If your kids love to take, post, and tag photos with their cellphones and they use smartphones like an iPhone, sit down with them and figure out how to disable geotagging. What's geotagging? It's a bit of software code that smartphones automatically embed in digital photos when you take them, so that – when they're posted online – people can fairly easily map exactly where the photo was taken, … [Read more...] about Disable geotagging on kids’ smartphones!
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Social-media-based stalking on rise in Oz
The Daily Telegraph in Australia reports a rise over the past two years in requests for restraining orders against online stalkers by young Australians, "claiming they are victims of intimidation." Restraining orders are called "AVOs," for apprehended violence orders, in Australia, and an attorney there "said this sort of behaviour could happen through a combination of mediums such as Facebook or … [Read more...] about Social-media-based stalking on rise in Oz
‘What’s Your Story?’: Video contest for digital citizens
I have a bias because I'm a judge, but I love this contest because it turns digital video producers 13+ into digital-citizenship educators (and teen educators usually have considerable credibility with their peers). The international contest, TrendMicro's "What's Your Story," invites teens to produce and submit a video for one of three broad categories: "Being a Good Online Citizen," "Using a … [Read more...] about ‘What’s Your Story?’: Video contest for digital citizens
14-year-old’s app is No. 1
Robert Nay in Utah has been designing Web sites since the 3rd grade, but now he's seriously into designing cellphone apps. So seriously that a physics game called "Bubble Ball" which he designed recently moved up to the No. 1 free app in Apple's App Store, Spotlight on Digital Media & Learning reports. Apparently with some encouragement from his mom, "Nay taught himself programming after … [Read more...] about 14-year-old’s app is No. 1
About teen drivers: ‘The Last Text’
It has to be one of the saddest titles I've seen. To help stop texting while driving, AT&T has produced a mini-doc about teens who have died, been critically injured, or have caused a death while texting behind the wheel, as well as those who sent the driver that final text. And the messages were so trivial: "lol," "where r," and "where u at." Said a young man in the video who has had to put … [Read more...] about About teen drivers: ‘The Last Text’