by Lynette Owens | Jul 30, 2013 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens On Monday, July 22, British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech strongly urging ISPs, search engines, and mobile operators to block consumers from accessing online content, namely pornography. The motivation for the speech was a belief that...
by Lynette Owens | Jul 29, 2013 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens Below is an excerpt of a piece I wrote for PBS MediaShift on July 29, 2013. The full article can be found @ http://ow.ly/nrthI In January, I wrote a piece about the Natick, Mass., public school district’s Digital Conversion, a program designed to...
by Lynette Owens | Jul 26, 2013 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens Week of July 22, 2013 To help you keep up with what’s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we’ve compiled a list of interesting stories our team’s been reading over the past week. What have you been reading? Tell us...
by Lynette Owens | Feb 5, 2013 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens For the last 3 years, we’ve been asking young people across the US and Canada to tell us in 2 minutes or less their stories about safe, responsible technology use. They’ve responded with enthusiasm and creativity; they’ve entertained and moved us....
by Lynette Owens | Jan 27, 2013 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Anne Livingston and Lynette Owens Kids spend a lot of time online. They go online to find answers for homework, coordinate school projects, share events, play games and watch videos. While online, they may feel like they are sharing with just family and friends...
