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Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying

"Cyberbullying is a significant concern for teens and tweens in the 21st century This timely and informative book brings adults up to speed on how kids are using technology to harm their peers."
-Tina Meier, Cyberbullying Activist
Founder, The Megan Meier Foundation

"School leaders need information about cyberbullying and resources on how to protect children. This book provides timely research, best practices, and personal voices from students that will go a long way toward improving student safety."
-Gail Connelly, Executive Director
National Association of Elementary School Principals

"Hinduja and Patchin are two of the most respected researchers on cyberbullying. This book contains the best practices that principals can implement at their schools to prevent and respond to acts of cyberbullying."
-Gerald N. Tirozzi, Executive Director
National Association of Secondary School Principals

Identify the warning signs of cyberbullying and prevent inappropriate behaviors!

Cyberbullying is the intentional and repeated act of causing harm to others through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices. The authors help educators understand the potential consequences of this deliberate behavior and present strategies for effective identification, prevention, and response.

Focusing on the way technology can facilitate or magnify bullying behavior, this comprehensive resource offers information, guidelines, and resources to give students the protection they need. Written by leading experts, this groundbreaking book offers the voices of youth affected by or involved in real cyberbullying incidents and includes:

  • Illustrations of what cyberbullying looks like
  • Tips for identifying cyberbullies or targets
  • "Breakout boxes" highlighting hundreds of anti-cyberbullying strategies
  • A review of current research and legal rulings
  • Strategies for responsible social networking
  • Follow-up reflection questions in each chapter
  • Guidelines for working with parents and law enforcement

Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard helps educators confront technology-based aggression and ensure the safe and responsible use of computers and the Internet.

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Price: $32.20 [Notify me when price goes down.]


The Schoolyard Mystery (Invisible Inc. Hello Reader!, No. 1, Level 4) (Hello Reader, Invisible Inc.)
First in a mystery series featuring an invisible boy and his gang of invisible friends who are dedicated to righting wrongs. This story finds the Invisible Inc. team wrapped up in a case of stolen school property..
Price: $0.49 [Notify me when price goes down.]


No Student Left Indoors: Creating a Field Guide to Your Schoolyard (Take a Walk series)
No Student Left Indoors is your opportunity to learn and teach about our planet by helping your students to create a field guide to your schoolyard Whether you're a nature buff or nature-phobe, a literary genius or writing impaired, artistically talented or one who can't draw a straight line with a ruler, and teaching gift or challenged students in an urban, suburban, or rural school—you'll wonder why you didn't think of this before.

You'll learn:
  • Who can participate in and benefit from a schoolyard study
  • What those benefits are
  • Where to look for nature in your schoolyard
  • When to conduct your studies
  • How to teach students to discover, observe, and record the nature in your schoolyard
  • Why everyone is talking about No Student Left Indoors
This is a project for a class, grade, or entire school. It can be a long-term project based on inquiry, investigation, and hands-on learning, The project connects science, language arts, history, creative arts, and technology.
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Price: $31.24 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Schoolyard Rhymes: Kids' Own Rhymes for Rope-Skipping, Hand Clapping, Ball Bouncing, and Just Plain Fun
"Schoolyard rhymes are catchy and fun. They are easy to remember In fact, they stick in the mind like bubble gum to a shoe." writes Judy Sierra in her introduction to this lively collection of traditional playground chants. Included are more than 50 verses ranging from the familiar jump rope rhyme about the mythical lady with the alligator purse to less familiar counting-out ones, from funny rhymes for ball-bouncing and hand-clapping games to "Liar, liar, pants on fire, nose as long as a telephone wire" and other choice insults of children. Melissa Sweet includes bright, colorful fabric swatches in her watercolor-and-pencil collages to perfectly capture the spirit of these funky, street-smart verses that children love to recite and chant..
Price: $9.40 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Bullies & Victims: Helping Your Children Through the Schoolyard Battlefield
Bullies & Victims explores the context of teasing and the power of relationships between children, as well as the roles of adults, schools, the media, and society at large..
Price: $2.27 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Schoolyard Games (Historic Communities)
Bobbie Kalman's acclaimed Historic Communities Series provides a close-up view of how people lived more than two hundred years ago. Colorful photos, many taken by Bobbie Kalman herself at restored historic villages across the country, help support the fascinating information. Children will have fun learning about: -- early homes and the settler community -- what people wore and the crafts they made -- how settlers made their living -- how they spent their leisure time -- the values, customs, and traditions of the early settlers Because settler children were expected to help out with chores at home, there was often little time for play. Recess time at school gave children the opportunity to play Schoolyard Games. Colorful illustrations help explain early versions of: -- skipping, hopscotch, and clapping games -- string and hoop games -- group games, hiding games, and ball games -- marbles, tops, and other toys.
Price: $3.87 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Natural Learning: The Life History of an Environmental Schoolyard
Follow authors Robin Moore and Herb Wong on a ten-year odyssey as they transform an ordinary asphalt schoolyard into a luch, naturalized environment. More than just a story, Natural Learning is an important guidebook for teachers, administrators, designers, and parents on how to create, redevelop, and use naturalized schoolyards..
Price: $29.95 [Notify me when price goes down.]


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