Posted on May 18th, 2010 by Tim
In the middle school, we do share information with students about being productive and using good judgment while online. We encourage students to become Cyber Smart. This pertains to shielding themselves from cyber-bullying and protecting their online identity/profiles.
There are literally hundreds of sites that can assist parents on this topic. Listed below are just samples [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by Tim
On Formspring, an E-Vite to Insults and Crude Queries – NYTimes.com.
Another Social networking site that invite anonymous users to post questions like, “Do you like Susan?” 0r “Is David the hottest boy in 7th grade?”
I love technology and can think of many ways to use Formspring in a productive educational manner.
My question do parents monitor closely [...]
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Posted on April 4th, 2010 by Tim
I do not remember how I got this article nor could I confirm the link post below because it had expired. However, thought it was worth posting
Kids who get bullied and snubbed by peers may be more likely to have problems in other parts of their lives, past studies have shown. And now researchers [...]
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Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Tim
I have been working with our 8th Grade Advisory Classes with decision making. We are using different moral dilemmas as discussion starters. I will continue to post different moral dilemmas here on my blog as we cover them in our classes.
A. Three of your friends have created an offensive website that attacks a classmate and/or [...]
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Posted on December 8th, 2009 by Tim
I found this great resource for how to conduct a Moral Dilemmas lesson with your students.
Leading Values and Moral Dilemma Discussions
This material is from the Building Life Skills Curriculum Guide andis copyrighted by the Building Life Skills Collaboration, 1995, Kansas City, MO. Building Life Skills is a consortium of the Heart of American Council, Boy Scouts of America, Heartland Council of Camp Fire Boys and Girls, Mid?Continent Council for Girl Scouts, YMCA of Greater Kansas City, YWCA of Kansas City, Kansas, and the YWCA of Kansas City, Missouri.
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Posted on April 19th, 2009 by Tim
Here is the link to the Cyberbullying Presentation: Parent Presentation – April 2009
Please provide your valuable feedback: Parent Feedback and Suggestions
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Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Tim
Article by Kari Henley about MS students and Facebook.
“Kids get into trouble with sites like Facebook and MySpace because they are too self-centered in their overall development to understand the impact of what they are doing, she said. Middle school age children are the most susceptible to cyber bullying, and high school students most likely [...]
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Posted on March 22nd, 2009 by Tim
Another great video from the Ad Council and Sony Creative Software. I do not want students and parents to be afraid of the power and the connections that the internet can make. I want them to use it wisely, purposely and at times cautiously. I love my Facebook as much as the next 13 year [...]
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Posted on March 12th, 2008 by Tim
Here is the message I will be running in our middle school. I will try to link our “Caught You Caring” form and will post our daily announcements soon.
Caring Week – We now have each grade level participating in Caring
Week!
6th grade will be
hosting a luncheon for our school ayi and support staff on April
30th.
7th [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Tim
While we have been talking about Respect for the month of October. A great topic when discussing this important character trait is “The Golden Rule.” The basic definition for the Golden Rule is, “Treat others only in ways that you’re willing to be treated in the same exact situation.” Here is a great [...]
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