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...
by Lynette Owens | Apr 20, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens This post was ammended on June 27 to reflect new information. The program will launch this fall, not July 1 as previously noted. Earlier this year, the world banded together to defeat a bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister...
by Lynette Owens | Apr 13, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens This is the 1st in our ’10 for 10′ weekly series of online safety and digital literacy tips. Since launching Trend Micro’s Internet safety for kids and families program in 2008, I’ve seen the topic of safe and responsible technology use...
by Lynette Owens | Feb 10, 2012 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens The world’s current obsession with kids and technology is understandably rooted in the fear of the unknown and is further fueled by the media’s sensationalization of “kids gone wild” stories that are true but rarely happen. Additionally, with...
