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

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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…

]]> http://kiwicommons.com/2010/08/teen-%e2%80%9csextortion%e2%80%9d-on-the-rise/feed/ 0 Facebook’s CEOP Button gets 211 Abuse Reports http://kiwicommons.com/2010/08/facebook%e2%80%99s-child-protection-button-leads-to-more-than-200-reports-of-suspicious-activity/ http://kiwicommons.com/2010/08/facebook%e2%80%99s-child-protection-button-leads-to-more-than-200-reports-of-suspicious-activity/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:15:25 +0000 Elizabeth http://kiwicommons.com/?p=5918 Source: http://www.electricpig.co.uk

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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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: http://www.gossone.com

WalMart has caused quite a stir after announcing that they will be adding RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags, or “smart tags,” to individual items in stores.

Rolling into stores next month, the smart tags will be embedded within individual merchandise,…

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Source: http://sportzmania.co.cc

Imagine your 11-year-old daughter, let’s call her Jessi Slaughter, becomes an active member of social media websites like 4chan and Stickam (because she’s still a bit too young for Facebook) and, because of her slightly off-kilter personality, she has…

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