Kiwi Commons :: Leaders in Youth Internet Safety Resources» Internet Safety http://kiwicommons.com Leaders in Youth Internet Safety Resources Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:04:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Docs.com Creates a Resume and Analysis of Your Friends from Your Facebook Account http://kiwicommons.com/2010/09/docs-com-creates-a-resume-and-analysis-of-your-friends-from-your-facebook-account/ http://kiwicommons.com/2010/09/docs-com-creates-a-resume-and-analysis-of-your-friends-from-your-facebook-account/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:04:28 +0000 Rosemina Nazarali http://kiwicommons.com/?p=6077 docs.com - Facebook

Source: http://www.allfacebook.com

Docs.com, a Microsoft tool that lets you share documents with your Facebook friends, has been adding a few new features. Based on Office 2010, Docs.com is now allowing users to instantly create resumes based on their Facebook profile information…

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Source: http://cybersmart.org

Now that it’s back to school time, kids will undoubtedly be spending hours upon hours on the Internet, both at school and at home.  Since you can’t be around to monitor their Internet use at school, it’s a good…

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back to school time

Source: http://balogh-design.com

Now that back to school is just around the corner, it’s time to see what the best classroom gadgets are available for 2010/2011.  Throw away that chalkboard and Scantron cards because it’s time to bring your classroom to the…

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Source: http://www.pugawards.com

The Toronto District School Board is proud to be launching its first annual “The Believe It!” conference today at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto!

The TDSB is holding the conference to help guide schools into the future and become…

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One such case in Indiana involved a teenage girl who exposed herself via webcam…

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This week’s What Not To Post shows an example of how being a bad employee online can ruin your career (and life) in general.

Here’s how NOT to use Facebook:

Facebook Fail - What not to post

Source: http://www.youthchg.com/facebookjob.jpg

To see the image in higher resolution, click on it twice.


Social media…

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Source: http://www.electricpig.co.uk

UK’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (CEOP) announced that their Facebook button has successfully received 211 abuse reports since its launch on July 11th.

“We have no statistics to say this is the highest [number] we have ever had…

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Kiwi is proud to help celebrate International Youth Day and the first day of the International Year of Youth.

In December 2009, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed that August 12, 2010 would be the beginning of a celebratory year for…

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Source: http://www.eroinyc.com

The Federal Communications Commission in the US–the body that flipped its lid a few years ago when one of Janet Jackson’s breasts was exposed for a brief moment on a live television broadcast–is ending weeks of talks with phone,…

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Source: YouTube.com

Teenagers are always looking for the next best thing. The next greatest song, the next big movie star, the latest fashion trend, or, in this case, the next best way to get high.

Dubbed I-Dosing, or digital drugs, teenagers are…

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