By Sara Bernard
Okay, no app is really going to “stop” cyberbullying, but a few are trying.
Destructive Issues: This iPhone or iPod app for parents lists, describes, and provides solutions for the issues teens face. Developed by father-and-son team William and Eric Nidiffer, along with the Southern Nevada Community Gang Task Force, the app targets problems like cyberbullying, gangs, depression, and substance abuse, and creates pro-and-con scenarios that help explain the reasons teenagers make the choices they do. Another, soon-to-be-released app the Nidiffers and the task force are designing, called S.P.I.R.I.T. (short for Suppression, Prevention, Intervention, Referral Intelligence Tool), will create a series of gang-prevention, solution-oriented apps for teens themselves.
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2010/12/5-apps-that-could-help-to-stop-cyberbullying/
