DownloadFull Guide (PDF Technology tools and apps are making it possible for educators and students to collaborate, create, and share ideas more easily than ever. When schools use technology, students’ data—including some personal information—is collected both by...
By Larry Magid I’ve long had a love-hate relationship with parental control tools that monitor or limit what kids can do with technology. I love that busy parents can access tools to help them carry out their responsibility to control when and how long their kids can...
Revenge porn, when someone shares an intimate image of another person without his or her permission, is an awful practice, which often causes significant emotional distress. And that’s true even if the image was taken with the consent of the person but shared...
This post has been updated with a “how to protect yourself” sidebar (scroll down) By Larry Magid A few days ago I was clicking through Netflix and stumbled upon Inside Job, a 2010 documentary about how deregulation and greed during the Reagan, Clinton and...
This post first appeared in the Mercury News By Larry Magid Google is testing out a new service called Family Link, and it’s a big deal because it’s the first time this century that a major internet service provider is enrolling users under 13. The Children’s...