- ‘What’s Your Story” winning videos explore the good side of the Internet - For the past several years I’ve helped judge Trend Micro’s annual What’s Your Story video contest which, in past years, focused on how to combat Internet risks like cyberbullying and inappropriate use of mobile technology. But this year, the contest … Continue reading
- The Internet doesn’t have a delete key - Guest post by Dave Taylor It’s something that I hear from teens all the time, the refrain that “it’s cool, I can just delete it if it’s a problem” when we’re talking about online safety, privacy and the risk associated … Continue reading
- New survey has mostly good news about teens and privacy in social media - A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society has mostly good news about how teens approach privacy issues on social-networking services. While “teens are sharing more information … Continue reading
- Free Parents’ Guides to Snapchat and Instagram - Kids are flocking to mobile photo-sharing apps and leading the way are Instagram and Snapchat. Kids love Instagram (now owned by Facebook) because it’s an easy way to snap photos, enhance them with filters and quickly share them with friends. … Continue reading
- Help Support an Inspirational Picture Book for Kids and Get a Copy for Yourself - Children’s book author Trudy Ludwig, who specializes in books “that explore the colorful and sometimes confusing world of children’s social interactions,” is working on an extraordinary project that deserves widespread support. She’s collaborating with illustrator Craig Orback on a 32-page picture book titled Gifts … Continue reading
- Snapchat photos can be undeleted as well as captured: When it matters - I recently wrote about Snapchat, the popular photo sharing app that allows users to share photos that will self-destruct from between 1 and 10 seconds after they’re viewed. As I said in that story, there are many reasons people use … Continue reading
- Researcher dispels five myths about missing children - by Larry Magid David Finkelhor, the director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire and a researcher for the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children, has written an incredibly useful article … Continue reading
- Summertime Means Kids Spending More Time with Tech: Advice for Parents - This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News By Larry Magid We’re just a few weeks away from school letting out and — for lucky families — a chance to spend a bit of time together on vacation. Summer also … Continue reading
- Hackathon Builds Tools for Social Good - Larry speaks with Connie Yowell, Director of Education at the MacArthur Foundation about Project:Connect Coders, writers, teachers and others concerned about making the web a better place for kids gathered in New York on Thursday for Project:Connect, a hackathon dedicated … Continue reading
- Massachusetts Town Invests In Laptops To Increase Student Enagement - Click to listen to Larry’s 1-minute CBS News/CNET Tech Talk segment on Natick’s 1:1 program, including an interview with Natick High School principal Rose Bartucci Natick, Massachusetts, a town of about 33,000 people situated about 30 miles west of Boston, has recently instituted a … Continue reading
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