New cyber bulling tools available for teachers and students

OTTAWA – In honour of Safer Internet Day, Canadian media educator Media Awareness Network (MNet) launched a classroom resource called ‘Cyber Bullying: Encouraging Ethical Online Behaviour’ to help address the issue of cyber bullying in Canadian schools. The resource, developed with funding from the Government of Canada, is a series of bilingual lessons intended to “support and enhance school-based anti-bullying and empathy-building programs,” designed to give students a better understanding of the ethical and legal implications of cyber bullying and promote positive Internet use. “As youth are using new technologies as their primary form of communications, they need to understand the serious...