by Lynette Owens | Jul 31, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens Below is an excerpt of a guest post I did for the Washington Post today. You can read the full post @ http://ow.ly/cD1CI The Internet has always been around as far as our children can tell. Today, as many as half of all kids up to age 8 use...
by Lynette Owens | Jun 15, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens June is Internet Safety Awareness month in the U.S., but it’s a great time for everyone everywhere to stop and take a few moments to educate yourself and your family about all matters concerning digital literacy, safety, and responsibility. ...
by Lynette Owens | Jun 6, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens A Wall Street Journal article this week has stirred again a discussion about Facebook allowing those under 13 to use its site. Mark Zuckerberg once addressed it in public, when asked about it. It strikes me as odd as Facebook’s stock continues its...
by Lynette Owens | May 23, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens We are proud to have selected the winners of the 3rd annual What’s Your Story? online safety video contest. With again some great entries and engagement from youth in the US & Canada, the 2012 judges panel gathered at our Cupertino, CA...
by Lynette Owens | May 9, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens This is the 4th in our 10 for 10 weekly series of online safety and digital literacy tips. Last week, the Pew center released a study about teens and their attitudes and behaviors around online video use. Today, 37% of teens use video chat such as...
by Lynette Owens | Apr 27, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens This is the 3rd in our “10 for 10” weekly series of online safety and digital literacy tips. Hackers. Spammers. Identity Thieves. These are not words that elicit the level of concern and emotion that bullying, sexting, or online...
