by Lynette Owens | Jan 20, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens This past Wednesday, Wikipedia and many other online communities decided to blackout their websites for as long as 24 hours in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). These two pieces of U.S. legislation are intended...
by Lynette Owens | Dec 23, 2011 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette T. Owens Last September, Facebook announced that it would change the way your profile would be laid out and how you could share and manage your information. It is not uncommon for sites (social networking, websites, or any site) to update and improve...
by Lynette Owens | Oct 14, 2011 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette T. Owens October is Anti-bullying Awareness month in the U.S. and this year, the conversation has clearly shifted from the victims and bullies to the bystanders of bullying. While the media and the rest of us have been shocked, saddened, and angered by...
by Lynette Owens | Aug 21, 2011 | For Parents, For Teachers
Guest Post by Lynette Owens featured on KiwiCommons With the arrival of another school year, many students my also return to a renewed and heavier use of their social networks to keep up with everything from school activities to the social scene. So it’s important to...
by Lynette Owens | Aug 3, 2011 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette T. Owens Today, was a sad day as one of the darkest and most malicious uses of the Internet was uncovered. In the U.S., 72 people were charged and 52 arrested in the U.S. and abroad, for participating in the online distribution of images depicting the...
by Lynette Owens | May 23, 2011 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette T. Owens Do a search on the term ‘privacy legislation’ and you will see numerous links to politicians and news stories from the last few weeks. Online privacy has suddenly become the stage for a huge battle between lawmakers, technology companies, youth...