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11 Sites and Apps Kids Are Heading to After Facebook | Common Sense Media
Next-generation apps that let users text, video chat, shop, and share their pics and videos are attracting teens like catnip. Kelly Schryver •September 20, 20 Remember MySpace? Not so long ago, practically every teen in the world was on it … Continue reading
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New Study Uncovers The Powerful New Role Of Media In Children’s Lives – Edudemic – Edudemic
By Katie Lepi on November 7, 2013 A couple of weeks ago, Common Sense Media released their findings from a study they conducted on children’s media use in America. This was their second survey designed to document the media environments and … Continue reading
Empowering Kids Online: An Important Strategy to Keep Them Safe | MindShift
By Laura Sydell, NPR The social media site Ask.fm has made headlines in connection with the suicide of a 12-year-old Florida girl who was the target of intense bullying on the site. Some law enforcement officials are warning parents about … Continue reading
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Teaching and Modeling Good Digital Citizenship | MindShift
By Jennifer Roland Teens are savvier than we might give them credit for when it comes to knowing their privacy boundaries on social networking sites. According to a recent Pew Internet study, 62% of teens surveyed said their posts can … Continue reading
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What Will You Click On Next? Focusing Our Attention Online | MindShift
The onslaught of information from the wired world can be overwhelming to anyone — even the savviest online audiences. But rather than completely shut out the digital world, the smarter solution is to learn how to manage it, says author … Continue reading
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Why Being Young Doesn’t Make You a Social Media Expert
Rebecca Levey, Jan 18, 2013 Rebecca Levey is a co-founder of KidzVuz.com, a video review site by and for tweens. She writes about technology and education at Beccarama and is a White House Champion of Change for Education. Follow her … Continue reading
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Social Media Guidelines For Students And Job Seekers – Edudemic
Everything you put on social media lives forever. You may delete it. You may hide it. But there are backups of backups made all the time by sites like Google, Facebook, and Twitter (Library of Congress, for example) so you … Continue reading
Why Being Young Doesn’t Make You a Social Media Expert
by Rebecca Levy On the face of it, my 10-year-old twin daughters are the poster girls for the “digital natives” generation. They’ve had a Leapster since age 4, and have been online since they were 5 — first playing on … Continue reading
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