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		<title>Australian Teacher Fired for Sexting 15-Year-Old Student</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Stanley Hughes of Australia had his teacher registration canceled by the Queensland Civil Administration Tribunal earlier this month for sexting a 15-year-old student. The investigation looked into the 39-year-old teacher&#8217;s relationship with a female student whom he had been assigned by the school to help through some difficult family issues. The student had also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1198&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bill in NY Would Make Cyberbullying Manslaughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone, regardless of age or gender, can be a victim of cyberbullying. And no one is immune from its harmful effects. Decreased school performance, depression and anxiety, and even suicide can be the tragic result of a tween or teen who is pushed over the line by bullying. A new bill in New York attempts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1194&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Fighting: What Is the School&#8217;s Responsibility?</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/08/26/cyberbullying-sexting-and-fighting-what-is-the-schools-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyberbullying]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fighting videos online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school monitoring online activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legislators often demand that schools take more responsibility for students who engage in cyberbullying, sexting, or posting fight videos on the Internet – even when it doesn&#8217;t happen in school or during school hours. One major question many parents are asking themselves is: can a school possibly police their students&#8217; online lives? And even if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1190&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Your Facebook Invites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do your kids use the “invitation” feature on Facebook to spread the word about parties and events with their friends? If so, make sure they know how to use the feature properly – or they could be putting themselves at risk. Facebook invitations are fairly simple to use, and can be sent to anyone with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1177&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook&#8217;s New Video Chat Feature</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/07/20/facebooks-new-video-chat-feature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook Video Chat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Video Calls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an age where everyone has a social networking account and Facebook is the primary mode of communication for people (especially young people,) it was only a matter of time before Facebook introduced the ability to video chat. Rolled out earlier this month, the new Facebook video chat feature is powered by Skype, which has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1170&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Kids to Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/07/02/teaching-kids-to-recognize-and-avoid-phishing-scams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Desktop Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phishing Scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No one is immune to phishing scams, including your tweens and teens. If your kids are active online, you need to make sure they know how to recognize and avoid phishing nets when they encounter them. “Phishing” is the broad nickname given to any fraudulent request for sensitive or personal information by someone pretending to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1107&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Number of Tween Online Gamers</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/02/17/rising-number-of-tween-online-gamers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[average online gamer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Club Penguin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NeoPets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poptropica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual worlds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webkinz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me. Older studies reported that the age of the average online gamer was somewhere in the 40s. But now, the age of the average gamer is 32. What does this mean? It means that tweens are entering the mix – and they’re most likely yours. The overwhelming majority of tweens [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1022&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parents’ Guide to Neopets</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/02/10/parents%e2%80%99-guide-to-neopets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neopets Premium membership]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://timwoda.com/?p=1013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me. Sort of a Tamagotchi-Pokémon hybrid, Neopets is an online game where players earn and spend virtual Neopoints to customize and care for up to 4 colorful cartoon animals. Neopets launched in 1999 as a gaming site for bored college students, and today there are more teens and adults on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1013&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nintendo 3DS Warning: 3D Harmful to Kids&#8217; Eyes</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/02/07/nintendo-3ds-warning-3d-harmful-to-kids-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nintendo 3D warning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nintendo 3DS console]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me The newest Nintendo game console is anticipated to arrive this spring, and it’s pretty different from other gaming systems on the market. Without the aid of glasses, Nintendo claims to create 3-dimensional effects in its new portable 3DS console. But it’s not for kids under 6, Nintendo warns, because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1010&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LG Text Education Program for Parents</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/02/04/lg-text-education-program-for-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Text Messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excessive texting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LG Text Education Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[text acronyms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[text rage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[texting while driving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me. In December at an FCC conference in Washington, D.C., the LG Text Education program got recent attention. So I thought I’d check it out. Usually I’m dubious about corporate-sponsored campaigns that are supposedly for the “public good.” After all, LG is a mobile phone manufacturer and their motivation is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1016&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Cyberbullying Teachers: Facebook Hate Groups and More</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/02/03/kids-cyberbullying-teachers-facebook-hate-groups-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyberbullying]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook hate groups]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me. If you think that only kids that are the victim of cyberbullying, think again. Teachers can also become the targets of cyberbullying by their own students. In particular, Facebook hate groups aimed at a particular teacher are increasingly common. In 2007, a Florida high schooler was suspended for creating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1006&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Texting While Driving</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/01/31/teen-texting-while-driving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Text Messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking and driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[texting while driving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Around 50% of teens admit to texting while driving, and that’s a really scary thought for parents who have a new driver in the house. Teens are already the riskiest class of drivers. They are inexperienced, exhibit slower reaction times, and often aren’t paying attention to much other than the car in front of them. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=995&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Late-Night Texting Interfering with Your Teen’s Sleep?</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/01/28/is-late-night-texting-interfering-with-your-teen%e2%80%99s-sleep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Text Messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[late night texting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signs of Sleep Deprivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen sleep requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen texting addiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does your teen have to check her phone the second a text comes in, no matter what she’s doing? Does texting regularly interrupt mealtime and homework time? Does it seem like your teen is constantly “on call”? If so, have you considered the impact texting may be having on her sleep? Night Texting and Sleep [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=988&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Girl Gamers More At Risk Than Boys</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/01/26/girl-gamers-more-at-risk-than-boys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor grades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yale researchers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Given the proliferation of teen gamers out there, Yale researchers were curious about what types of behaviors gaming was most often associated with. Out of the 4,028 respondents in the study, 2,064 of them (51.2%) reported playing at least an hour of video games per week. Here’s what they found about those kids. Boys were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=991&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking Privacy</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/01/23/social-networking-privacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySpace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking privacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://timwoda.com/?p=983</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You don’t need an expert to tell you that you lived a different childhood than your kids do. You remember when you had to get up and turn the dial on the TV to change channels; your teen can’t understand how a world without Facebook or MySpace would even function. You perceive everything differently than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=983&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is IMVU Appropriate for Your Kids?</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/01/15/is-imvu-appropriate-for-your-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMVU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexually suggestive SIMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual worlds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me At the top of the homepage is a screenshot of a shirtless man and a busty woman in a bikini top embracing in waist-deep water and staring into each other’s eyes with the phrase “Create your fantasy” underneath. The website is called IMVU, a realistic Sims-like game and social [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=998&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cell Phone Use Among 6-12 Year Olds</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2011/01/09/cell-phone-use-among-6-12-year-olds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pre-teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feature phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile phone for kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile phone monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart phone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://timwoda.com/?p=1003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me Things were sure different when we were kids. If we needed to call mom and dad away from home, we had to find a pay phone. But cell phones are becoming more and more common with our kids, even among those as young as 6 years old. Kids and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1003&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Check the Rating of your Holiday Video Games 2010</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2010/12/25/check-the-rating-of-your-holiday-video-games-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://timwoda.com/2010/12/25/check-the-rating-of-your-holiday-video-games-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assassins Creed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Epic Mickey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Eye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gran Turismo 5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halo Reach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars Force Unleashed II]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Mario 25th All Stars: 25th Anniversary Editi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World of Warcraft Cataclysm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me. Does your 2010 holiday list include a child, tween, or teen gamer? Statistics say that 90% of parents don’t check a video game’s rating before buying it for their child. Whether your kid is 6 or 16, it’s important to know what type of content is in the game [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1048&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teens Posting Videos of Real Fights Online</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2010/12/21/teens-posting-videos-of-real-fights-online/</link>
		<comments>http://timwoda.com/2010/12/21/teens-posting-videos-of-real-fights-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyberbullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online fighting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video-enables cell phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me. Now that most kids carry their video-enabled cell phones around everywhere with them, everybody is a cameraman. This can be a good thing – we’ve all heard stories about a thief who was caught because a bystander just happened to catch the robbery on his cell phone. But it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1018&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding YouTube</title>
		<link>http://timwoda.com/2010/12/17/understanding-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Woda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monitoring Internet activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube Safety Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://timwoda.com/?p=1024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on www.kidsafe.me. YouTube provides a completely free platform for uploading, sharing, and viewing video content on any subject. You can laugh over a parody of Twilight, see your nephew take his first steps, learn how to seal the grout on your tile floor, or prove to your kids that an octopus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timwoda.com&amp;blog=5016340&amp;post=1024&amp;subd=timwoda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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