Glenelg High School Parent Night for incoming 9th Graders
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College & Career Information
O*Net Online
O*Net Online allows students to browse occupations and find out more about them. Users can also take a self-assessment and receive suggestions of careers that may interest them.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The OOH is an online publication from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is a searchable database with videos and up-to-date information about many career fields. |
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Cyber Bullying Resources for Parents
Below is the digital footprint map we used during our Pause Before You Post Campaign to show students where their information goes after it is sent through social media like Facebook, Kik, Twitter, Intstagram, Ask.fm etc. Ask your kids about it!
Facebook Launches a Bullying Prevention Page
Below is the Facebook Reporting Guide - The reporting guide shows what happens when someone reports bullying
Click here for the link to Facebook's Bullying Prevention Page
Below is the Facebook Reporting Guide - The reporting guide shows what happens when someone reports bullying
Click here for the link to Facebook's Bullying Prevention Page
10 Things Every Parent Must Know About Cyber Bullying
With the statistics piling up, it has become increasingly clear that the cruelties inflicted by cyberbullying have become a devastating reality for many tweens and teens. While bullying is nothing new, when it takes place in the digital world, the public humiliation can shatter young lives. Photos, cruel comments, taunts and threats travel in an instant, and can be seen, revisited, reposted, linked to and shared by a huge audience. We're all responsible for making the digital world a decent place. Below are some of the top concerns we've heard from parents trying to make sense of kids' online behavior...
To keep reading click here
11 Sites and Apps Kids are Heading to After Facebook
By Kelly Schryver, Senior Content Specialist at Common Sense Media
"Remember MySpace? Not so long ago, practically every teen in the world was on it -- and then many left for Facebook. Now, as Facebook's popularity among teens is starting to wane, you might be wondering what the new "it" social network is. But the days of a one-stop shop for all social networking needs are over. Instead, teens are dividing their attention between an array of apps and tools that let them write, share, video chat and even shop for the latest trends. You don't need to know the ins and outs of every app and site that's "hot" right now (and frankly, if you did, they wouldn't be trendy anymore). But knowing the basics -- what they are, why they're popular and the problems that can crop up when they're not used responsibly -- can make the difference between a positive and negative experience for your kid."
To keep reading click Huffington Post - 11 Sites and Apps Kids Are Headed to After Facebook
Cyberbullying Research Center - Can Someone Be An Unintentionally Bully?
Written By: Justin Patchin
Greer offers an example in which the friends of a teen girl set up an online profile on Instagram where people are asked to comment/vote for the prettiest girl among four shown. The idea is to show their friend that she is very pretty. The profile creators stuff the virtual ballot box so that their friend emerges victorious, not realizing that by doing so the other three girls involved in the vote have had their feelings hurt (because, after all, they aren’t the prettiest). Were the less-pretty girls in this example bullied? If the teens who created the site genuinely and honestly did not do so to cause harm to the girls who did not win, then I do not believe it is accurate to classify the incident as bullying.
Of course, the key to this is determining intent. It is possible that the girls responsible in Greer’s example could have intended all along to take particular classmates down a notch by setting it up so they would emerge as losers. Or rig the vote in a way that one specific girl received significantly fewer votes than all of the rest, thereby securing her spot as the “least prettiest.” It would be correct to classify those cases as bullying, though definitely not accidental. But if the girls are sincere and authentic in stating that they really didn’t mean to cause harm to those who were not voted the prettiest, then it isn’t bullying. It should not be ignored, however, and the girls responsible should be informed about the unintended consequences of their actions so that they will refrain from similar behaviors in the future. Hopefully that will be the end of the issue. If not, then subsequent intervention would be necessary.
To keep reading click here
What can parents do to prevent cyber bullying?
Student Services and our administration are asking parents for your help in monitoring your child’s use of electronic technology. The US Department of Health and Human Services provides parents resources for online and electronic technology safety. Please visit their website at http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/index.html Here is a bit of information from the Stop Cyber Bullying website.
Be Aware of What Your Kids are Doing Online
Talk with your kids about cyber bullying and other online issues regularly.
Ask.fm: New social site, same bullying
On Ask.fm, millions of American teens talk about their hookups, struggles to get good grades and wild weekend parties with no parents or adults to peer over their shoulders. Some also use the social network to anonymously torment other teens. With its popularity soaring in middle schools and high schools across the U.S., Ask.fm is coming under attack from parents, politicians and privacy watchdog groups. It has been linked to the suicides of four teens in Britain and Ireland and one in the United States.
To keep reading click here
What is SnapChat?
"An app for your phone with real-time picture chatting - the fastest way to share a moment with friends! You control how long your friends can view your message - simply set the timer up to ten seconds and send. They'll have that long to view your message and then it disappears forever. We'll let you know if they take a screenshot!" This is the information you see on the description of the app. This is also similar to the Poke feature on Facebook. Below is a link to an article that succinctly explains a way people can retrieve the picture/video even though it is only on the screen briefly.
- Article link: Turns Out Snapchat Videos Don't Actually Disappear
Many students have also figured out how to take a screen shot while the picture is on the screen and then can save it as a .pdf file - they might let you know that this happened, but it is still out of your possession. Snapchat, as with all forms of electronic communications, come with a level of risk that the message can be intercepted. All communications come with a level of risk that the recipient may do something you didn't expect with the information you have entrusted to them. The take-away is: The problem is not "how" your child sends, but "what" your child sends, no matter the medium. PLEASE help convey to your children that SnapChat most definitely should not be used for images they don't want as a part of their digital footprint and in the hands of MANY others.
With the statistics piling up, it has become increasingly clear that the cruelties inflicted by cyberbullying have become a devastating reality for many tweens and teens. While bullying is nothing new, when it takes place in the digital world, the public humiliation can shatter young lives. Photos, cruel comments, taunts and threats travel in an instant, and can be seen, revisited, reposted, linked to and shared by a huge audience. We're all responsible for making the digital world a decent place. Below are some of the top concerns we've heard from parents trying to make sense of kids' online behavior...
To keep reading click here
11 Sites and Apps Kids are Heading to After Facebook
By Kelly Schryver, Senior Content Specialist at Common Sense Media
"Remember MySpace? Not so long ago, practically every teen in the world was on it -- and then many left for Facebook. Now, as Facebook's popularity among teens is starting to wane, you might be wondering what the new "it" social network is. But the days of a one-stop shop for all social networking needs are over. Instead, teens are dividing their attention between an array of apps and tools that let them write, share, video chat and even shop for the latest trends. You don't need to know the ins and outs of every app and site that's "hot" right now (and frankly, if you did, they wouldn't be trendy anymore). But knowing the basics -- what they are, why they're popular and the problems that can crop up when they're not used responsibly -- can make the difference between a positive and negative experience for your kid."
To keep reading click Huffington Post - 11 Sites and Apps Kids Are Headed to After Facebook
Cyberbullying Research Center - Can Someone Be An Unintentionally Bully?
Written By: Justin Patchin
Greer offers an example in which the friends of a teen girl set up an online profile on Instagram where people are asked to comment/vote for the prettiest girl among four shown. The idea is to show their friend that she is very pretty. The profile creators stuff the virtual ballot box so that their friend emerges victorious, not realizing that by doing so the other three girls involved in the vote have had their feelings hurt (because, after all, they aren’t the prettiest). Were the less-pretty girls in this example bullied? If the teens who created the site genuinely and honestly did not do so to cause harm to the girls who did not win, then I do not believe it is accurate to classify the incident as bullying.
Of course, the key to this is determining intent. It is possible that the girls responsible in Greer’s example could have intended all along to take particular classmates down a notch by setting it up so they would emerge as losers. Or rig the vote in a way that one specific girl received significantly fewer votes than all of the rest, thereby securing her spot as the “least prettiest.” It would be correct to classify those cases as bullying, though definitely not accidental. But if the girls are sincere and authentic in stating that they really didn’t mean to cause harm to those who were not voted the prettiest, then it isn’t bullying. It should not be ignored, however, and the girls responsible should be informed about the unintended consequences of their actions so that they will refrain from similar behaviors in the future. Hopefully that will be the end of the issue. If not, then subsequent intervention would be necessary.
To keep reading click here
What can parents do to prevent cyber bullying?
Student Services and our administration are asking parents for your help in monitoring your child’s use of electronic technology. The US Department of Health and Human Services provides parents resources for online and electronic technology safety. Please visit their website at http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/index.html Here is a bit of information from the Stop Cyber Bullying website.
Be Aware of What Your Kids are Doing Online
Talk with your kids about cyber bullying and other online issues regularly.
- Tell your kids that you may review their online communications at any time
- Have a sense of what they do online and in texts
- Learn about the sites they like (Instagram, Snapchat, AskFM)
- Ask for their passwords, but tell them you’ll only use them in case of emergency
- Ask to “friend” or “follow” your kids on social media sites
- Encourage your kids to tell you immediately if they, or someone they know, is being cyberbullied
Ask.fm: New social site, same bullying
On Ask.fm, millions of American teens talk about their hookups, struggles to get good grades and wild weekend parties with no parents or adults to peer over their shoulders. Some also use the social network to anonymously torment other teens. With its popularity soaring in middle schools and high schools across the U.S., Ask.fm is coming under attack from parents, politicians and privacy watchdog groups. It has been linked to the suicides of four teens in Britain and Ireland and one in the United States.
To keep reading click here
What is SnapChat?
"An app for your phone with real-time picture chatting - the fastest way to share a moment with friends! You control how long your friends can view your message - simply set the timer up to ten seconds and send. They'll have that long to view your message and then it disappears forever. We'll let you know if they take a screenshot!" This is the information you see on the description of the app. This is also similar to the Poke feature on Facebook. Below is a link to an article that succinctly explains a way people can retrieve the picture/video even though it is only on the screen briefly.
- Article link: Turns Out Snapchat Videos Don't Actually Disappear
Many students have also figured out how to take a screen shot while the picture is on the screen and then can save it as a .pdf file - they might let you know that this happened, but it is still out of your possession. Snapchat, as with all forms of electronic communications, come with a level of risk that the message can be intercepted. All communications come with a level of risk that the recipient may do something you didn't expect with the information you have entrusted to them. The take-away is: The problem is not "how" your child sends, but "what" your child sends, no matter the medium. PLEASE help convey to your children that SnapChat most definitely should not be used for images they don't want as a part of their digital footprint and in the hands of MANY others.
Bullying Resources
Anti-Bullying News Article
The New York Times released an interesting opinion article on bullying. The article focused on defining bullying. Here is a small excerpt from the article.
"All the misdiagnosis of bullying is making the real but limited problem seem impossible to solve.
If every act of aggression counts as bullying, how can we stop it? Down this road lies the old
assumption that bullying is a rite of childhood passage. But that’s wrong."
To keep reading click here
Stand Up HoCo - Find additional resources and tools for students to stand up to bully. Visit http://standuphoco.org/
The New York Times released an interesting opinion article on bullying. The article focused on defining bullying. Here is a small excerpt from the article.
"All the misdiagnosis of bullying is making the real but limited problem seem impossible to solve.
If every act of aggression counts as bullying, how can we stop it? Down this road lies the old
assumption that bullying is a rite of childhood passage. But that’s wrong."
To keep reading click here
Stand Up HoCo - Find additional resources and tools for students to stand up to bully. Visit http://standuphoco.org/
"We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education." - Martin Luther King Jr.