By Lynette Owens
Week of August 19, 2013
To help you keep up with what’s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we’ve compiled a list of stories, tips, and insights, we’ve found most useful over the past week. What have you been reading? Tell us below or Tweet @TrendISKF.
- OPINIONS: In the wake of the UK’s push for censorship, a range of experts debate Can Free Speech and Internet Filters Co-Exist?
- Glenn O’Farrell shares how mobile apps are changing the way kids learn and why parents and educators must adapt to this.
- FOR TEACHERS: Two resources of note for educators. The new Graphite from Common Sense Media provides reviews of educational apps by teachers, for teachers. And the redesigned Apple Education site..
- STAT: Another stellar rise. Twitter-owned video-sharing app Vine announced this week it has surpassed 40 million users.
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new tech industry alliance to cut the cost of delivering mobile Internet access to billions worldwide.
See you next week!
Lynette Owens is Vice President of Global Consumer Education & Marketing at Trend Micro and Founder of the Internet Safety for Kids and Families program. With 25+ years in the tech industry, Lynette speaks and blogs regularly on how to help kids become great digital citizens. She works with communities and 1:1 school districts across the U.S. and around the world to support online safety, digital and media literacy and digital citizenship education. She is a board member of the National Association for Media Literacy Education, an advisory committee member of the Digital Wellness Lab, and serves on the advisory boards of INHOPE and U.S. Safer Internet Day.
Follow her on Twitter @lynettetowens.