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Digital Wellness is Cognitive Wellness

Digital Wellness is Cognitive Wellness

Apr 6, 2022

We actually have the power to improve our brain’s ability to acquire, understand, and apply information. But sometimes our screen use can get in the way.

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Is There a Relationship Between Tech Use and Gun Violence?

Jun 2, 2022

It was bullets, not bytes — that took the lives of 10 people in Buffalo and 21 people, including 19 elementary school students, in Uvalde, Texas. Still, some are blaming video games and social media, along with mental illness.

How to Delete What Google Knows About You

May 26, 2022

Like the weather, a lot of people like to complain about how Google impacts their privacy but, unlike the weather, there are things you can do about it.

Ask Trish: Mental Health Awareness Month

May 24, 2022

Mental Health Awareness Month is a time to raise awareness about mental health and the challenges millions of Americans – and many more global citizens – face with their mental health.

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Wellness and Safety

FBI Issues Warning About Sextortion After Arrest in Teen Death

FBI Issues Warning About Sextortion After Arrest in Teen Death

Dec 22, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) issued a joint national public safety alert on financial sextortion schemes. That same day,...

Teen’s Street Literacy' Thwarts Phone Thief

Nov 4, 2018

By Stephen Carrick-Davies Last week my 17-year old son was stopped by a group of young people at the local bus stop in South London  who demanded he give them his mobile. Nothing new there, this has happened before to him and his 14 year-old brother.  What I found...

Media Literacy for Educators and Families with Young Children

Nov 1, 2018

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/connectsafely/2018/11/01/media-literacy-with-larry-magid-and-kerry-gallagher.mp3 listen to Larry Magid and Kerry Gallagher talk about Media Literacy and it's approach in the classroom and at home ConnectSafely’s CEO Larry Magid and K-12...

AI, Machine Learning Battle Child Sexual Exploitation

Oct 31, 2018

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/connectsafely/2018/10/24/ncmecs-coo-michelle-delaune-on-how-facebook-combats-so-called-child-porn.mp3 Listen to podcast interview about this with Nat'l Center for Missing & Exploited Children COO Michelle DeLaune By Larry Magid I’ve...

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2. Smart Digital Parenting: Navigating Screens with Children & Teens

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