Year: 2018

Media accounts about challenges and games inspiring kids to take their own lives are at least exaggerations if not complete hoaxes. […]

A study released by the Pew Research Center found that more than half (54%) of teens worry that they spend too much time using their cell phones. And, in a separate Pew survey. about two-thirds (65%) of parents say that they too worry about their teen spending too much time in in front of screens. But more than a third (36%) of parents agree that they too have problem when it comes to spending too much time with their phones.

Read the full post on Forbes.com […]

by Larry Magid This post appeared in the Mercury News Microsoft’s revelation that it has discovered and disabled websites controlled by a group with ties to the Russian government is not only a warning to political operatives from […]

ConnectSafely has just launched the new Cyberbullying Quick-Guide for Parents. This two-page guide is designed to be read online or printed back-to-back on one sheet for distribution at parent meetings and other venues. The guide is […]

Whether they’re working in class or at home, students are accessing, viewing, creating, and sharing media as part of their day-to-day academic experiences. All of this is made possible by near ubiquitous access to digital devices and internet in schools and homes. While teachers are conscious of plagiarism when student products are in the form of research papers, the complicated areas of copyright, fair use, and open access creative works (such as Creative Commons or public domain) are less familiar but are just as important. Now that our students are creating and remixing audio, video, text and images to “show what they know” it is essential that they are doing all of this with a clear understanding of their own rights and the rights of other creators or owners of content. …

Read or print the guide at ConnectSafely.org

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Google One 15 GB Free 100 GB for $1.99 200 GB for $2.99, 2 TB for $9.99 per month Dropbox personal (there is also a business plan) 2 GB — Free 1 TB — $8.25 […]

The Associated Press reports that “Google apps automatically stores time-stamped location data without asking, “even if you have location history paused.” CNET also has the story. The AP says that “Google stores a snapshot of where […]

As you may know, I run a small nonprofit internet safety organization called ConnectSafely.org, and like most nonprofits, we’re always looking for ways to save both time and money. There are situations where spending a […]

The initial  reviews (see below) are somewhat mixed, but tech journalists who have had a chance to test out the Magic Leap One AR headset are — at least — impressed by the effort and […]

I recently purchased a 55-inch TCL 5- Series 4K TThe distance between the set and my eyes when sitting on the couch is 87 inches, and that’s as far as it can be given the dimensions of the room. In theory, the set was about the right size or maybe even a little small for the room, but in practice — at least as far as my wife and I were concerned, it was too big. (MORE)
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