Texas girl arrested for online harassment

http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/101409kvue_teen-arrested-charges-eh.214f548af.html

We'll talk more about this new law in the next blog post.

Social networks are mostly good for us...

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-09-27-social-networking_N.htm

What are the implications for educators and students?

online safety working group met 9/24

Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act created a working group to discuss Internet safety education. The group met again last Thursday and here's a recap of the meeting:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/01/scitech/pcanswer/main5354648.shtml

My and the author of the linked new story's favorite part was a quote from a DC middle school student who said, "The only person who can protect you on the Internet is you."