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Parents often want their children to learn how to be responsible digital citizens. Allowing them access is often the first step.
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How American teens navigate the new world of "digital citizenship"...
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In the world of tweets, pokes, and chats, how can you make sure that your child is social networking savvy? Here's what parents should know about Twitter.
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As technology becomes more of an integral part of our society, it’s important to help students understand appropriate use of social media tools and other digital citizenship skills. Edmodo offers various resources to help you get started, including security best practices, sample guidelines and a sample code of conduct for your students. To help you relay the importance of digital citizenship, we’ve also created a Best Practices for Digital Citizenship poster which you can print and display in your classroom, or share with your students.
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With the prevalence of Facebook as one of the dominant social networks among young users, and the growing public awareness of issues like cyberbullying, online privacy, and digital literacy, the American School Counselor Association has combined with iKeepSafe, an Internet safety advocacy group, to publish a guide to help school counselors make sense of the platform and its on-campus impact.
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Kids and Video Games: The Modern Parent's Guide books offer tips, tricks and advice on game ratings, violence, health, safety and more. Download free online now.
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Parenting & Social Media Part 1 — 5 Tips to Keep Your Children Safe...
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How much information about your daily life gets recorded by big business and Big Brother?
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Amazon.com: lol...OMG!: What Every Student Needs to Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship and Cyberbullying eBook: Matt Ivester: Kindle Store...
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Club Penguin is a snow-covered, virtual world where children play games and interact with friends in the guise of colourful penguin avatars.
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The Timeline feature that Mark Zuckerberg announced in September is now available to all Facebook users. Learn about those privacy features.
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Julie Groths 7-year-old son likes to play Angry Birds on their tablet computer, while her 4-year-old uses the gadget for a coloring app. Her 3-month-old son? The day he puts his fingers on it may not be as far off as youd think.
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The concept of digital citizenship is introduced; links are provided to resources that will support ongoing efforts to develop a common understanding of digital citizenship among students, parents, teachers and administrators.
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Videos and information about Internet Safety.
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In the midst of all the fun connecting with family and friends via apps, walls, and photo albums on Facebook, we sometimes forget that our privacy is vulnerable on the Net.
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At Google, we support the education of families on how to stay safe online. That's why we've teamed up with online safety organization iKeepSafe to develop curriculum that educators can use in the classroom to teach what it means to be a responsible online citizen.
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Fifty nine per cent of children have ways of hiding what they're doing online - and their parents know it, a survey by internet security specialist McAfee has found.
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Digital Citizenship is a suite of resources for early stage 1/stage 1, stage 2 and stage 3 students to support safe online behaviour. This resource includes game-based learning, lessons, videos, and parent and teacher support materials.
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For most young people today, engagement with new digital media is a routine aspect of life. Important skills and knowledge can be gained from such activities, but there are also risks. For example, young people may only rarely consider what it means to be an ethical, socially responsible “citizen” on the Internet.
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Professor Garfield takes us through the online world.
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According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the company's unofficial mission is to make "the world more open and connected." But there are limits to how open you should be on Facebook and while you might enjoy sharing photos and status updates,...
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Thanks to Facebook, “friend” has become a verb. It’s no wonder, then, that even the youngest children know about the social media site – and many who should not be already are a part of it. For that reason, and others, Facebook safety for kids has become an important topic.
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When the New Year comes around we make resolutions to lose weight, spend more time with friends and family, or simply get more organized.
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The Internet seems like another member of the family sometimes. It lives in our home and follows us wherever we go, it vies for our attention, and it entertains us. The habits we fall into around our online lives has a profound effect on our family relationships, especially when it comes to parents and kids.
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