And the winner of SimpleWorkshop is…You’ll have to watch the video below to find out! But…watch carefully because we have a few surprises for EVERYONE who participated.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, cyberbullying is “the willful and repeated use of cell phones, computers, and other electronic communication devices to harass and threaten others.” This includes, but is not limited to, instant messaging, e-mails, websites, or even e-mails. With the rise of cyberbullying among teenagers, schools are being required to take action in order to help prevent cyberbullying and provide a safer learning environment for students.

In my post-Thanksgiving tryptophan haze, I’m still gobblin’ up the data in this most amazing study: A Survey of K-12 Educators on Social Networking and Content-Sharing Tools conducted by edWeb.net, MCH and MMS Education.

When they queried different groups within the school community, they found that librarians were the most likely to join a social network (70%), followed by teachers at 62%, and then by principals at 54%.

Some specific observations the report makes:

If you were on Twitter on Monday, November 2, 2009 chances are high you saw many retweets of ISTEconnect’s blog post Crowdsourceing or Loudsourcing? written by Vicki Davis.

Have you ever left your cell phone at home for an entire day and felt like you were going through withdrawal?

Students today are just as attached to their phones as we are as adults, and in many cases they can out perform us in texting, mobile web browsing, and yes, even tweeting.

Today's SimpleEdTech Poll:
Should cell phones and mobile devices be used in the classroom?

There is more and more talk (blogging, tweeting) about using cell phones and other mobile devices in education, but it still isn’t a commonly accepted practice.