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I just want to add that I had ordered the FREE (no shipping even) net cetera pamphlet for our K-8 school. The layout was very appealing and the quality very good. We handed them out on conference night and I was lauded highly for it. I highly recommend it to any school library. Next year I will give them out at back to school night. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Nancy Willard <nwillard@csriu.org> wrote: > I received this information from a gentleman at FTC I wanted to pass on. > >> This morning, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Federal Trade >> Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, and Federal Communications Commission >> Chairman Julius Genachowski introduced "Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids >> About Being Online" at Jefferson Middle School in Washington, DC. This >> free guide from OnGuardOnline.gov tells parents and teachers what they >> need to know to talk to kids about issues like cyberbullying, sexting, >> mobile phone safety, and protecting the family computer. Read more >> about today's event at http://ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/netcetera.shtm. >> Net Cetera is available at >> http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx and in Spanish at >> http://www.alertaenlinea.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx. Feel free to link >> to the guide, grab the button for your website, and post sections on >> your blog or website. And let your constituents know that they can >> order free copies to share with family and friends - or with a school, >> scout troop, or soccer team - from http://bulkorder.ftc.gov. >> We've already gotten a great response to Net Cetera. Schools and school >> systems, police departments, libraries and other community organizations >> have ordered almost 300,000 copies. That includes 120,000 that the Cobb >> County, GA schools will distribute to every student in the system in >> January. We've got 1.2 million left in our first printing. Again you >> can order at bulkorder.ftc.gov. >> > > The Net Cetera material from the FTC is very good. Within the federal > government, it is clear that the responsibility for imparting information > about Internet concerns has been transferred from the Department of Justice > to the FTC. This is very good. > An interesting story about the FTC. When social networking first emerged, > the FTC posted material on their site that was pretty fearful. In less than > a year, however, they had pulled that initial material and posted material > that was much more balanced and accurate. In my experience, it is rare for a > government agency, especially federal, to engage in this kind of ongoing and > rapid review and modification. So I really applaud the actions of this group > within the FTC. > Nancy > > > -- > Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. > Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use > http://csriu.org > http://cyberbully.org > http://cyber-safe-kids.com > http://csriu.wordpress.com > nwillard@csriu.org > > Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online > Social Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press) > Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the > Internet Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass) > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings > by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. > To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: > listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET > 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL > 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST > > * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ > * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html > * LM_NET Supporters: > http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Kristina Fallon, LMS Robert Morris School, k-8 So Bound Brook, NJ librarychickie@gmail.com "Only the educated are free." - Epictetus, (Greek-born, Roman slave and philosopher- 55 AD - 135 AD) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------