Kiwi Commons :: Leaders in Youth Internet Safety Resources» Internet Safety http://kiwicommons.com Leaders in Youth Internet Safety Resources Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Top 5 Gadgets Every Classroom Should Have http://kiwicommons.com/2010/09/the-top-5-gadgets-every-classroom-should-have/ http://kiwicommons.com/2010/09/the-top-5-gadgets-every-classroom-should-have/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:58:34 +0000 Kiwi Commons http://kiwicommons.com/?p=6002
back to school time

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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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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

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Social media…

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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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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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Kiwi Commons would like to introduce a new bi-weekly feature on our site entitled “What Not To Post.”

Every other week, we will be showcasing a photograph of a real internet safety faux paus.  As a supplement, we will also post some…

]]> http://kiwicommons.com/2010/08/what-not-to-post/feed/ 1 Study Shows Youth Concerned About Online Privacy http://kiwicommons.com/2010/08/study-shows-youth-concerned-about-online-privacy/ http://kiwicommons.com/2010/08/study-shows-youth-concerned-about-online-privacy/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:27:23 +0000 kevinc http://kiwicommons.com/?p=5849 Source: http://news.cnet.comIt was just this past winter that Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, pronounced online privacy to be dead. He said that the next step in the digital age is to share our lives freely online, without the worry of who…

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