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We know how important it is to protect and educate young people on using the Internet and want to provide all of our users with a safe experience. When it comes to family safety, we aim to: * Provide parents and teachers with tools to help them choose what content their children see online * Offer tips and advice to families about how to stay safe online * Work closely with organizations such as charities, others in our industry and government bodies dedicated to protecting young people

Marketers convened in San Francisco this week to figure out how best to reach teens on the Internet. The answer: It's all about the mobile phone.

To today's students, online social networking is almost second nature outside of the classroom. What about inside the classroom? Educational software and services are taking a cue from Facebook and MySpace, adding a twist of online collaboration and interaction that brings students, teachers and parents together.

The use of computers and the Internet by Latinos and low-income Californians continues to lag behind other groups, according to a survey released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California.

After a years-long dispute, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child said Thursday that they had reached an agreement to offer Windows on the organization's computers.

As a joint effort of CDE, CTAP and CUE, the Student Technology Showcase serves to inform parents, teachers, administrators, legislators and higher education representatives about curriculum-based student technology projects being undertaken in Kindergarten through grade 12.

A Practical Guide to Using Web2.0 Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth.
Ben Rigby and Rock the Vote have put together a book for activists, politicos, and organizers called "Mobilizing Generation 2.0: A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0." It is a how-to guide to help those who want to mobilize using the web, focusing on how organizers can leverage blogging, social network sites, photo/video sharing, mobile phones, wikis, maps and virtual worlds.

My Pupils have discovered YouTube -- I wonder how? | Aylesbury LIFE

A course being offered at Stanford University that teaches parents "how to think" about Facebook. The web site includes five steps for parents and a newsletter.

The cellphone industry has a suggestion for improving the math skills of American students: spend more time on cellphones in the classroom.

Chat with authors, record podcasts, and cover reference-all online and for free-with Skype. - [School Library Journal, Jan 08]

Bumped in to this today -- would you belive in coincidences -- Parents as Partners at joined by Steve Hargadon tonight 14 April 9pm PDT (too late for GMT me) -- participate at chatroom http://edtechtalk.com/live -- to discuss web2.0 pedagogies in schools and best practices for educating parents -- I so wish I could stay up but will have to leave that for others (aka feedback request please) -- although thinking about it I might manage to get up early the following day (ouch).

The K12HSN Professional Development Cafe is a series of videoconferences around a variety of areas of interest for K-12 school personnel. Participation in these sessions is available through videoconferencing or through web streaming.

Chances are your district's acceptable use policy is outdated. With the proliferation of Web 2.0 tools, multifunction cell phones and handheld computers, to name just three, it's obvious that keeping AUPs up to date requires constant attention.

Community 'moderated' DNS level web filter applied to broadband router sure keeps pc-offspring-'hackers' well filtered (until they discover reset button on router -- mmm perhaps keeping broadband provider instructions for router somewhere safe would be a good idea).

In 2006, following extensive research into the educational potential of virtual worlds, Global Kids became the first nonprofit to develop a dedicated space for conducting programming in the virtual world of Teen Second Life (TSL). Within TSL, the organization has established Global Kids Island, which hosts interactive, experiential programs for teens from around the world. Specifically, Global Kids is conducting intensive leadership programming for youth, bringing youth from its New York-based programs into the space, and streaming the audio and video of major events into the world.

A plan for use of broadband infrastructure and services in advancing consumer welfare, public safety & homeland security, education, worker training and other national purposes as mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The commission wants to cut the red tape when it comes to educational efforts by increasing the supply of digital content and online learning systems and promoting digital literacy for students and teachers. The FCC also suggested an upgrade to the beleagured E-Rate grant program to allow for additional connectivity, flexibility and efficiency.

Educators are crossing a new social-media minefield that can explode with 1 wrong text message or Facebook entry.