A case study

  Scott, a Grade 9 student, transferred to a new school halfway through the semester. He had trouble making friends until he discovered the school’s Facebook network. Most of the other students on Facebook responded to his “friend” requests and he soon began to feel more included, and made friends with some of them at school as well.
  After a while, though, Scott noticed that his friends list was shrinking as people removed him from their friends lists. He was puzzled by this at first until one of his offline friends told him that Colin, a Grade 11 student, had gotten angry at Scott because he had seen Scott talking to Linda, Colin’s ex-girlfriend. Colin had begun to pressure everyone he knew to remove Scott and Linda from their friends lists on Facebook, and to ignore them at school as well.
  One afternoon in the computer lab, Scott got more and more angry at Colin and his friends. Since he had finished his work for the period, he decided to start a Facebook group called “Why I Hate Colin,” and he invited everyone still on his friends list to join it. It turned out that there were quite a few people at the school who did not like Colin and his friends, and Scott’s group grew quickly. Whenever the message traffic on the group slowed, Scott would try to boost it by posting some shocking accusation about Colin, such as suggesting that he had cheated on Linda or that he had hit her when they were dating (Linda was not involved in the group, and had never said any such thing).
  Soon other members of the group started to make their own accusations and suggestions about Colin, some even saying that Colin should have water balloons thrown at him when he went up the main stairway. Scott responded to that suggestion, saying rocks should be thrown instead.
  After a few weeks, one of Colin’s friends discovered the group and reported it to him. Colin told his parents and they decided to report it to the principal and keep him out of school until things had been worked out, as well as to report what Scott had done to the police.

Inspirational use of Blogger

1. Blogger is a form of entertainment.

2. You are able to post some information on Blogger, which might help others in their work.

3. You are able to post your feelings and thoughts without others knowing who you are.

4. Your blog could be your online diary, and you could stop worrying about losing your diary.

A few tips on Cyber Wellness

1. Be careful of the people you are contacting with online

2. Do not post any picture of youself on the web

3. Do not chat with any stranger online, ignore them when they talk to you

4. Do not open any email or attachment from any anonymous sender

Dangers of Blogger!

1. A blog is like a open window, where others can view it, once personal information is included in the blog, it makes the stalker easy to 'prey' on you!

2. Photos that are posted on your blog could be download by others for some ill uses.

3. Cyber bullying can happen on blogger, you may be threatened, humilated or embarrassed by others.

4. People are able to use the personal information that you posted to stalk your family members too.

Some Interesting Facts About BLOGGER

1. Blogger has turned 10 years old last year!
2. A new blog is created somewhere in the world every half second.
3. You can earn quick bucks by putting advertisement on your blog!
4. You can turn your blog into a shopping site where people shop there!