Children and Young People Issues - cyberbullying, social networking and child protection
Cyberbullying
The Resources in this section include an explanation of cyberbullying and suggested responses followed by a web quiz (for young people - but interesting for tutors to look at).
Web links to cyberbullying help sites, mostly for young people, but some resources for staff.
Social network sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Digg have had huge growth over the last 2 years. Many people use them as a way of keeping in touch with friends and family, and some tutors are using them as an alternative learning platform, but as with all technologies they can be misused. The resources here look at how they can be misused and include a guide to using social networking sites by Bebo.
This is the area most frightening to parents and children. The exploitation and abuse of children always provokes a strong reaction. CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) is the body set up to combat child exploitation and abuse both in this country and abroad. Their video is a strong statement about their work.