Alice in InfoLand

Andy Carvin is initiating a Stop Cyberbullying Day this Friday, March 30, 2007, on his PBS Blog in reaction to the terrorization/bullying that has been done to Kathy Sierra. Kathy’s Creating Passionate Users blog explores and explains “how the brain works and how to exploit it for better learning and memory… and how to recognize when someone else (including one of us) is applying brain-based techniques to get you to do something.” Her posts are frequently praised and quoted across a wide variety of industries and interests: marketing, technology, education, libraryland, etc.

In school-library-land we know how important it is to alert students, parents, teachers, and administrators to the realities of the Read/Write Web. We advocate for social responsibility and fight against censorship. We want — nay, need — our future citizens to know how to conduct themselves appropriately and ethically at all times, whether face to face or online.

Bullying and social cruelty is hateful behavior, no matter what the format or the age of the instigators. As educators, it is imperative that we do whatever we can to make sure that it does not happen to anyone, child OR adult.

http://cyberbully.org and Nancy Willard’s Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use provide excellent resources for you to use and share with your students and colleagues, while Vicki Davis suggests several ways for educators to take action on her Cool Cat Teacher Blog.

What will YOU do to prevent cyberbullying in your community?

(cross-posted on LM_Net, and on the AASL blog)
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