#onlinesafety

Jan 12, 2016
3 min

Get Safe Academy: The Cure for Your Holiday Tech Hangover

So your kids got devices for the holidays. Bet they got really quiet all of the sudden. Are they tucked into a sofa corner or a corner of their rooms with their thumbs flying? Are you relishing the peace, yet a bit worried about what they’re doing? We’ve got your back, parents. Frienedy and Safe in the City have teamed up to create Get Safe Academy, where the mission is to empower parents to keep kids safe in this virtual social world we live in! The first course in Get

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#DigiWishes: For Parents to Learn How to Protect Kids From Cyber Predators

Heather Ryan, CEO/Founder, Safe in the City

Dec 13, 2015
6 min

#DigiWishes: For Parents to Learn How to Protect Kids From Cyber Predators

If you have time to read only one Digital Wish, please make it this one! Thank you Heather for taking the time to share your invaluable experience as an investigator of child exploitation, sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, narcotics, espionage, homicide and more. Who are cyber predators looking for? I’ve been asked this question a lot. For 14 years I was a Special Agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS…yes, like the tv show). I lived and wor

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#Digiwishes: No Parents Who Just Say "No"

Rob Zidar, Co-Founder of ThirdParent

Dec 13, 2015
4 min

#Digiwishes: No Parents Who Just Say "No"

We’re big fans of Cyberwise’s tagline ”No Grownup Left Behind.” We want to see all parents up to speed when it comes to what their kids and teens are doing online, and what kind of guidance best assures safe and responsible online activity. With that in mind, our digital wish is for parents of kids who are coming of social media age is: “No parents who just say no”. “What’s that?” you say. Let me explain. The average American teen gets her first cell phone by the age of 12, a

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Denise Lisi DeRosa, Cyber-Sensible

Dec 7, 2015
4 min

#DigiWishes: Let's Elevate "Tech Talk"

My #Digiwish for 2016 is for us to elevate the discussion of tech use from a limited scope of addressing problems, like cyberbullying and screen time, to a more holistic view of how to weave technology in to our lives in a positive way. Our focus as a community of parents, teachers and tech safety advocates should be on how to encourage good digital citizenship, defined by the recent DigCit Summit as “smart, savvy and ethical use of technology.” Cyberbullying: One Part of the

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Sue Scheff, Author, Parent

Dec 1, 2015
3 min

#DigiWishes: More Cyber Advocates!

This is the first of our ongoing #digiwishes campaign, inspired by our Holiday Protection Package Wishlist. We'll be asking digital experts to tell us their Digital Wishes for a safer, saner, and kinder online world. We are honored to have Sue Scheff, a tireless advocate for online kindness, as our first featured blogger! Here is her wish: Today we live in a world where the majority of people, young and not so young, are hooked on some type of gadget. From infants and toddler

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3 Takeaway's from FOSI's Annual Conference

Jason France, PocketGuardian

Nov 22, 2015
3 min

3 Takeaway's from FOSI's Annual Conference

This past week PocketGuardian attended the 2015 Family Online Safety Institute's (FOSI) annual conference. We had the pleasure of connecting with many organizations and thought leaders who are bringing awareness to online safety. Over the two-day event, panel topics explored cyber ethics and cyber-bullying, child online sexual exploitation, privacy, international trends, educational technology, digital parenting, and much more. This was our first time participating we felt

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Meet Frienedy | Traditional Parenting in an Untraditional World Just Got Easier

Cyberwise

Nov 11, 2015
2 min

Meet Frienedy | Traditional Parenting in an Untraditional World Just Got Easier

One of the trickiest aspects of being a digital parent is learning how to apply traditional parenting skills to the online world. Our parents had it easy—they kept us relatively safe by guiding us through a world they knew better than we did. But then the Internet came along and turned all that upside down. Today kids inhabit an online world with online friends that many of us are still figuring out. That’s why we were so thrilled to have found, and tell you about, Frienedy,

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5 Features to Look For In a Parental Monitoring App

Jason France, Co-Founder of PocketGuardian

Sep 8, 2015
3 min

5 Features to Look For In a Parental Monitoring App

Are you interested in knowing if your child is using his or her mobile device inappropriately? If so, there are many parental monitoring apps to choose from with varying levels of control, ranging from disabling device features to borderline spyware. With so many options available, how do you choose the right one for your family? Before selecting a parental monitoring app ask yourself the following question: Which features should I look for when comparing parental monitori

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What is an LMS? (pssst...every parent and teacher should know!)

Rob Yoegel, Vice President of Marketing at Gaggle

Aug 18, 2015
3 min

What is an LMS? (pssst...every parent and teacher should know!)

No one is able to help me understand exactly what defines a learning management system (LMS). Common Sense Media has one of the better definitions that I’ve come across: A platform for the administration, documentation, delivery, tracking and reporting of online learning activities. Technology coordinators and curriculum directors are likely to have their own ideas, whereas many superintendents and principals simply know their district or school needs an LMS. Make no mistake,

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Why U.S. Schools Need a Social Media Helpline!

Matt Soeth, #icanhelp

May 26, 2015
2 min

Why U.S. Schools Need a Social Media Helpline!

I remember my third grade experience like it was yesterday. The kids calling me names, running away before I could make them stop, chasing me when I went the other way or finding me playing on the playground so they could torment me some more. I remember going to the yard duty, a woman standing about 5’2″ who I thought was a giant, stared down at me to listen to my plight of being bullied daily. I told her what was happening, and without a pause she looked at me and said, “Wh

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What Is VISR? Our Interview With Founder Robert Reichman

Diana Graber

Feb 13, 2015
2 min

What Is VISR? Our Interview With Founder Robert Reichman

Recently we were introduced to a new tech tool we found intriguing— VISR provides "early detection" to spot threats and safety issues your children might be exposed to on their digital devices -- sort of like an alarm. It alerts parents to potential issues like bullying, violence, sexting, etc., while respecting children's privacy. We also thought Founder Robert Reichmann's story was interesting, we hope you do too! What is VISR? VISR is an early detection technology for thre

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Cyber Civics Featured on America Tonight!

Diana Graber

Jun 25, 2014
1 min

Cyber Civics Featured on America Tonight!

Unfortunately, it's not unusual to see heartbreaking stories about cyberbullying in the news, however it is unusual see proactive, preemptive solutions to cyberbullying. That's why we are so honored and thrilled that Al Jazeera America sent a crew to Journey School in Aliso Viejo, CA, to see how we've made "cyber bullying history." Please take a moment read the story below and watch the clip to learn why classes like "Cyber Civics" must to be a permanent part of every scho

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Diana Graber

May 1, 2014
1 min

IS ONLINE SECURITY BUGGING YOU?

Online Security Strategies, our newest online course, is a quick and easy way for your entire family to how to keep safe and secure online. The whole course takes about 2 hours! It's great for families to take together because research shows that when it comes to online security, most people fall short. As large scale data breaches and vulnerabilities become increasingly common, more and more people will become victims of identity theft. In fact, a January 2014 Pew Internet s

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Diana Graber

Apr 1, 2014
2 min

HELP YOUR CHILD MANAGE THEIR ONLINE REPUTATION WHILE YOU STILL CAN

Once upon a time, kids could be kids. They could do the silly things that kids do — make inappropriate comments, appear in and take ridiculous photos — and only their very close friends, and maybe their family, would be any the wiser. Unfortunately those quaint days of yore are long gone. Today nearly everything a young person (or any of us, for that matter) says or does is chronicled for the world to see on an assortment of social media sites ranging from Instagram, Vine,

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