Social Media

Facebook's newest tool, known as Safety Check, aims to allow people to quickly alert friends and family that they are safe after a natural disaster. For instance, if an earthquake is detected in the area Facebook predicts a user is located, Safety Check sends a notification asking whether the user is OK...

Towson University in Maryland has launched a course called “Alone Together: Finding Intimacy in the Age of Facebook,” in which students are asked to examine how social media has affected their lives -- in both positive and negative ways. In the course, students explore how the need to be connected has affected them socially...

Vicki Davis, a blogger for Edutopia, lays out the "9 Key Ps" of digital citizenship in her post for teachers, but the list applies to parents concerned about the issue as well...

YikYak, a location based app that allows users to post anonymous statements online, is in the news again with schools making complaints about inappropriate use of the app leading to cyberbullying and intimidation..

Whisper, the social networking app that lets users post anonymous messages, may have been tracking its users' locations - even those users who have opted out of the service's geolocation features...

Can parents be liable for a nasty social networking page created by their child and used to bully another? It is a question that many schools and parent groups are debating these days and is now playing out in a Georgia courtroom...

Connecting with friends and family has always been the mission of Facebook., and anonymity has long been discouraged on the site...

According to Snapchat CEO Emily White, computing has evolved from being a tool for solving problems to a medium for sharing feelings for young users...

Terry Heick’s recent article on Edutopia about bullying and cyberbullying, Transparency: Bullying Redefined and Identified, is a must read for teachers and parents alike...

Terry Heick’s recent article on Edutopia about bullying and cyberbullying, Transparency: Bullying Redefined and Identified, is a must read for teachers and parents alike...