2009

Should sex offenders be banned from social networking sites?

August 13, 2009 // 73 Comments

By Larry Magid The just-signed Illinois law banning sex offenders from social-networking sites might seem like a good idea to protect children, but it will have virtually no [...]

Aneesh Chopra on Internet safety

August 5, 2009 // 9 Comments

Aneesh Chopra, the nation’s first chief technology officer came to Silicon Valley this week to speak at the Churchill Club and the Internet Education Foundation’s [...]

Netgear router filters porn

July 30, 2009 // 12 Comments

There are lots of Internet filtering products on the market that enable parents to block certain types of websites such as pornography, hate sites, or sites that promote [...]

We need critical thinking in a world without Uncle Walter

July 21, 2009 // 29 Comments

I both envy and worry about young people who are growing up in the age of the Internet. I envy them for their life-long access to a media that’s diversified enough to [...]

Cyberbullying: a serious problem, but not an epidemic

July 14, 2009 // 19 Comments

by Larry Magid The first things you need to know about cyberbullying are that it’s not an epidemic and it’s not killing our children. Yes, it’s probably one [...]

Washington Post piece questions filters @ school

July 11, 2009 // 102 Comments

A well thought-out Washington Post column by Justin Reich points out that web filters in schools do a great job limiting what teachers can search while not doing much to [...]

Web 2.0 schools – something more profound is happening

July 11, 2009 // 3 Comments

by Nancy Willard This is my first post at SafeKids.com and it was generated by a question from a reporter: “I am currently working on a story about the explosion of [...]

Internet safety messages must be tailored to risk group

July 10, 2009 // 5 Comments

by Larry Magid One problem with most of today’s Internet safety messaging campaigns is that there is only one set of messages for the entire population of youth and [...]

Should schools end Internet safety nights?

July 9, 2009 // 7 Comments

by Larry Magid Ever since I founded SafeKids.com back in the mid-nineties I’ve been giving talks at school events, typically on “Internet safety night.” For [...]

Educators take Web 2.0 to school

July 8, 2009 // 1 Comment

by Larry Magid I spent part of last week in Washington, D.C., at the annual National Educational Computing Conference. The event, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this [...]

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