5 Tips for Keeping Your Teen Safe Online this Summer

5 Tips for Keeping Your Teen Safe Online this Summer

By Kerry Gallagher Your teens will probably be around the house and have more downtime this summer than they do during the school year. That means ample opportunities to go online to watch videos, play games, and use social media. While they deserve a break to unwind...
Parent’s Guide to Education Technology

Parent’s Guide to Education Technology

  By Kerry Gallagher, J.D., and Larry Magid, Ed.D. Download Guide (PDF)   We all know children use devices like smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks, and laptops at school and they also often use a vocabulary full of technology jargon that may seem completely foreign....
Helping Kids Survive Bullying and Other Trauma

Helping Kids Survive Bullying and Other Trauma

ConnectSafley CEO Larry Magid and K-12 Education Director Kerry Gallagher talk about how adults can support youth who have been affected by bullying. Why do some kids have a horrible time after being bullied while others are able to bounce back. The answer lies, in...
How to Avoid Succumbing to Fake Websites — Political or Otherwise

How to Avoid Succumbing to Fake Websites — Political or Otherwise

by Larry Magid This post appeared in the Mercury News Microsoft’s revelation that it has discovered and disabled websites controlled by a group with ties to the Russian government is not only a warning to political operatives from both parties, but to everyone who...

Top 5 Questions about Creativity & Copyright

1. What’s protected by copyright and what isn’t? The U.S. Copyright Office says that copyright “protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and...