by Lynette Owens | May 5, 2020 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens As many of us continue to stay at home due to the current pandemic, one thing is abundantly clear: Video communication is our present and our future. Humans are social creatures by nature. We thrive on conversations, shared experiences, and social...
by Lynette Owens | Apr 13, 2020 | For Parents, For Teachers, Webinars
The spread of COVID-19 may have limited our ability to do many things, but it hasn’t hampered our mission to help parents and kids use technology in safe, responsible and successful ways. As we all do our part to keep our families and others safe by staying home, our...
by Lynette Owens | Mar 18, 2020 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens As of today, more than 185K global cases of COVID-19 have been documented, according to Johns Hopkins University. Travel has been restricted in many countries, restaurants, bars, and schools have shuttered their doors and many companies have moved to...
by Lynette Owens | Feb 6, 2020 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens On the heels of Data Privacy Day last week, Facebook introduced the “Off-Facebook Activity” tool, which shows you all of the businesses and apps that give information about you to Facebook. This information seems to be collected by those 3rd parties...
by Lynette Owens | Feb 6, 2020 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens What percent of the content on the internet do you believe is true? While there is certainly lots of reliable information online, it’s getting increasingly difficult to tell the genuine from the rumor-mill, the real from the fake news. And it may be...
by Lynette Owens | Dec 20, 2019 | For Parents, For Teachers
It’s been a busy time for our Internet Safety for Kids & Families (ISKF) team. Our outreach efforts at schools are gathering some great momentum, with our volunteers doing close to 80 events for parents and kids in the US over the past 3 months (and many more...
