by Lynette Owens | Mar 14, 2011 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette T. Owens As we’ve all seen, read, and heard, the people of Japan are experiencing tragedy beyond what any of us could have imagined or may ever experience ourselves. Seeing the magnitude of another’s suffering stirs compassion in many of us and drives us...
by Lynette Owens | Mar 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Lynette Owens Facebook announced that it will soon unveil new services to help victims or witnesses of cyberbullying. As part of the White House summit on bullying prevention, Facebook hosted a panel at the White House today to announce some of these new features,...
by Lynette Owens | Feb 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Lynette T. Owens Earlier this week, Google was exposed for an issue with their 4th annual “Doodle 4 Google” contest. The contest is designed to encourage creativity among students in grades K-12 in the U.S… It asks them to create a drawing using the Google...
by Lynette Owens | Feb 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Lynette T. Owens Today marks the 8th year of Safer Internet Day. This is an event founded by the Insafe Network, a coalition of centers around the EU that promote the safe, responsible use of the Internet among youth. There are a number of events and activities...
by Lynette Owens | Feb 4, 2011 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette T. Owens It pleasantly surprised us a year ago when we launched our first user-generated video contest called What’s Your Story. The goal was to encourage young people to give advice to other young people about being safe online (to see last year’s...
