Nov. 24, 2009 As fall weather kicks in and families hunker indoors to ‘more screen time’ than summer time norms, I hear tales of media management missteps that would spin heads faster than a Linda Blair Exorcist antic. (yes I know it’s almost Thanksgiving, but I’m still seguing from Halloween here…) I hear parents say things like “Oh, my kids play games sometimes, but we … [Read more...]
Internet Safety: Media Literacy Tips From Industry Insiders Pt 1
Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: angst, Anne Collier, Balancing safety and fun, Beatbullying, CEOP, Channel Signal, chat rooms, children, computer world, Connect Safely, consoles, Crisp Thinking, cyber angels, cyber law, cybermentors, cybersafety, Cybersecurity, datamining, Death by information overload, digital citizens, digital citizenship, digital dinosaurs, Digizens, elearning, eModeration, EU Kidsonline, Facebook, filters, FOSI, gaming, Gazillion, genY, GenZ, Get safe, grooming, Habbo Hotel, Insafe, internet safety forum, internet safety tips, internet-safety, invisible cement, Izzy-Neis, Kids, Kids Online, knee-jerk reactions, Kzero, Larry-Magid, life literacy, media-literacy, Megan Meier, Metaverse ModSquad, MMO, MMORPG, moderated chat, moral-panic, multiplayer chat, NetFamily-News, obsolete tech, Ofcom, online communities, online moderators, online safety, Online safety 3.0, parenting, parents, predator panic, prevention, privacy, profile pages, reputation, Reputation Share, role playing, RPG, safer internet, screen time, SLJ, social-media, Spiral Solutions, Tamara Littleton, teens, ThinkUKnow, tmi, tracking tools, tweens, Twitter, Virtual-Worlds, Webosaurs, youth, youth risk
SmartyCard’s Summer Challenge With Scholastic: Heads Up for Fall!
May 28, 2009 I was just about to post an in-depth review and analysis of the merits and watch-worthy aspects of the new SmartyCard.com "learn and earn" kids' program for 3rd-6th graders, when I received this sidewinder about their brand new alliance with Scholastic’s Summer reading challenge. I know, I know, this news is supposed to be a GOOD thing from a "halo effect" mass … [Read more...]
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