Learning from the Internet Society

Yesterday, two of our Teenangels met the inventor of the Internet, Vint Cerf, and the designer of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Until yesterday's INET conference in NY, they didn't understand the difference. Now they also understand IPv6 and IPv4 and net neutrality. Their biggest reaction was that most people don't understand what these things mean or why they are important. They will be doing a translation of the issues for other teens. After all, they tell everyone - the Internet is meant for teens!

Oklahoma kills cyberbullying bill

Oklahoma House kills cyberbullying bill | NewsOK.comThis is a surprise. The issue shouldn't be whether or not schools need to teach cyberbullying prevention and have school cyberbullying policies. The issue should have been the consequences for failing to provide them. Cyberbullying is a school violence issue. Schools are already required to address school violence.

Teenangels are teen digital safety experts

Founded in 1999 with five girls from a private high school in NJ, Teenangels has grown to an international group of empowered teens, preteens and college students. Thei training can take up to two years, but what they learn and the help they provide to themselves and others lasts a lifetime. To learn more, visit Teenangels.org. (Teenangels was founded by Parry Aftab and is a youth leadership program of WiredSafety.org)

ICANN | ICANN Meetings in Rome | Vint Cerf and the others wishing Parry a happy birthday: 5 March 2004

ICANN | ICANN Meetings in Rome | ICANN Public Forum, Part 2, Real-Time Captioning | 5 March 2004: "THE SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE, THE PARTY THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IT ABOUT JUST WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM.
BUT WHEN SHE COMES BACK, LET'S SURPRISE HER, ASSUMING SHE DOES COME BACK SOON.
IT'S PARRY AFTAB'S BIRTHDAY TODAY.
AND SHE JUST RAN OFF TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE.
I KNOW THAT YOU WERE ALL EXPECTING A BREAK SOON.
I AM GOING TO CALL FOR ONE AFTER WE FINISH THESE OTHER SUPPORT ORGANIZATION REPORTS.
SO IF SOMEBODY HAPPENS TO CATCH PERRY COMING BACK IN, WAVE TO ME AND WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE TO WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
MARK, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON YOU TO OFFER THE ASO REPORT.
>>MARK MCFADDEN: WELL, I'D LIKE TO RESPOND.
>>VINT CERF: SORRY.
THERE SHE IS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PERRY.
(APPLAUSE.)
>>VINT CERF: WE'RE NOT GOING TO SING TO YOU.
>> PERRY: HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ASK HOW OLD I AM, EITHER.
BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT ALEJANDRO SAYS ABOUT HOW I LOOK ON TELEVISION.
(LAUGHTER.)
>>VINT CERF: I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF HE SAYS ANYTHING.
PRIVATELY.
>> PERRY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>VINT CERF: IF IT'S GOOD, I'LL BE GLAD TO MAKE IT A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> PERRY: OKAY. AND IF IT'S NOT, SPARE ME.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
>>VINT CERF: YOU'RE WELCOME.
ANOTHER YEAR."