by Emma | Apr 15, 2019 | Administrators, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, Digital Safety, Gun Violence, Mental Health, Online Dangers, School Safety, School Violence, Social Media, Suicide Prevention, Teachers, Technology
An administrator’s job goes far beyond paperwork. They care for the students and foster a safe learning environment. That includes checking on in-classroom and digital student behavior. New technologies offer ever more efficient ways to monitor students’ behavior and...
by Sarah Vice | Apr 8, 2019 | Administrators, Bullying, Cyberbullying, Digital Safety, Internet Regulations, Learning and the Law, Online Dangers, School Counselors, School Safety, Social Media, Suicide Prevention, Teachers, Technology
At the requests of students, parents, and administrators alike, California recently sought to improve on state laws about bullying in school. The ever-changing nature of the internet and social media brings new ways for students to be harmed or cause harm. This...
by Emma | Apr 1, 2019 | Administrators, Bullying, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, Digital Safety, Educational Technology, Interactive learning, Online Dangers, Online Learning, School Safety, Technology
Google Docs is a word processor that students use to study, do homework and prepare presentations. It’s part of a larger collection of Google apps that make up the GSuite for Education, used by over 80 million U.S. students. Google Docs provides a collaborative space...
by Martha Custard | Mar 7, 2019 | Administrators, Bullying, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, Digital Safety, Internet Regulations, Learning and the Law, Online Dangers, Parenting, Parents, School Counselors, School Safety, School Violence, Social Media, suicide
David Molak committed suicide at the age of 16 due to cyberbullying. To honor his legacy, David’s family worked with friends and lawmakers to create David’s Law. This law modernizes current anti-bullying laws by making it possible to prosecute cyber bullying...
by Bo King | Nov 29, 2018 | Administrators, Bullying, Cyberbullying, Digital Safety, Online Dangers, School Counselors, School Safety, Suicide Prevention, Teachers, Trauma, Uncategorized
Bullying can often be stopped fairly easily when it occurs openly. Bullying behind the scenes, though, is another matter. How do you know it’s happening at all? The earlier an educator can stop cyberbullying, or prevent it altogether, the better. Here’s how...
by Jonathan Mendoza | Oct 4, 2018 | Cyberbullying, Mental Health, Parenting, Parents, School Counselors, School Safety, Teachers
The effects of bullying can be long-lasting and detrimental to a student’s physical and mental health. Sometimes, bullying can even be fatal. In extreme cases, bullying has driven students to commit suicide in a tragic phenomenon known as “bullycide.” Here’s...
