Internet Safety Blog
What We’re Reading: Safer Internet Day2014, Club Penguin Stops Bullying, Online Privacy Possible, Tech & Outdoors Together, Tech Time on Snow Days
By Lynette Owens Week of February 11, 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...
On Safer Internet Day, Focus on What To Do vs. Not Do
By Lynette Owens February 10, 2014 Tuesday, February 11 is Safer Internet Day, a day when many organizations, governments, schools, individuals, and communities raise awareness and help educate the public on safe, responsible technology use. ...
What We’re Reading: Instagram Rules, Social Media Literacy in NY Schools, Another Anti-bullying App, Facebook Gives Us Paper
By Lynette Owens Week of February 4, 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: Media Literacy in the Classroom, Facebook vs. Snapchat, Case of the High School Hackers
By Lynette Owens Week of January 27, 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...
Data Privacy Day: The Questions That Matter for Our Kids
By Lynette Owens January 28, 2014 Today is Data Privacy Day, an annual event intended to encourage everyone to understand how to protect their privacy online, an important cause in an increasingly connected world. While it’s an important day, every...
What We’re Reading: Net Neutrality and Schools, Apple Refunds, Reporting Online Abuse, Useful Wearable Tech
By Lynette Owens Week of January 20, 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...
Day One with the Xbox One: What Parents Need to Know
By Lynette Owens Three years ago, I wrote about my family’s experience with the ground-breaking Xbox 360 Kinect. Despite all the issues outlined, we love it – it’s given us countless hours of fun as a family and with friends. We also have...
What We’re Reading: Online Safety Starts Offline, Google+ Email Invasion, Bigger Target Data Breach, Where The Teens Are
By Lynette Owens Week of January 13, 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: Teens Not Addicted to Social, Snapchat Hacked, Facebook Sued, Best Digital Citizenship Blogs, Family Contracts Work
By Lynette Owens Week of January 6, 2014 Happy near year! 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...
