Students say using tech to cheat isn’t cheating

by Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, eSchool News

A new poll conducted by the nonprofit organization Common Sense Media suggests that students are using cell phones and the Internet to cheat on school exams and parents are unaware that this is occurring. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59295

8th Annual Cyberethics, Cybersafety, and Cybersecurity Conference

Materials from this 2008 conference include

• Academic Cheating in High School and College: What the Research is Telling Us
• Friend or Foe? Balancing the Good and Bad of Social-Networking Sites
• The School's Role: Using Social Networking to Reach Students and Monitor Behavior
• Classroom Connections: Finding Appropriate Educational Uses

http://www.edtechpolicy.org/C32009/c3presentations.html

Kids and the Dangers of Social Networking

The June 2009 issue of OUCH, the SANS Institute Security Newsletter for Computer Users provides eight tips to make kids safer social networkers. http://www.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/issue/20090608.php

Teens & Social Networking in School & Public Libraries

A toolkit for librarians and library workers developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association
http://www.ila.org/netsafe/SocialNetworkingToolkit.pdf

Schools and Online Social Networking

by Nancy Willard

National Education Association article discusses what schools can and should do about middle and high school students’ involvement online. http://www.nea.org/tools/9279.htm