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Acronyms & Text Messaging
This resource provides a list of acronyms and shorthand commonly used when people use technology to communicate such as with text messaging using a cell phone, instant messenger chats, blogs, newsgroup postings, etc.
Bullying in Schools: What Educators Can Do
This online course from the University of Wisconsin - Stout explores practical instructional strategies for breaking the cycle of bullying in schools including the escalating problem of Internet cyber bullying.
CBC News Indepth - Cyber-bullying
This is a link to a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation report on cyber bullying.
ChatDanger
The ChatDanger website provides information about the potential dangers on interactive services online like chat, IM, online games, email and on mobiles.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
This is a link to the text of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act which instituted regulations regarding the collection of data from children online.
Cyberbullying
This StopBullying.gov website provides resources on cyberbullying.
Have You Ever Been Cyberbullied?
This online quiz from from WiredKids.org is designed to help kids decide whether or not they've been cyberbullied.
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funds the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program, which protects children against computer-facilitated sex crimes.
NetSmartz
The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource that teaches kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet.
Safety and Security Online
This workshop equips educators with strategies for fostering online safety, privacy, and security in support of student learning in a technology-enhanced environment.



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