Children as young as 12 have watched “hardcore porn” on a cellphone on their way to school in Blenheim, according to a Marlborough woman. Sheila Goldthorpe, of Okaramio, said a young boy recognised a friend had an internet-capable phone on a bus and looked up a porn site his older brother had shown him. The [...]
Classmates respond with positivity A group of Pflugerville High School students may have fallen victim to “cyberbullying” Saturday when their pictures appeared on a Facebook page. According to PHS students and a parent, an online Facebook page entitled “Panther Book” was anonymously posted Saturday morning with photos of 55 PHS girls, each accompanied by a [...]
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Genetics research into the emotional responses of bullying shows that many bullied victims that later experience more emotional problems have genetic similarities. The Nature vs Nurture discussions are sure to focus on this new research involving twin studies and the effects of bullying. This genetics research should prove important to readers interested in education, genetics, [...]
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My article called the “Secret Life of Teens” was published in the August issue of Northern Virginia Magazine. I investigated this story for almost one year, interviewing experts on teens and a dozen teens personally. All the teen’s identities were protected providing me candid answers to tough questions–questions about the impact of drugs, alcohol, stress, [...]
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Ten years into the new century, we’re still trying to find the web 2.0 tools that best facilitate collaboration—one of the fundamentals of 21st century learning. As the number of tools continues to grow, and fuzzy terms like cloud computing, hashtags, and synchronous live platforms are introduced into the lexicon daily, even the most tech-savvy [...]
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