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 | 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 | 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...