The Hallmarks of Good Digital Citizenship

The Hallmarks of Good Digital Citizenship

Just as parents are responsible for teaching their children to be good citizens, the digital age also tasks them with raising good digital citizens. Today’s generation constantly uses some form of technology, whether it be a tablet, cell phone or computer. With this...
How Kids Get Around Internet Monitoring at School

How Kids Get Around Internet Monitoring at School

Schools that monitor the Internet by blocking potentially-harmful sites can be sidestepped with relative ease by the tech-savvy child. These are the most frequent tools and methods kids use to bypass the controls schools set up to keep them safe: 1. Use A Proxy Server...
Raising Internet-Smart Kids

Raising Internet-Smart Kids

Protecting children from the vastness of the Internet can be difficult. Huffington Post reports that 91% of teens, with or without a smartphone, say they access the Internet from their phones, which makes it even harder to monitor what a child might be looking at....
Your Content Filter Is Not Enough

Your Content Filter Is Not Enough

Access to the Internet in schools provides students with many opportunities to practice independent research. However, this requires teachers and administrators to place a large amount of trust in the hands of most students, some of which may not be responsible enough...