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Today Adina’s Deck was at the YPulse MashUp at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco.

Here is what was covered!
Preventing Cyberbullying in Online Communities for Youth

Cyberbullying defined
The impact of cyberbullying on youth communities
Strategies for prevention

Panelists:
Linda Burch, Chief Education and Strategy Officer, Common Sense Media
Debbie Heimowitz, Founder, Adina’s Deck
Hemanshu Nigam, Chief Security Officer, Fox Interactive Media / […]

There’s a terrific article about Cyber Bullying in the July 2008 Parent Paper of North New Jersey, written by Jan Wilson.  It’s a booklet, available as a PDF and you can read it here: http://adserver1.harvestadsdepot.com/bergen/ss/parentpaper/
Look for pages 48-50!

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Thanks so much to Suzie Boss for writing this great article. You can read the entire article here:
 
 
Cinema vs. Cyberbullies: Using Filmmaking to Fight Online Harassment
By Suzie Boss
6/17/08
When Debbie Heimowitz talks about cyberbullying at school assemblies or presents training events for teachers, she speaks with authority. She knows the statistics. She understands the potential for […]

Amy Jussel, founder of ShapingYouth.org wrote about us today on her blog based on an interview we had. We are flattered. We have been so busy preparing for auditions we were blown away by her thoughtful and generous account of our project. You can read her article here
Here’s the blurb about her non-profit: Shaping Youth, […]

NEA Today’s writer Cindy Long posted a fabulous article about Cyber Bullying. We were interviewed for the story and Adina’s Deck is one of the links. The story is below; and you can read the entire article here.
Silencing Cyberbullies
Digital sticks and stones can’t break bones—but they can hurt even more. What educators can do to curb […]

Thanks so much to Izzy Neis for her shout out to Adina’s Deck on her blog today!  Her blog is a must read for anyone interested in online communities, internet safety, youth media… etc.!! Check it out by clicking here!
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Kim Moon, St. Mary’s Middle School Technology coordinator send this feedback to Adina’s Deck:“The students still ask about Adina’s Deck and want to watch a sequel of it. A 7th grader told me at the latest savvy surfing meeting that they wanted to form their own “deck” after watching it.  There’s not a lot of […]

Adina’s Deck won the award for Best Educational Film in the student category of the 2008 International Family Film Festival!

We are so happy that IFFF recognized the importance of Cyber Bullying education. The Film Festival was fantastic. All four lead actresses and directors Debbie and Jason traveled down to the event, which was held at […]

This article was printed yesterday in the Contra Costa Times and also syndicated in the San Jose Mercury News and the Valley Times. You can read the original version here.
Filmmaker exposes cyberbullies
Middle schoolers learn that words hurt
By Jackie Burrell

The girls huddle around a laptop, recoiling in dismay as a hate site unfurls across the screen. […]

Jason and I spent today filming PSA/Commercials for Larry Magid and Anne Collier of Connect Safely for their upcoming YouTube channel. Some of our Adina’s Deck actors returned for the first day of shooting. If you submitted and have not heard back, we will still be notifying people this week. You can submit your picture […]

Amelia, Ciera, Stephanie and Kelcie all attended the She’s All That Expo in San Ramon, CA. It was actually the first time all four of the lead cast members have been together in almost one year! It was so much fun to meet young people from all over the Bay Area. Several had seen the […]

[ February 9, 2008; ] Debbie and all four lead cast members of Adina’s Deck will be at the She’s All That Expo in San Ramon today, Feb. 9th. At our booth you can pick up tips about Internet Safety, special Valentines Day Stickers, get personalized autographs from the actresses and watch the film! We will also be raffling off an autographed […]

var requestedWidth = Adina’s Deck was mentioned in this article, “Bullies in cyberspace create a new kind of teenage hell.” The original article can be found here.

By Sharon Noguchi, Mercury News, Article Launched: 01/13/2008 02:15:16 AM PST

Annoyed with […]

We presented and screened the film at the Girl Scouts of the USA’s Relational Aggression Conference and will be posting about that soon. In the meantime, here is a letter we received:
It was 6th grade and I had just gotten my first AIM screen name. I was pretty happy about it, I felt like I […]

This letter came from Marilyn Schaumburg, the 6th Grade Advisor and Upper School Technology Resource Teacher at Katherine Delmar Burke School in San Francisco, CA. Thanks Marilyn!
The girls LOVED Adina’s Deck! I mean they REALLY loved it. Here are the comments they said right afterwards:

This should be on TV
There should be […]

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