John Gowland is an ICT teacher at Mirrabooka Senior High School in Western Australia

1. Good teaching practice Don’t talk for more than ten minutes Best practice If its good enough to teach with its good enough for us. Teachers talk too much. W hat is it? W hy does it happen? W hat to do about it. If you can remember this WWW after my ten minutes then that will be proof talk short and meaningful.

2. Cyber-bullying Cyber-bullying is the use of the Internet and related technologies to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_bullying If you want this email me at john.gowland@gmail.com

5. Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photographs, primarily between mobile phones.

7. In extreme cases, now many, can lead to suicide. Many famous cases Suicide of Megan Meier Suicide of Ryan Halligan Suicide of Tyler Clementi Fatma Scary and dangerous But we are all being watched kids need to know. Aciga

17. Getting Help If you have been bullied or witnessed others been bullied and need help contact: Kids Help Line ( 1800 55 1800 ) is a free and confidential, telephone counseling service for 5 to 25 year olds in Australia. http://www.kidshelp.com.au Lifeline (13 11 14) is a free and confidential service staffed by trained telephone counsellors. http://www.lifeline.org.au The Australian Human Rights Commission ( 1300 656 419) has a complaint handling service that may investigate complaints of discrimination, harassment and bullying http://www.humanrights.gov.au/complaints_information/index.html From http://au.reachout.com/find/articles/cyberbullying