Selected Cyberbullying Resources: September 21, 2010
Sonja H. Trainor
NSBA Senior Staff Attorney
strainor@nsba.org
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NSBA endorses Center for Safe Schools Guidelines -- http://www.safeschools.info/
NSBA’s Technology Leadership Network partnered with Cybersmart to deliver
free Cyberbullying materials.
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Net Family News by Anne Collier -- www.netfamilynews.org
Net Family News companion site, Connect Safely -- www.connectsafely.org
Google’s Family Safety Center, launched September, 2010 -http://www.google.com/familysafety/.
U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) “one stop” site for federal resources on bullying -www.bullyinginfo.org
Study on bullying in schools by National Center for Educational Evaluation and Regional
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Selected Cyberbullying Resources: September 21, 2010
Sonja H. Trainor
NSBA Senior Staff Attorney
strainor@nsba.org
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Center for Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet by Nancy Willard www.cyberbully.org
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Cyberbullying Legislation and School Policies: Where are the Boudnaries of the
“Schoolhouse Gate” in the New Virtual World?, by Nancy Wilard:
http://www.cyberbully.org/cyberbully/docs/cblegislation.pdf
Sexting Investigation and Intervention Protocol
http://csriu.org/documents/sextinginvestigationandintervention_000.pdf
Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, with the University of Michigan’s
Department of Communication Studies, study on teen cell phone use, Spring of 2010, indicating
that the mobile phone has become the communication hub for the majority of American teens:
o 75% of 12-17 year-olds own cell phones.
o 72% of ALL TEENS and 88% of teen cell phone owners are text-messagers.
o The frequency of teen texting has overtaken the frequency of every other
preferred communications avenue among teens.
o One in three teens sends over 100 text messages per day; 3,000 per month.
o Half of all teens send over 50 texts per day; 1,500 per month.
o For parents, teens’ attachment to their phone is a source of conflict and
regulation.
o For schools, teen cell phone use is seen as a disruptive force
o 64% of teens with cell phones have texted during class; 25% have made or
received a call during class
o http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones.aspx
Nielson reported on mobile phone use among teenagers in late January, 2009. According to
Nielson, which analyses more than 40,000 mobile phone bills every month:
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Selected Cyberbullying Resources: September 21, 2010
Sonja H. Trainor
NSBA Senior Staff Attorney
strainor@nsba.org
o American teenagers are using 3,146 messages per month, which amounts to
10 messages every waking hour that they are not in school or sleeping.
o Kids under 12 sent 1,146 per month, or 4 every waking hour.
o http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/under-aged-texting-usageand-actual-cost/
Facebook Safety for Educators page
o http://www.facebook.com/help/?safety=educators
Study on use of technology among adolescents
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Press pieces
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“What Really Happened to Phoebe Prince?” Emily Bazelon, Slate Magazine, July 20, 2010
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