1. Stop teenage suicide – Ellen de Generes http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?Section=1&ID=25837 No suicide contract http://www.ynot1.com.au/magazines/Teenage%20Suicide.pdf news http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100930/ap_on_re_us/us_student_taped_sex and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcVyvg2Qlo&feature=player_embedded and http://www.youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterproject
Dacking great cyberbullying clip http://www.youtube.com/watchvCBjiaytbt5Xwk
Movies – The Heathers M, My Suicide MA
Sites
ACMA – Free DVD for schools called Let’s Fight It Together http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Schools/Teacher%20resources/Lower%20secondary/Lets%20fight%20it%20together.aspx more at http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Together
Bullying – no way http://www.bullyingnoway.com.au/
Sydney Morning Herald Article http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-frenemies-most-likely-to-hurt-kids-20101002-161vb.html?skin=text-only and http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/mothers-worst-nightmare-facebook-wont-shut-down-stalker-20100902-14rr7.html
Books
Amy by Hooper http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/mary-hooper/amy.htm
Destroying Avalon http://www.insideadog.com.au/books/book_reviews.php/review/3/34/8255
By the Time You Read This I’ll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters Warning – check first suitability http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6609549-by-the-time-you-read-this-i-ll-be-dead
Books on cyberbullying http://ascplteens.akronlibrary.org/life-v20/cyber-bullying/cyberbullyingbooks/
Booklists http://ascplteens.akronlibrary.org/life-v20/cyber-bullying/
Bullying books http://www.caslon.com.au/cyberbullyingnote13.htm
2. Mortal Kiss – interactive mystery http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/interactive-mystery-story-aimed-at-digitally-savvy-teens-2073810.html
3. Horror books – top 10 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/08/charlie-higson-top-10-horror-books?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
4. Create animated videos up to five minutes in length with Memoov can be as simple as selecting a setting image(s), selecting a character or characters, and adding dialogue http://memoov.com/
5. Where do good ideas come from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU&feature=youtu.be
6. visual search engine that lets you explore the results of your searches in a visual fashion http://middlespot.com/search.php
7. Censorship in the classroom: http://evesfangarden.com/blog/2010/09/08/eves-ramblings-censorship-in-the-classroom-finding-the-right-book/ teacher’s account about choosing and using a book with a class although one parent had grave reservations
8. Fantasy Book cover art http://tinyurl.com/2cagtza and http://penguinbtl.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-book-becomes-cover-saltwater.html and http://penguinbtl.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-book-becomes-cover-saltwater_10.html Bad cover http://www.teacherninjas.com/2010/09/unfortunate-covers-cay.html
9. Comic master – make your own graphic novel http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/
10. Brilliant 100 word stories http://y11re.posterous.com/100-word-stories
11. 11 teen movies based on classics http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/22/NSO61FENPK.DTL
12. Bloom’s taxonomy in tree web 2.0 form http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=3087
13. Making maths fun http://www.mathmovesu.com/
14. Katniss V Bella – Which young-adult crossover hit series has the most empowered heroine? Don’t jump to conclusions- you may be surprised http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/09/05/hunger_games_twilight/index.html
15. Clip – how school teach students to aim low – aim low http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ywUhs1Pn4&feature=player_embedded
16. Jewelbeat – royalty free music and thanks to Rhondda for many of today’s links http://rhondda.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/jewelbeat-royalty-free-music/
17. Time saving twitter http://zestybuzz.com/time-saving-twitter-tools-to-help-you-work-smarter
18. Make house floor plans easy http://www.floorplanner.com/
19. Collaborative storytelling http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=102427
20. Top 5 ipad rivals http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/tablets/top-five-ipad-rivals-20100908-150qf.html21
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