Technology

Need to Know: Social Mapping and Your Child on the Internet

March 10, 2011

What is social mapping? Social mapping is a process where information about online use is used to create a map of historic usage, as well as a predictor of future digital usage for a person. It is basically a way of creating a digital fingerprint for a person. It is a collection of data about [...]

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Texting: The New Way for Kids to Be Rude

March 9, 2011

” My 14 year old daughter is a texting addict! She will even sit and text when our family is at a restaurant. It drives me nuts. If I tell her to stop, she just does it under the table. It’s like this little secret that we can’t be in on, plus it’s just plain [...]

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What is Social Mapping?

March 9, 2011

Many parents are genuinely concerned about social mapping, and an even greater number don’t even know what social mapping is. In short, social mapping is a map or profile of a person that is created based on their digital activities. In other words, what they do in the digital world creates a sort of digital [...]

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Cyberbullying: A View from the Bench

December 3, 2010

by Judge Tom Jacobs As a juvenile and family court judge for 23 years, I saw thousands of teenagers and families in my courtroom. They were there for many reasons: adoption, delinquency, abuse and neglect, name change, permission to marry or obtain an abortion, etc. Daily calendars are full and there is little time to [...]

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Web Tools for Making Your Classroom More Interactive

November 20, 2010

When you are a teacher, you need to use everything at your disposal to assist you in getting your lessons across. With the Internet, this is simpler than ever. There are plenty of tools and resources created specifically for teachers and students to make the learning process more interactive and even fun, no matter what [...]

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Internet Safety for Children

October 17, 2010

Do you know what your child is doing on the Internet?  How can you insure your Child’s Safety while surfing the net?  How do I get my child off the computer at bedtime?  If these aren’t questions you are asking yourself then maybe you should be. You may be asking yourself right now, “Where do [...]

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