by Lynette Owens | Sep 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Lynette Owens Every January 1, I make a list of personal goals for the coming year. Year after year, 80% of the items on each year’s list are the same. Meaning: I’m pretty bad about keeping New Year’s resolutions. But unlike the calendar year, the start of a new...
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 | 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 | Oct 12, 2011 | For Parents
Guest post by Rosemina Nazarali, Kiwi Commons Technology is all around us — it’s where we work, how we communicate and even how we entertain ourselves with music and movies. Our favorite gadgets help to make our lives easier but, when it’s in the hands of our...
