Venessa Paech
cybersafety
media140: your kids online – what to do and what to actually worry about
The last of my presentations from media140 this year was entitled ‘Kids know more than you do, they just don’t know it yet’. I’m not a parent, nor a youth specialist, but I’ve worked with kids in online communities a lot over the years, so have a few thoughts about what improves things, what can make … Continue reading
Does your community have a ‘bully box’?
A Melbourne school has helped fight bullying by allowing students to name their bullies on slips of paper, then drop them off anonymously in a ballot style box. St Albans Secondary College student council deployed the scheme to give students a way to speak up without fear of repercussion from their bullies (or fear of a lack … Continue reading
Venessa with an ’e’
Online community queen, social media scholar, pop culture nerd, choreographer, cat woman, lover of geekery and fine geeks.
