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Must Reads: Close Watch On New Amazon Phone, Summer Learning Online, TweetDeck Attacked, Coding in Schools
By Lynette Owens Week of June 16, 2014 To help you keep up with what’s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we’ve compiled a list of stories, tips, and insights, we’ve found most useful and interesting over the past week. If...
Heartbleed: A chance to talk to kids about guarding online personal information
By Lynette Owens April 18, 2014 There has been a lot of news around an Internet vulnerability called Heartbleed that was recently discovered. Without getting into too much technical detail, this basically caused many websites to possibly expose...
Must reads: Healthy Media Diets vs. Screen-Time Limits, Facebook & Sneaky Tobacco Ads, Mindful Digital Parenting
By Lynette Owens Week of April 7, 2014 WHAT LIMITING SCREEN TIME REALLY MEANS: This is a great overview of how the screen-time limits evolved and what it means in today’s world. One study did find that 2 hours doing a passive activity such as...
Big Data, Little Kids, and the Parents in Between
By Lynette Owens Below is an excerpt from a guest for VentureBeat on April 8, 2014. The full post can be found @ http://ow.ly/vyAQU From the moment our kids are born, a digital paper trail on them begins. It starts with a record of their...
What We’re Reading: Anonymous Apps & Bullying, Apple Pays Kids’ App Bills, COPPA Gets Teeth, Social Media & Self-Esteem
By Lynette Owens Week of April 1, 2014 APPLE PAYS FOR KIDS IN-APP SPLURGES: This past week, Apple notified customers they may be eligible for refunds from errant purchases made through apps. This refund is part of the terms of a settlement wherein...
What We’re Reading: Media Literacy and Ads, Private Google Searches, Let Kids Have Devices, a Stealth Phone
Week of March 10, 2014 To help you keep up with what’s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we’ve compiled a list of stories, tips, and insights, we’ve found most useful over the past week. What have you been reading? Tell us...
What We’re Reading: YikYak App Headlines, Talk Online Safety Before Birds & Bees, Kids Do Good Online, Tech Trumps Toys
Week of March 3, 2014 To help you keep up with what’s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we’ve compiled a list of stories, tips, and insights, we’ve found most useful over the past week. What have you been reading? Tell us...
What We’re Reading: Parents Should Relax, Protecting Student Data, Facebook Ad Mishaps, Net Neutrality’s Fate
By Lynette Owens Week of February 24, 2014 To help you keep up with what’s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we’ve compiled a list of stories, tips, and insights, we’ve found most useful over the past week. What have you been...
What We’re Reading: Opt-out of Location Tracking, Filters Don’t Help, Funds for Connecting Schools, What Comcast+Time Warner Means to Us
Week of February 17, 2014 To help you keep up with what’s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we’ve compiled a list of stories, tips, and insights, we’ve found most useful over the past week. What have you been reading? Tell us...
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