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Passwords Are Like Underwear
Passwords Are Like Underwear Pic | MakeUseOf.com. Sylvia
Online safety report discourages scare tactics
A new, really important report has just come out about children and online safety. It is sensible and research-based, with excellent recommendations. The strongest recommendation is that scare tactics DON’T WORK to keep children safe online. I hate to sound … Continue reading
Technology policy and human nature
“Please do the following: sit down with your child (and they are just children still) and tell them that they are not allowed to be a member of any social networking site. Today! Let them know that you will at … Continue reading
Posted in social media
Tagged cyberbullying, cybersafety, fair use, internet, policy, safety, security, technology
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The panic about panic buttons
In the UK, Facebook is being pressured to add a “panic button” to the site in the theory that youth can get instant help if bullied or approached by unsavory characters. Unfortunately this reflects silly thinking about the actual dangers … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, In the news
Tagged Anne Collier, cybersafety, internet, panic, safety, youth
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New Hampshire teachers say filtering hampers teaching
via Cyberoam Survey Reveals Most Schools and Teachers Suspect Students Can Bypass Content Filtering Soutions This survey was conducted by a filtering company and taken by school administrators and teachers at the annual Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference held in Nashua, … Continue reading
Internet safety - fear tactics don’t work
via NetFamilyNews Last week Chairman Julius Genachowski unveiled the children-and-family part of the FCC’s universal broadband plan, designed to enable, among other things, 21st-century education. There’s just one problem: Schools have long turned to law enforcement for guidance in informing … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st century, access, broadband, education, FCC, internet, Julius Genachowski, policy, safety, universal broadband, web, web 2.0
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Play
“When something troubles children, they have to play with it until it feels safer.” Gerald Jones, cartoonist and author of Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence
Free guide - How to keep your teen safe on the Internet
Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online This free guide from OnGuardOnline.gov tells parents and teachers what they need to know to talk to kids about issues like cyberbullying, sexting, mobile phone safety, and protecting the family computer. I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged cyber safety, cyberbullying, family, free, guide, internet, kids, Net Cetera, online, safety, sexting, teen
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Online safety means empowering AND protecting
Connect Safely |Online Safety 3.0: Empowering and Protecting Youth The online-safety messages most Americans are getting are still pretty much one-size-fits-all and focused largely on adult-to-child crime, rather than on what the growing bodies of both Net-safety and social-media research … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Collier, children, ConnectSafely.org, digital citizenship, Larry Magid, online, online safety, protect, safety, social media, youth
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New Report Says Adults Need to Get Involved in Teens’ Online Activities
New Report Says Adults Need to Get Involved in Teens’ Online Activities Yeah, this one is kind of from the “DUH” files, but it’s something worth repeating. We know that teens need adult guidance to navigate new worlds, digital or … Continue reading
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Tagged digital natives, education, online, online safety, safety, tech-savvy, teen
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