Bay Area (CA) public television station creates competition/forum for teen filmmakers, while incorporating career education.
Teens rank their cell phone just behind clothes for projecting social status & style. Survey notes teens are willing to give out personal information for targeted marketing texts -- how about homework reminders, texting in assignments,"resource alerts?" Also interesting in light of the Bushwick (Bklyn, NY) program that uses cell phones as incentive for good grades [See NY Daily News brief]
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - The Florida Senate wants public school students to pull up their pants. Lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that could mean suspensions for students with droopy britches.
NOT long ago, friends of mine confessed over dinner that they had put spyware on their 15-year-old son’s computer so they could monitor all he did online. At first I was repelled at this invasion of privacy. Now, after doing a fair amount of research, I get it.
For most of high school, Rey spent hours online reading about transgendered people and their lives. “The Internet is the best thing for trans people,” he said. “Living in the suburbs, online groups were an access point.”
Last week, I learned a valuable lesson: never, ever leave young kids on their own with a computer -- even if they are only logged into www.bobthe-builder.com.
It’s free, and it’s online in its entirety. The show surveys the current kids-online situation—thoroughly, open-mindedly and frankly.
“Sure, there are dangers. But they’re hugely overhyped by the media. The tales of pedophiles luring children out of their homes are like plane crashes: they happen extremely rarely, but when they do, they make headlines everywhere. The Internet is just another facet of socialization for the new generation; as always, common sense and a level head are the best safeguards.”
Teenagers struggle to establish a human rights club in school.
Now a new site aimed at college students is raising questions about the legality of online rumor mills. JuicyCampus.com is a rapidly growing gossip site that solicits content with the promise of anonymity. But what began as fun and games—and now has spinoffs on seven college campuses, including Duke University, where it began—has turned ugly and, in many cases, flatly defamatory.
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Bay Area (CA) public television station creates competition/forum for teen filmmakers, while incorporating career education.
Teens rank their cell phone just behind clothes for projecting social status & style. Survey notes teens are willing to give out personal information for targeted marketing texts -- how about homework reminders, texting in assignments,"resource alerts?" Also interesting in light of the Bushwick (Bklyn, NY) program that uses cell phones as incentive for good grades [See NY Daily News brief]
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - The Florida Senate wants public school students to pull up their pants. Lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that could mean suspensions for students with droopy britches.
Teenagers struggle to establish a human rights club in school.
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