Jan
31

Pleasant Grove Region Parent Forum – Internet Safety for Parents

Filed Under (Internet Safety, Welcome, Workshops) by 2WebWatchers on 31-01-2009

The first annual Pleasant Grove Region Parent Forum will be held today – Saturday, January 31, 2009, from 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M., at Pleasant Grove High School. Internet Safety for Parents is one of the many workshops offered by EGUSD, PGHS and Katherine Albiani Middle School. 

This workshop includes background information about Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, wikis and social networking – including tours through MySpace and Facebook. The workshop also addresses cyberspeak and cyberbullying.

2WebWatchers thought this would be another excellent opportunity to invite workshop parents to go live with their questions and comments.

Here are some questions we have for you:

  • What brought you to the Internet Safety for Parents workshop?
  • What are your current Internet Safety concerns at home and at school?
  • What future topics would you like to see posted on 2WebWatchers?

We welcome all feedback and look forward to continued discussions on helping EGUSD parents assist their children on traveling the Internet safely, effectively and ethically.

As mentioned in previous posts, all comments on 2WebWatchers are moderated and will appear once they have been approved.  

Jan
20

Stopping Cyberbullying – It’s the Law

Filed Under (Cyberbullying, Internet Safety, Tutorial) by 2WebWatchers on 20-01-2009

California begins the New Year with a law aimed at curtailing cyberbullying. Assemblyman Ted Lieu introduced Assembly Bill 86, which “adds cyberbullying to school disciplinary codes that previously defined bullying only in terms of direct physical or verbal harassment.”

This bill is in response to the escalating issues with cyberbullying nationwide. At middle and high school sites – and even elementary sites – school administrators and counselors are seeking ways to reverse this cruel trend.

EGUSD has brought together an Internet Safety Task Force to address cyberbullying. One of the main Task Force goals is to develop a district wide program that embeds the ethical use of the Internet into the K-12 curriculum, with an initial focus on grades 4-6.

Throughout the year, the task force and 2Webwatchers will be providing the Elk Grove community with resource links to educate our students on what digital citizenship means. For our first elementary level resource, we recommend reading advice on cyberbullying posted to the McGruff.org website. The Shrink the Cyberbully game is appropriate for students in grades 3-6.

For additional resources on cyberbullying, please visit our 2Webwatcher resource links (right hand side bar). If you have online resources you would like to share, please leave us a comment.