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A new survey from KidSay reveals YouTube is the number one website amongst “tweens” (ages eight to eleven), despite the policy that you must be 13 or older to create an account...
A recent hack of the educational platform Edmodo compromised tens of millions' user records and led to the revelation that the company was not only using ad trackers to monitor student and teacher behavior, but then forwarding the data to data brokers. The company issued a statement saying it is investigating the security breach and it has removed the "problematic" ad-tracking code from its platform. Edmodo is a platform that 78 million teachers, students and parents use to communicate about homework and lesson plans, and more.
A new survey from KidSay reveals YouTube is the number one website amongst “tweens” (ages eight to eleven), despite the policy that you must be 13 or older to create an account...
Twitter, one of the most widely used social networks, has until now had few ways for reporting harassment and abuse by users. They have recently rolled out new tools in attempt to control vitriolic or abusive messages its members send to each other...
Twitter, one of the most widely used social networks, has until now had few ways for reporting harassment and abuse by users. They have recently rolled out new tools in attempt to control vitriolic or abusive messages its members send to each other...
A recent Piper Jaffray survey found that 9 out of 10 American teens say they use social media, with Instagram being the most popular site. For girls, the site has taken on a special language, becoming a way for tweens and teens to find out what their peers really think of them...
A recent Piper Jaffray survey found that 9 out of 10 American teens say they use social media, with Instagram being the most popular site. For girls, the site has taken on a special language, becoming a way for tweens and teens to find out what their peers really think of them...
Perhaps you have heard about the Alex from Target story. A picture of Alex, a 16 year old from Texas, went viral recently after a teenage girl from Britain randomly came across a Tumblr photo of him that had been taken surreptitiously. She posted it on Twitter, and within hours, Alex’s Twitter followers went from 144 to hundreds of thousands...
Perhaps you have heard about the Alex from Target story. A picture of Alex, a 16 year old from Texas, went viral recently after a teenage girl from Britain randomly came across a Tumblr photo of him that had been taken surreptitiously. She posted it on Twitter, and within hours, Alex’s Twitter followers went from 144 to hundreds of thousands...
Although written for an audience of educators, this list of 10 Important Password Tips Everyone Should Know is relevant for everyone. To summarize, the biggest tip of advice would be to stop being so obvious...
Although written for an audience of educators, this list of 10 Important Password Tips Everyone Should Know is relevant for everyone. To summarize, the biggest tip of advice would be to stop being so obvious...
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...