12 Degrees: A Wellness Podcast

Safer Screens: Using VR to Help Students Confront Cyberbullying

Digital wellness isn’t just about screen time or blue light glasses, it’s about how we show up online, keep ourselves safe, and treat others with respect. In this episode of 12 Degrees, Lindsey Whissel Fenton talks with Joseph Squillace, an associate teaching professor of cybersecurity at Penn State, about a groundbreaking project that uses virtual reality to let students safely experience bullying scenarios and practice how to respond. They also discuss why kids and teens bully, how schools and communities can support both targets and perpetrators, and what caring adults can do to create safer, healthier online spaces for the young people in their lives.

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