What do you think of VH1’s new Anti-Bullying ad? Does it trivialize the plight of bullying victims or would students that bully actually take the message to heart? (Although the message here seems to be that kids shouldn’t bully because one day the victim may be your boss… not the most compassionate message for why kids shouldn’t bully.) Tell us your thoughts in the comments. We're BRIM! BRIM pairs a smart, cloud-based system to anonymously report and track incidents of bullying at schools. Our mission is to bring about a world where everyone can go to school without fear of being bullied. We occasionally get together to write and share news and ideas on our blog. Thanks for stopping by! Click ...
Emerging technologies in education involve teachers integrating applications or techniques that improve the learning process. Technological devices assist learning processes of students while teachers use technology to help them assess a student’s performance in the classroom. Following are top 10 examples of emerging technologies in education. 1. Flashnotes Flashnotes is an online marketplace that is designed to help students write and share virtual notes with their classmates. Students can take their lecture notes and post them on Flashnotes for other students who require assistance. Flashnotes through students posting their class notes for other students to purchase. 2. Lore Lore makes it easier for teachers and students to communicate with each other regarding lectures, assignments, and classwork. Furthermore, it allows students ...
Effective school leadership is clearly the most desired trait of an individual in charge of heading an educational institution. After all, an educational institution’s success depends on how well the educational leader leads a school. A leader outlines an educational pattern that can help students achieve academic success, they inspire others to follow in their footsteps, they wish to create a friendly and an instructive environment, they hope to improve education and teaching methods, they manage information, people, and procedures to promote school development. Qualities of a Good Leader Principals are required to recognize each student’s educational needs, comprehend the strengths and weakness of teachers and staff members, understand the characteristics of the educational programs, collect information on students, and ...
Various teacher tools in the form of online educational resources are available to help teachers convey to students the harmful effects and consequences of bullying. Best of all, many of these resources are free and won’t break already stretched budgets. A fantastic example are those classroom resources made available by Tolerance.org. If you have a moment, they’re definitely worthy of a visit! These activities will also help students learn to be more accepting of other student’s differences. These activities will make them more aware of the consequences of bullying on both the bully and the bullied. Online Educational Resources It is vital for students to start learning about bullying prevention from a young age. Bullying has become a rising, dangerous, ...
What’s the best way to ensure a student is both unhealthy and depressed? Bully them for a long time and don’t let up. A new study in the journal Pediatrics has shown that almost half (44.6%) of students with past and present bullying experiences fall into the least healthy 10% of students. For comparison, only 6.5% of students that have never been bullied fall into the least healthy 10% of students. In other words, a student that has been bullied in the past and present is 7x more likely to have very poor psychosocial health than their peers that have never been bullied. This study shows clearly that long term bullying is associated with poor mental and physical health ...
Edgy, isn’t it? “The New F Word” is a new anti-bullying campaign started by the Friend Movement featuring celebrities likes Lance Bass, LeAnn Rimes and others “flipping the bird” to bullying. You can view their anti-bullying celebrity promotional posters on their website. For bullied students, mention of the the “F word” brings up memories of their peers shouting profanities like fatty, faggot, freak at them in the halls. The Friend Movement aims to change that by promoting a different F word: Friend. Check out the video below explaining the New F Word campaign. You can check out Tim Gunn’s (host of Project Runway) bullying story in the video below. The HuffPost Gay Voice’s Noah Michelson also joined the campaign and you can ...
Constant bullying at school can ruin a child’s live. In a recent survey of 40,000 high school students, 50 percent admitted to bullying other students within the past year, and 47 percent said they had been “bullied, teased, or taunted in a way that seriously upset” them (Josephson Institute, 2010). Because bullying is so prevalent, there’s also a large body of bullying research papers containing best practices for handling bullying at your school. How Well Can You Answer Bullying Questions from Parents? If a parent asks you, “Can you set up a meeting with the family of my daughter’s bully so we can all talk and get the bullying to stop?”How would you respond? Would you: Agree to set up ...
Online, anonymous bullying reporting which can be done from the safety of a student’s home gives bullied kids a real chance to speak out against their tormentors without fear of their tormentors seeing them come forward and without having to discuss an unbearable situation with adults they may or may not feel comfortable confiding in. Bullying affects the lives of millions of students, and child and teen bullying are at an all time high. If bullied kids weren’t afraid to get help in person, anonymous reporting wouldn’t be necessary, but the truth is that bullied kids are afraid – afraid to speak out and afraid to get the help they need. In-Person Reporting Alone Is Insufficient Despite students being able ...
Mastering the Technical Aspects of the New Principalship Effective school management and leadership requires new principals to: Manage the school properly (technical skills) Fit in with both the school and community (social skills) Demonstrate they know what’s required of them in the role of principal (role awareness) Below are tips for new principals looking to improve the their mastery of the technical aspects of effective school management and leadership: Connect with an experienced principal in your district whose willing to coach you or share with you tricks of the trade that will make your daily managerial tasks easier. You may also see if they would be willing to let you ‘shadow’ them as they go about performing their daily management ...
It’s NOT Tattling If It’ll Get Someone Out of Trouble Most of us, especially boys, grew up hearing from parents, siblings, teachers and peers that we should never, ever be a tattle tale. Nobody likes a tattle tale they said! Later when something serious happens and we never told our parents about it, they ask us, dumbfounded, why we never told them. Their earlier admonitions about being a tattle tale apparently forgotten or expecting that a child should just know when it’s tattling and when it’s not. It’s up to adults to make the distinction clear to children. Unless a distinction is made clear to children, a distinction between tattling for fun and telling to prevent a harmful situation, children ...
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