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Reading Review Part B (LIBE 477)

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Collect, link, annotate and publish descriptions of about 3-5 different resources that you have found useful in better understanding your topic(s) from Part A. This blog post will review and highlight the resources as potential citations for your more detailed explorations later in the course. —--------- Toda, Y., & Oh, I. (2020). Tackling Cyberbullying and Related Problems: Innovative Usage of Games, Apps and Manga (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429260384 This book by Toda and Oh focuses on the tools that Korean and Japanese researchers have developed to combat cyberbullying in their respective cultures. While the authors discuss theories and research related to traditional bullying as well as the different cultural perspectives about how to address bullying, most of the book discusses the different technologies (specifically online games) that educators have used to help their students learn, as well as the apps that children and teens can use to seek help for

Reading Review Part A (LIBE 477)

  Question: What topics, ideas or “keywords” are you interested in exploring through some literature searches? What is in your professional practice or environment that you would like to explore further about digital technologies, web 2.0, or 21st-century learning? ( TL;DR- Keywords/topics of interest to me: ethical online behaviour and increased engagement with digital resources) At my school we have had many cases of online bullying among our students this year.  Previously there had always been a few over the course of the whole year, but since Spring Break alone there are have been 5 reported incidents that have required school intervention or staff notifications (eg “watch/listen for ____ among your students because ___ has been reported to us, and discuss online behaviour”) For this reason, one area of interest to me is ethical online behaviour-  how can we encourage our students and future leaders to choose respectful actions over attention-getting, or negative actions?  How can