3 C’s For Children’s Cyber Safety

 We all want our children and teens to be safe, while surfing the net. Growing up in a digital world makes them susceptible to online predators. This is why good communication skills are so critical. See also Don Tapscott’s  book: “Grown Up Digital”.   It is better by far, to be more cautious, than careless.” As [...]

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80 Online Tools From Edutopia

 Really that many? Yes! (and more). Thanks to Hubert V. Yee, who is the Online Community Assistant @ Edutopia This outsanding list will keep you busy, for most of the weekend! You will find everything from abcteach and Animoto to Wikis. This just might be another example of Information Overload. It’s a lot. I know. Don’t [...]

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6 Steps To Staying Safe On Social Networks

    Safety is an important issue for all of us! This critical information is especially crucial for our vulnerable (& often naive)children and young adults.     Take some time to read this carefully, and share it with all those people who are especially important to you(family/friends/co-workers). You know the old saying: “An ounce of prevention [...]

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Blindsided By Bullies

Here is another excellent website, which discusses the serious problem of cyberbullies. It has some specific preventative strategies for parents, teachers,  and young people. It discusses several practical ways to change the culture, in schools, as well as ideas for changing the laws. This is a serious problem, which can escalate, if left unchecked. Depression, suicide, [...]

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Future World of Work Skills

With a New Year comes new opportunities!  Our world is an exciting place in a constant state of flux! This is especially true in the world of education and learning. Just consider these changes:  mobile devices wireless connectivity technological revolution digital storage cloud computing        I suggest that we make these technologies available to our young people, [...]

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5 Strategies To Use Against Cyberbullying

 Cyberbullying does exist . Beware! How do you prepare children and teens for the ubiquitous cyber world, better known as cyberspace? You want them to be safe, while surfing the net. You want them to avoid the pitfalls and dangers which quietly lurk there.         You need to teach them now!        Here is a timely [...]

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2010 State of the Blogosphere

Social Media is exploding exponentially!      It is changing our lives dramatically, in business and in our personal lives. People are social animals. They like to broadcast their lives for the world to see, hence the rise of the Blogosphere.       Children may have  digital personas, even before they are born. Case in point: Mothers might post ultrasound [...]

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Social Media Q3 Stats

Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter… Has social media peaked, or is it just getting started?    Check out this very informative article about SM, with social media statistics presented in graph form. http://bit.ly/dyZBvG Credit: Paul Kiser, writing @ socialmediadaily on Twitter @Coolwired for more important info-to-go. Thx for visiting!

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14 Twitter Directories

Save yourself a lot of time! Try these great Twitter Directories. Don Reisinger divides these directories into “The Standouts” and “The Rest”. Try them for yourself, to see if you agree with him.  Feel free to comment about your preferences, here.  You can thank me later.   http://bit.ly/da4gGz Credit: Don Reisinger, writing @ CNet News. for [...]

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5 Tools To Track Your Passwords

We all want our passwords protected!     This excellent author describes, in detail, 5 very good security programs, complete with screen shots.     After you check them out, be sure to scroll down to see the comments by viewers. They suggest even more excellent programs, which they actually use. It’s always good to learn , [...]

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