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One Book One Region Series of Events

1/18/2016

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​Tuesday, March 1
7:00 p.m.
To Kill a Mockingbird:
Living Literature Readers' Theater Production Living Literature, a Rhode Island-based collec- tive of artists and educators who teach litera- ture through live performances under the direction of artistic director, Barry Press, will present an excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee. Living Literature performances are parially funded by the Community Coaliion for Children.

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Think Before You Post

2/9/2015

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From tweens to teens to college students to young adults to parents to seniors, everyone needs to pause before they post.  This never gets old and is a mantra that needs to be taught before anyone is given a keypad. Sue Scheff Blog
Feb. 10 is Safer Internet Day

"Part of good digital citizenship is knowing what to share, where to share and using your privacy settings appropriately.
There is nothing more disturbing than watching people over-expose themselves online.  Whether they are letting people know they are vacationing (which is an alert for offline criminals) or parents that feel the need to overshare their child’s pictures with people that are not really their friends or they barely know." Sue Scheff Blog






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What Bullying Looks Like in the Digital Age and How to Prevent It

12/29/2014

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Original blog by Amy Williams

"Bullying is becoming an epidemic in America, and social media has helped catapult it to an astronomical level where parents, educators, and those in a position to help simply don't know what to do. According to a sobering report from the Center for Disease Control, one out of 12 teens have attempted suicide, and one in six high school students have seriously considered it."
Read the full article at http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-age-bullying-and-prevention-amy-williams
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What Can Be Done To Stop Bullying?

10/16/2014

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Blog post by Maurice J. Elias, Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University

"We know bullying is harmful. We know a lot about how to prevent it. But bullying is still common. Why is this and how can we change this?

There is a silent aspect to bullying. Victims and bystanders often do not want to come forward to say what is going on. They feel threatened. But if we think about this, it means that they don’t trust the adults in their lives- teachers, other school personnel, parents-- to protect them. Kids need to be in a learning environment where they truly feel safe. And of course bullies are not advertising to adults that they are victimizing other kids..."

Read the blog post on www.parenttoolkit.com.

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Don't Feed the Bully

10/7/2014

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 Michael D. Clark, mclark@enquirer.com
Read the full article: Expert: Social media bullying 'untested waters' - 

Don't feed the bully.

That's the message Jim Bisenius hammered home to hundreds of elementary students sitting on a Lakota school's gym floor in rare, rapt attention.

Almost every young hand – boys and girls alike – had gone up when the anti-bullying expert asked who among them had been bullied.




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End Bullying by Promoting Kindness

9/26/2014

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A great, inspirational video on a school program that naturally reduces bullying by promoting kindness.  The word "bullying" doesn't need to be mentioned.
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2014/08/30/14860039/

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