Solvers

  At Brooklyn's PS 24, fourth and fifth graders resolve playground conflicts and train younger students to be peacemakers in their classrooms.

• Teaching Tolerance: Meet the Teacher Who Started Gay-Straight Alliances

  Teacher Bob Parlin launched the first gay-straight alliance in a public school. Today, this national network provides a powerful dose of social and emotional learning for students of every orientation.

• Resources to Fight Bullying and Harassment at School

  An educator's guide to websites, organizations, articles, and other resources for combating bullying.

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Edutopia.org Discussion Groups

• Cyberbullying Resources

  A thread for sharing and commenting on cyberbullying websites and articles.

• Combating Cyberbullying in Middle School

  Help two media specialists from Maine gather information about school cyberbullying policies for an in-classroom manual they are developing.

• Social Media in Schools

  What is the role of social media in schools? Does your school have a policy? If not, do you think one should be developed? What sites are blocked at your school?

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