Reflective Blog # 3

Technology is a very good tool in helping children reach their full potential in school. There are also some risks while using technology such as what the students are researching exactly and what information they are coming across. There are so many inappropriate websites out there that children accidentally or intentionally come upon. Such websites that include hate crime groups and bullying can pose problems and interfere with the child's learning. Some ways these problems can be reduced is by limiting the amount of time the children are on the computer. The teacher and the parent can set specific sites only and block sites that they feel are not appropriate. The parent should be responsible in talking to there children about hate crime websites and discuss with them how they are bad and talk to them about online bullying. Some websites give further knowledge and resourceful tools about online bullying and hate crime websites. He are some websites that would be useful in learning more about cyber-stalking, bullying, and cyber-harassment.

1. Judge Acquits Lori Drew in Cyber-bullying Case, Overrules Jury http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/drew court/

• This site discusses cyber-bullying and such cases that are affiliated with the problems that arise from cyber-bullies.

2. Cyber-bullying Organization http://www.cyberbullying.org/

• Cyber-bullying Organization is an organization designed to inform and people about cyber-bullying. It is helpful and resourceful to students and parents as well as teachers in learning more and understanding what cyber-bulling is all about.

3. Help Put an End to Cyber-bullying http://www.online-bully.com/index.html

• This website discusses cyber-bullying and ways we can avoid the issue and problems that come along with cyber-bullying. I believe this website is helpful and very resourceful to parents and teachers because it gives them ways and tips to end cyber-bullying in homes and in the classroom.

4. Schoolyard Bullies Get Nastier Online http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-03-06-cover-cyberbullies

• This website discuses bullying in the school and how students are accessing the websites and how they are acting in the classroom. This website would be helpful for teachers to review and understand how the students are reacting and find ways to make it stop.

5. A Thin Line http://www.athinline.org/

• A Thin Line discusses cyber-bullying and how it is accessible on the Internet to students, and how many parents and teachers are not even aware of this. Texting or sexting is also very popular with young students and it discusses how it brings problems and dangers to children. You can take a quiz and get online facts of what is really happening online and how everyday it is haunting so many children.

6. Cyber-bullying Research Center http://www.cyberbullying.us/

• This website is resourceful for parents and teachers especially. It gives the facts or what exactly cyber-bullying is and how it is present and where it is present. It helps parents and teachers understand ways to help students deal with it and make it stop.

7. Wired Safety http://wiredsafety.org/

• Wired Safety is a website that gives safety tools to children to help prevent cyber-bullying and cyber-stalking. It tells them what information they should hold private and what information they should make public. It gives them helpful tools and teaches them to be cautious while they are online.

8. Cyber-bullying Info http://cyberbullying.info/

• This website is an audio website where someone talks to you about cyber-bullying. You can click around and explore and office and someone talks to you about the facts and gives you helpful tools to deal with cyber-bullying online.

9. Connect Safety http://connectsafety.org/

• Connect Safety is a website that allows students, parents and teachers to learn more about cyber-bullying and helps them understand what it is and what tools they can use to stop it. The website gives safety tips and advice and also gives advice about safe blogging and web networking.

10. Stop Crime, Invest in Kids http://fightcrime.org/

• Stop Crime, Invest in Kids gives parents and children ten tips for families to stop cyber-bullying. These tips can be useful with the school district and local community as well as the police department.