Sunday, April 1, 2007
Bullying Software
As I have been looking into software that I can use in my fifth grade class, I came across a really neat in short article that was about a bullying software program that teaches both parents and students what bullying is. This really appeals to me because I stress a high level of family and community in t=my class and hate to see my students being picked on. The web page look great unfortunately is was not as kid friendly as I hoped and the virtual school where the actual "game" for learning about bullying was not up and running. This site good be great and very helpful and I will be checking back from time to time to see if it is up and running. I will let you know when it is. Here is the link to the web site: www.e-circus.org
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I'm going to talk about some PowerPoint related software in the coming week, and found an article on game playing that might interest you in light of your post:
Squire, K., & Jenkins, H. (2003). Harnessing the Power of Games in Education. InSight, 3, Retrieved April 2, 2007, from http://www.edvantia.org/publications/pdf/InSight_3-1_Vision.pdf.
While I do not teach in the K-12 system (I teach community college) this is not an area that I (fortunately) have to deal with on a day to day basis. However, as a father of an elementary student (and another starting in the fall), this topic is of interst to me. As you stated, this site is not as user-friendly as it could be, altough I did learn about the types of bullying and scope of the problem in school. I will be interested in seeing the game about bullying when it is up and running.
There are a bunch of computer simulations at practiQuest.com that allow children in grades 2-5 to practice bullying and violence prevention skills.
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