Cyberbullying ed: ‘Adina’s Deck’

Childnet’s video is for everybody, including teens. “Adina’s Deck” is for girls 9-14. It’s “a 30-minute interactive ‘choose your own adventure’ television pilot series” starring four tech-literate girls who have either been cyberbullies or victims and who “use their experiences to help solve their peers’ Internet mysteries.” It’s also a parent/teachers guide to educating middle-school students about cyberbullying. It was created by Stanford University graduate student Debbie Heimowitz and based on her research this year at two Bay Area middle schools. One of her key findings is that “there is a significant knowledge gap between the concepts of virtual identity and real-life consequences.”