March 1st, 2010 by Kiwi Commons
Source: Youthlinkcalgary.com
Kiwi is proud to announce that this week, March 1-7, is Calgary, Alberta’s Online Safety Week. The annual awareness week is sponsored by YouthLink Calgary to help parents, teachers and kids learn how to stay safe on the Internet.
While…
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calgary, Internet, news, online safety week, youthlink |
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February 24th, 2010 by Shannon Mcconchie
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Phoebe Prince was a freshman at South Hadley High School, her principal called her “smart and charming”, and she even had a date for the school’s big event, the winter festival. So why did Phoebe Prince take her own life? Was school and cyber bullying a major factor?
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Posted in Internet Safety | bullying, cyber bullying, Internet, news, phoebe prince |
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February 24th, 2010 by Kiwi Expert - Barbara Zimmerman
Source: www.manhattanconstructiongroup.com
Twenty-eight students at McLure Middle School in Seattle, Washington have been suspended for cyber bullying a fellow classmate.
The cyber bullying incident involved a Facebook page that urged students to sign up to share in the dislike of the…
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Posted in Internet Safety | bullying, cyber bullying, cyberbullying, Internet, news |
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February 22nd, 2010 by Shannon Mcconchie
Source: Mediabistro.com
In the best interest of our kids, it may be important to know who they are talking to online, what information they’re sharing, and what sites they are visiting. But to what extreme should parents go?
Should we be sitting…
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Posted in Internet Safety | crime stoppers, generation gap, great debate, Internet, internet safety, news, parenting, scott mills, toronto police service |
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February 9th, 2010 by Elizabeth
In the ad, youth icon Megan Fox sits in a bubble bath, takes a picture of herself and ponders, “I wonder what would happen if I sent this out?” She then imagines an electrician mindlessly dropping his work on a…
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Posted in Internet Safety | Internet, megan fox, news, sexting, super bowl |
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February 5th, 2010 by Sarah Thistle
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has recently overturned a judge’s imposition of a lifetime Internet ban on a child sex offender.
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Posted in Internet Safety | Internet, news, predators & exploitation |
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January 28th, 2010 by Kiwi Commons
On February 9, 2010, join Kiwi Commons in celebrating European Safer Internet Day to help promote the importance of thinking before you post, a campaign dedicated to helping youth make smarter choices online.
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Posted in Internet Safety | european safer internet day, Internet, internet safety day, news |
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January 27th, 2010 by Shannon Mcconchie
Adults who work with young people often walk a fine line between being friendly and remaining an authority figure. While being liked is important for a positive student-teacher relationship, demarcating clear boundaries and keeping professional distance is required to maintain…
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Posted in Internet Safety | Internet, news, predators, predators & exploitation |
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January 22nd, 2010 by Kiwi Expert - Barbara Zimmerman
Mobile phone users can now search the web for information by focusing their handset camera on a particular object, taking a snapshot and clicking “search.” Goggles, a recently launched image-based search service by Google, compares users’ snapshots with its vast…
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Posted in Internet Safety | Internet, news, privacy |
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Kiwi Commons staff are proud to announce that they will be leading Internet safety workshops at the first annual Crime Stoppers of York Region Symposium, this February 11, 2010 at The Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.
