Internet Safety Blog
A Hacking Contest to Promote Digital Literacy
By Lynette Owens October 27, 2014 This year, we are proud to sponsor a great competition designed to promote online safety and digital literacy among our nation's youth. Carnegie Mellon University's annual "capture the flag" contest called...
MUST READS: Dad’s Effective YouTube Plea to Kids, Google Pays Up, Apple Hack: Not Just the Rich & Famous
By Lynette Owens Week of September 8, 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. ONE DAD’S...
4 Good Digital Habits for a New School Year
By Lynette Owens As you make the transition from the leisurely pace of summer to the stressful balancing act of earlier bedtimes, new homework routines, and after-school activities, try to factor in how your kids’ use of technology will change...
Must Reads: Amazon Sued for Kindle Fumble, 99-Day Facebook Cleanse, Bike-powered Phone Charger from Students
By Lynette Owens Week of July 7, 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. AMAZON SUED FOR KINDLE...
Must Reads: New Disappearing Photo App Slingshot, Great Tech Use for Outdoors, Is My Child Ready for a Phone?
By Lynette Owens Week of June 23, 2014 FACEBOOK’S DISAPPEARING PHOTO SERVICE: Snapchat continues to bring on more competitors as Facebook launches its Slingshot app, which allows you to connect with phone contacts or Facebook friends and send...
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...