KidZui :: Add-ons for Firefox

KidZui turns Firefox into fun, kid-safe browser and online playground for kids 3-12 with over a million kids games, YouTube videos, and websites.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9689

Bully Bust 2009

Bully Bust 2009, CSEE's awareness campaign designed to reduce bullying in our schools. Before you do anything else, please sign the STAND UP Pledge to join the collection of students and adults committed to reducing bullying. Then, dig into the information, activities and resources to start making a difference!

 

BullyBust provides critical resources and supports to create a school-wide effort against bullying.

 

http://www.schoolclimate.org/bullybust/

Google lets parents lock in SafeSearch

Google lets parents lock in SafeSearch

Google has long allowed parents a SafeSearch filtering setting that keeps kids from using the search engine to find inappropriate sites like those with explicit sexual images or text. The problem was that kids could easily change those settings. Starting Wednesday, however, the company is allowing parents to lock those settings to make it harder (though not impossible) for kids to bypass the settings.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10395112-238.html

Podcast ASCAway: Online Safety

Podcast: Nancy McBride, national safety director for the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, shares some advice on how school counselors can help keep kids safe online.

http://ascaway.podbean.com/2009/10/30/ascaway-online-safety/

Online digital reputation

Digital Reputation

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New Report: Social Isolation and New Technology

Pew Internet & American Life Project New Report   Social Isolation and New Technology   By Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions, Eun Ja Her, and Lee Rainie November 4, 2009   People who use modern information and communication technologies have larger and more diverse social networks, according to new national survey findings that for the first time explore how people use the internet and mobile phones to interact with key family and friends.   These new finding challenge fears that use of new technologies has contributed to a long-term increase in social isolation in the United States.   The new findings show that, on average, the size of people's discussion networks--those with whom people discuss important matters--is 12% larger amongst mobile phone users, 9% larger for those who share photos online, and 9% bigger for those who use instant messaging. The diversity of people's core networks--their closest and most significant confidants--tends to be 25% larger for mobile phone users, 15% larger for basic internet users, and even larger for frequent internet users, those who use instant messaging, and those who share digital photos online.   "All the evidence points in one direction," said Prof. Keith Hampton, lead author of the report. "People's social worlds are enhanced by new communication technologies. It is a mistake to believe that internet use and mobile phones plunge people into a spiral of isolation."   Read the full report on our site: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/18--Social-Isolation-and-New-Technology.aspx    About the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project The Pew Internet Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit "fact tank"that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life.  Support for the project is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts.  The Project's website is: http://www.pewinternet.org.

 

Radical Parenting iPhone App: iCurfew | Radical Parenting

http://www.radicalparenting.com/2009/10/26/radical-parenting-iphone-app-icurfew/