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Beatbullying launches new site for Young People

Anti-bullying charity Beatbullying has launched a new website for young people. The revamped website includes social networking, blogging, music uploading and video features. It enables young people of all ages to share thier own videos, photos and upload/download music created by other users, as well...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 08-19-2008
Cyberbullying - not just for kids

A recent news report from BBC News worldwide stated how a 49 year old woman, Lori Drew from Missouri USA, who set up a fake Myspace Profile to cyberbully a 13 year old girl who later committed suicide, is facing criminal charges. D rew has been indicted by a federal Grand Jury for Cyberbullying and faces...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 05-19-2008
The Byron Review

A six month study which announces the first national strategy for child internet safety has been set out in a report for government today by Dr Tanya Byron named as "Safer Children in a Digital World" The report argues that the government and the online and games industry must do more to provide...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 03-27-2008
Cyberbullying for teachers too?

An article in The Times this week discusses the ideas raised at the annual Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) conference 2008, that teachers are becoming increasingly at risk of being victims of Cyberbullying.. A recent ALT poll found that 1 in 6 teachers had been victims of Cyberbullying by...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 03-18-2008
Safer Internet Day 2008

On the 15th February 2008, Schools across the globe are being invited to participat e in insafe ’s "Safer Internet Day". Schools are encouraged to use the day to reflect on key issues within their school and to raise an awareness of safer internet use. Assemblies to support Safer Internet day can be...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 02-08-2008
YouTube & Beatbullying join forces with new channel

YouTube has launched a new channel to encourage young people to denounce the intimidation. Children & Young People can post their own videos and messages. Channels are YouTube members ( Beatbullying in this case) who upload videos. You can subscribe and get new videos delivered to you as they arrive...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by AlanDay on 11-30-2007
Cyberbullying - Embedding anti-bullying work in schools

The opening paragraph of the new government advice document states that "... it is vital that schools understand the issue, know how to prevent and respond to incidents, and are updated on the legal issues surrounding this challenging subject". Understanding the issue is the relatively easy part. Knowing...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by AlanDay on 09-23-2007
Don't Hide It

An NSPCC survey indicates that over 50% of children have experienced problems such as bullying, threats or sexual harassment online. They are particularly concerned at the popularity of social networking sites such as Bebo or MySpace, which they sayaround 52% of 11-16 year olds use once a day. As interesting...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by AlanDay on 09-23-2007
How should we protect teachers from being bullied?

It is good to see that attention is being given to the issue of cyber-bullying of teachers. The very nature of the read/write web makes it easy for anyone, including children to anonymously instigate what are often pranks, and in some cases outright vicious intimidation. Teachers can be easy victims...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by AlanDay on 04-04-2007

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