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The Virtual Mystery Tour

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About Me

We believe in highlighting the positive aspects of the Internet as an educational tool and social space. While we recognize there are dangers associated with cyberspace, we hope to help calm people's fears through education and understanding.
We regularly post blogs here and at The Virtual Mystery Tour Blog with website reviews, current research, and poll results. Feel free to let us know what your thoughts on the matter are. We like to keep the dialouge open and running! We encourage anyone with questions or concerns to contact us about scheduling workshops or presentations as well.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:


Fellow educators, parents, mentors, students, and anyone interested in what we do!
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My Blog

Being Realistic

Hi all!I bulletined this news, but wanted to make sure everyone heard. I am really not going to maintain this blog -- since I haven't been anyway& Please note that I do keep a regular blog at http://h...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:55:00 GMT

Are you keeping up?

Have you been keeping up with The Virtualy Mystery Tour's blog? If not, you should head over and check out these posts! (We've been a little lax on updating the entries here, so enjoy a whole slew of ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:05:00 GMT

Six Degrees of Separation - Minus Kevin Bacon

My 12-year-old niece has a MySpace that is somewhat typical of her age group. From what I can see, she says she's older than she is so she can even have a MySpace, her about me reads like a text messa...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:26:00 GMT

Different Ways to Express Oneself

Quick question -- what percent of teens do you think write just for the heck of it (not because they "have to" for school)?Answer: A whopping 93% of teens say they write "for their own pleasure" accor...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:24:00 GMT

How Do I Love Thee? I Better Not Say...

CNET news reports that charges of "of aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child" against 18-year-old Isaiah Rodriguez have been dropped. He was accused of this behavior because he l...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:23:00 GMT

Cyberexhibitionism

While in a game's uncensored chat room last night, a couple began chatting. Rather than asking one another how their weekend had been, they began to talk explicitly about pouring melted chocolate over...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:20:00 GMT

Children "harming" themselves

"Another story about youth sending naked pictures of themselves to each other through their cell phones. This one is a little different because it involves middle school students (6th and 7th graders)...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:32:00 GMT

Interesting (scary?) Thought

I was chatting with a student who is also a mother of a 4-year-old. As we were walking to the bus, she commented on how she was nervous about the role the internet is going to play in her child's life...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Become the Bimbo you always wanted to be!

There has been quite the stir about a intriguing website; MissBimbo. Geared toward the "tween" set, this site allows users of any age (although the creator states that it is geared towards nine- to 16...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Public vs. Private

NPR's All Things Considered discussed teen's use of the internet (social networking in particular) and their feelings on privacy. The new stats: 93% of 12-17 year-olds are online and most log on every...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:56:00 GMT