cyberbullying

12 Nov

Digital Citizenship: Stop, Drop and Roll!

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in E-rate, Spotlight, cyberbullying, digital citizenship, educators, internet safety, students, tech integration

A recent article in ISTE's Learning and Leading magazine entitled “Stop, Drop, and Roll” discusses Standard 5 of the NETS for Coaches, focusing on digital citizenship. We are especially fond of the author, former ISTE Board of Director member, Kara Gann, now a member of the Atomic Learning family. Kara has over 26 years in public education and is passionate about ed tech. Here are some thoughts from the article worth sharing:

06 Nov

Helping Educators put a Stop to Cyberbullying

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in Education, Project, cyberbullying, educators

Today’s students must know how to interact with others online in social networking sites, in chatrooms, and when instant messaging and texting. Knowing how to protect themselves online from cyberbullies, online predators, and scams is important to ensure their safety and well-being while learning and interacting online.

A recent article on the Open Colleges InformEd site discusses "15 Strategies Educators Can Use to Stop Cyberbullying." It states:

10 Oct

Atomic Learning Recognizes Unity Day in Support of Bullying Prevention

Posted by Amy Schoenrock in anti-bullying, bullying, bullying prevention, cyberbullying, orange, unity day

From blaze orange to more subtle hues, Atomic Learning employees donned shades of the color orange in support of PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center Unity Day.

While we raise awareness for bullying in October for National Bullying Prevention Month, for those who are being bullied, it is a day to day, year-long struggle. Did you know one out of six children is bullied in the United States? With stats like that, it’s important that each of us to do what we can to help those children in need.

Sign The Digital Petition!

More than 160,000 U.S. students stay home from school each day from fear of being bullied. No one should have to fear going to school. Unite with others and add your voice to the online petition.