Topics Covered:

• Robbie Ferguson, Hillary Rumball and Sharron-Ann Reynolds present live from the Category5 studios in Barrie, Ontario.
• Music video: 'Bully' performed by Unbelievers. Song and lyrics by Jen Unbe.
• Interview: Sharron-Ann Reynolds from iamaSMARTkid.org joins the Category5 crew to discuss cyber bullying: what is it, what do parents need to know and what should kids / teens know about the modern form of bullying?
• Why iamaSMARTkid.org was founded.
• The spectrum of cyber bullying is huge: from mean tweets to kids being beaten and having the video posted on YouTube.
• Cyber bullying is: when you post something that you know specifically is going to hurt the person.
• Is cyber bullying a freedom of speech issue?
• How to avoid saying something online and being misinterpreted: proofread. Be wary of tongue in cheek: there are no "emotions" in text.
• SMART means "Social Media Awareness and Responsibility Team", which helps kids learn to use social media properly to avoid cyber bullies.
• The fact that users are faceless and use aliases online, often they feel they may be able to say things they would not say in person.
• "A smilie goes a long way"
• Taking away your child's social media abilities these days is like severing their ability to communicate.
• Tip for parents: "Friend" your kids on Facebook so you can keep watch, but with this stipulation: you don't ever post on their wall or "like" their posts. Robbie adds: Also, don't post embarassing photos of them and tag them.
• The iamaSMARTkid.org blog will be launching over the Christmas holidays.
• Call to parents: would you like to start a local "I am a SMART kid" group? Contact them!
• Cyber bullying can lead to suicide. In the last 3 months alone, 6 children have taken their own lives within a 5 hour radius of Barrie.
• What kids can do to stand up to cyber bullies.
• Abort (stop the bullying), Support (offer a hand to the one being bullied), Report (to the authorities, parents, or teacher).
• The I am a SMART Kid pledge form: http://iamasmartkid.org/pledgeForm.pdf ... print it, sit down with your kids, or alone, read it and sign it.
• Technology has created a brand new type of bully.
• Viewer Question: Being that cyber-bullying is technology based, are people doing the bullying being prosecuted?
• Keep a record when cyber bullying takes place: print the page, grab a screenshot, whatever it takes.
• Parents must be technologically savvy enough to know how to do the things necessary to protect their children from cyber bullies.
• The "I am a SMART Kid" pledge.
• Hillary Rumball and Robbie Ferguson take the "I am a SMART Kid" pledge.
• Top stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom.
• Robbie's Black Friday story: why wait in line when you can just buy it online?
• Viewer Testimonial.
• Greetings to new viewers.
• Viewer Question: I'd like to have my 2TB external hard drive setup to mirror to the FreeNAS system, but rsync isn't letting me do it. Any ideas?
• Viewer Question: How can I upgrade my drive to a RAID 1 since it's full of data?
• What a RAID 1 is.
• The "redundant" backup. It's imperative to always have at least two copies of your important data (family photos and videos, etc).
• Viewer Question: I'd like to setup some IP cameras at home so I can monitor the house while I'm away, but I understand I'll need a static IP address, but my Internet is DHCP. How can I set it up?
• Viewer Question: I've got a Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ and would like to generate a file list of all the files stored on it much like the old DOS "dir > file.txt" command. How can I do that on Linux?

Links to Relevant Web Sites:

• Category5 Mobile Site: mobile.cat5.tv
• iamaSMARTkid: iamasmartkid.org
• iamaSMARTkid on Twitter: @iamaSMARTkid
• DynDNS Dynamic DNS Service: dyndns.org
• ChangeIP Dynamic DNS Service: changeip.com
• Blue Yeti Pro Microphone: cat5.tv/yetipro