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Josie Fraser commented on Cyberbullying Presentation 2008 Childnet International is an independent children’s charity working in partnership with others around the world to help make the internet a great and safe place for young people. Childnet works in 3 main areas: Access, Awareness, and Protection & Policy. Access and positive promotion- Promoting the positive aspects of the Internet – Helping children and young people to use the net constructively, showcase quality content, and enable others to use our resources and develop new projects. Education and awareness – Helping children and young people acquire new “net literacy” skills and giving advice to industry, organisations, parents, teachers and carers about internet and mobile safety. This is achieved by providing resources and information to pupils, teachers and parents & carers, and visiting schools about internet safety and security. Policy and protection – Working with and advising others, including governments, the internet industry, and mobile phone providers, to help protect children from being exploited in the online environments provided by new technologies, as well as seeking to initiate and respond to policy changes. The Childnet website also functions as a portal for various internet safety initiatives including Kidsmart for primary pupils, parents and teachers, Know IT All for key stage 3 pupils, Chatdanger, Jenny’s Story and Sorted for secondary school pupils. 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Cyberbullying Presentation 2008 Cyberbullying SAFE TO LEARN: EMBEDDING ANTI-BULLYING WORK IN SCHOOLS As more and more schools are having to respond to the growing challenge of cyberbullying, it is vital that schools understand the issue, know how to prevent and respond to incidents, and are updated on the legal issues surrounding this challenging subject. The DCSF has worked with children’s charity Childnet International to provide this guidance, which forms part of the anti-bullying guidance Safe to Learn: Embedding Anti-Bullying Work in Schools. You will be able to find important information and clear advice on the subject, and review how your school takes action. Quote from a pupil: “I felt that no-one understood what I was going through. I didn’t know who was sending me these messages, and I felt powerless to know what to do.” Quote from a parent: “Having my daughter show me text messages from nearly everyone in her class all saying derogatory things about her was devastating.” Quote from a staff member: “The accusation about me which the students put on their website was horrendous. Within hours it seemed that the whole school had read this message.” This guidance was developed for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) by Childnet International and in consultation with the DCSF Cyberbullying Taskforce, on which representatives of the following organisations sit (in alphabetical order): Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) AOL (UK) limited Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) BBC Beatbullying Bebo Becta Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) Childnet International Children’s Charities’ Coalition for Internet Safety Cyberspace Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Fox Interative Media / MySpace Get Connected Google / YouTube Home Office Kidscape London Councils Microsoft (MSN and Windows Live services) Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Mobile Broadband Group Mobile Broadband Group National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) The National Association of Schoolmasters / Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) National Governors’ Association (NGA) National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) National Union of Teachers (NUT) O2 Orange Parent Governors Representatives Network Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) The Carphone Warehouse The Samaritans T-Mobile UK Unison Unit for School and Family Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London Vodafone Yahoo! UK & Ireland Youth Justice Board (YJB) York St John University The Department would also like to thank the staff and pupils at Avenue Primary School, Leicester, and Hamilton Community College, Leicester, for contributing to the development of this guidance. 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Microblogging Open Source Microblogging (from http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/2008/07/open-source-soc.html) * Identi.ca http://identi.ca/ Open Source federated microblogging * Laconica http://laconi.ca/ 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Microblogging Open Source Lifestreaming (from http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/2008/07/open-source-soc.html) * Mugshot http://mugshot.org/main * Sweetcron http://www.sweetcron.com/ * SimpleLife http://kierandelaney.net/blog/projects/simplelife/ & many more at: http://lifestreamblog.com/create/ 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam http://www.sivacracy.net/2008/06/a_dozen_things_to_tell_your_el.html "DOPA or the Deleting Online Predators Act was such a stupid idea that it seemed to require special words that went beyond merely calling it “stupid.” It was maroonic; it was betarded; it was stooptastic" 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam http://www.ariwriter.com/2008/08/us-bans-social-networking.html "# Social networking enables sexual predators to stalk children across cyberspace. Legislators are collaborating with law enforcement officials to enforce actions in public libraries and schools. # Social networking strains server bandwidth and presents operational risks for military websites, including the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, which require lightning-speed algorithmic capabilities to combat the war on terrorism and other matters domestically and abroad. # Social networking on the job decreases workplace productivity and employee morale, insist rhetoric from government agencies and corporate employers." 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam Libraries fight to protect privacy Ledyard King • Gannett News Service August 23, 2008 http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080823/NEWS/808230341/1001 "Kirk’s bill, the Deleting Online Predators Act, died in 2006 but gained new life this year. Kirk says that as more children flock to social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, "we’ve seen a corresponding increase of online sexual predators" targeting those children. But library officials say the legislation — while tackling a legitimate problem — takes the wrong approach in trying to keep kids safe from online predators. Rather than outlawing certain sites, the American Library Association supports preparing kids and parents to deal with online threats at the library, home or anywhere else." 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam Libraries fight to protect privacy Ledyard King • Gannett News Service August 23, 2008 http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080823/NEWS/808230341/1001 "WASHINGTON — Congress is considering a bill that would bar children who use computers in public libraries from accessing Facebook and other social networking Web sites without parental permission. Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, the Illinois Republican who sponsored the measure, says the proposal would keep sexual predators from contacting minors who are using a library computer. But the American Library Association says Kirk’s bill is another attempt by the federal government to interfere with library users’ privacy and free speech." 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam http://www.andycarvin.com/dopa.html Andy Carvin, DOPA Watch "This webpage is a news digest of all the latest blog entries and news stories regarding the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), which would force schools and libraries that receive federal Internet subsidies to block all interactive websites in the name of online safety." 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam Josie Fraser posted a message on Twitter: “Resurrection of the mindless zombie that is DOPA has put me in a grumpy mood. After a really nice meeting with @sleepydog this afternoon too” July 31 at 5:22 pm 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam @badgergravling part of reason that non solutions like DOPA keep getting peddled is that adults involved aren’t digitally literate at all http://twitter.com/josiefraser/statuses/873781535 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam http://icanhaz.com/dop2 DOPA back, like a bad dream. The reasons it needs to be killed are exactly the same though: http://icanhaz.com/dopa http://twitter.com/josiefraser/statuses/873776081 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam Henry Jenkins, Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program, contributed one of the key arguments to the debate, MySpace and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), a discussion with Social Media Researcher danah boyd. http://www.danah.org/papers/MySpaceDOPA.html 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam It’s clear that withdrawing public access means that the least confident and most economically disadvantaged users - those who most need school and community networks to be able to get online - are the ones who suffer the greatest impact of blocking policies. However obvious or compelling the arguments seem to be to those of us who are familiar with social software, networks and tools, the lesson is - everything continues to be provisional. We need to continue to develop our positions and our strategies. http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/2007/01/esafety_ongoing.html 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam However much evidence and experience we have of the importance of technology (particularly social software and user generated content sites and tools) for formal and informal learning, citizenship and participation (’voice and choice’), for creativity and innovation, DOPA pointed up the retrograde potential of one well placed moral panic. http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/2007/01/esafety_ongoing.html 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam Andy Carvett pushed DOPA’s death certificate into edublogland at the end of last year in an excellent overview of the political sea-change taking place stateside recently: "Meanwhile, Rep. Fitzpatrick was finding himself in a close re-election race back home, giving him less time to lobby his Senate colleagues in support of DOPA. It turned out his efforts were futile - Fitzpatrick lost his re-election bid in November. He wasn’t alone. Three of DOPA’s co-sponsors - JD Hayworth, Sue Kelly and Curt Weldon - also lost their re-election bids. But the final nail in DOPA’s coffin came with the switch of Congress from Republican to Democrat. Legislation that doesn’t get signed into law by the end of a congressional term has to start from scratch during the next term. In January, the Democrats will be in charge of both houses of Congress, and there’s no sign that they’re going to rush and re-introduce DOPA. Key DOPA critics in the House and Senate, including Reps Ed Markey, John Dingell and Sen. Patrick Leahy, will soon be in leadership positions. With the Republican losses in November, it will be harder for their caucus members to re-introduce DOPA, especially since Fitzpatrick is gone and they lacked Democrat co-sponsors in the first place." http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2006/12/dopa_dies_on_the_vine.html 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam Edublog Awards http://edublogawards.com/ Best Library/Librarian blog: 2007: A Library By Any Other Name http://alibraryisalibrary.blogspot.com/ Vaughn Branom (USA) 2006: Hey Jude http://heyjude.wordpress.com/ Judy O’Connell (Australia) 2005: Joyce Valenza’s NeverEnding Search http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html Joyce Valenza (USA) 2004: Library Stuff http://www.librarystuff.net/ Steven M. Cohen (US) 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam Testimony before the subcommittee on telecommunications and the internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Beth Yoke Executive Director, Young Adult Library Services Association (2006): "Finally, with specific regard to “social networking sites,” young adults all over the country have begun to use these sites as a primary means of communication, whether with their peers or with young adult authors, musicians, artists, and with libraries. Some libraries are taking advantage of this by using some of these sites to stay in touch with their communities. For example, Sean Rapacki from the Wadsworth Public Library in Wadsworth, Ohio informed us that his staff has created a MySpace profile page FOR the library, allowing library staff to communicate with young adult patrons much more effectively. 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam Testimony before the subcommittee on telecommunications and the internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Beth Yoke Executive Director, Young Adult Library Services Association (2006): "There are countless positive uses for networking applications that are not necessarily related to formal education. Networking applications include support groups for teenagers with physical or emotional disabilities, forums for the exchange of ideas, and even tools to help kids become acclimated to new surroundings. For example, when teenagers leave for college they often use networking sites to find other students with similar interests." 2 years ago
Josie Fraser commented on Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam Testimony before the subcommittee on telecommunications and the internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Beth Yoke Executive Director, Young Adult Library Services Association (2006): "DOPA would restrict access to technology in the communities that need public access most. According to recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau the digital divide is large and does not appear to be shrinking. Currently, roughly one out of seven African Americans and only one out of eight Hispanics subscribe to broadband service at home. Meanwhile, 26.1% of whites and a full one third of Asians have broadband at home.5 Further, according to a Gates Foundation report on the role of libraries in Internet access, African Americans and Hispanics "rely exclusively on the library computer for Internet access to a greater degree than their white and Asian counterparts," with approximately a fifth of African American users and nearly 16% of Hispanic users exclusively relying on library-based computers. Also, nearly a third of those in the lowest income bracket who use library computers rely exclusively on them. These data indicate that public access computing in libraries is playing an important role in closing the digital divide." 2 years ago

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