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Essence Lee

Internet Safety, What Teens Want to Know About Downloading Music - 0 views

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shared by Essence Lee on 03 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Essence Lee on 03 Dec 09
     
    This talks about teenagers and them downloading. It has a question and answer text to give the teens a chance to ask questions.
Burks Oakley

Who's Driving Twitter's Popularity? Not Teenagers - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...26twitter.html

shared by Burks Oakley on 26 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Though Twitter’s founders originally conceived of the site as a way to stay in touch with acquaintances, it turns out that it is better for broadcasting ideas or questions and answers to the outside world or for marketing a product.
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      Burks Oakley on 26 Aug 09
       
      This is the power of Twitter - in forming a "personal learning network".
Steffen Spinks

Law.com - 3rd Circuit Bars Prosecution Threat for Teen 'Sexting' - 0 views

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shared by Steffen Spinks on 22 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Steffen Spinks on 22 Apr 10
     
    Article about how sexting got teenagers in trouble. Then DA tried to force them to take a class about sexting but when they refused, they sued the DA because the DA was questioning the parenting of the parents. Very good article.
Morgan Diffenderfer

Prescription Drug Abuse - Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Act - Goodhousekeeping.com - 1 views

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shared by Morgan Diffenderfer on 05 May 10 - Cached
  • the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 won final approval from both houses of Congress
  • The act — which will help regulate rogue online pharmacies where many kids purchase pills for illicit use — should soon be signed into law by President Bush.
  • Nearly one in five teenagers — that's 4.5 million — admit to abusing medications not prescribed to them, reports a 2005 study conducted by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
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  • drugs have been easily available to kids surfing the Internet.
  • Case in point: In February 2001, Ryan Haight, an A student and star tennis player from Laguna Beach, CA, died of an accidental overdose of Vicodin, Valium, and a trace of morphine. A doctor prescribed these drugs over the Internet, and a pharmacist filled them online. The 18-year-old had never met either one face-to-face.
  • Morgan Diffenderfer on 05 May 10
     
    SCARY HOW EASY SOMEONE CAN GET KILLED FOR BUYING PRESCRIPTIONS OVER THE INTERNET. tHANKS TO THIS BILL, HOPEFULLY PURCHASING MEDS ONLINE WON'T BE AS EASY AS IT USED TO
Lynn Banister

Teens Take Elders to Tech Bootcamp - 0 views

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shared by Lynn Banister on 24 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Lynn Banister on 24 Mar 11
     
    This is a Wall Street Journal article from January 12, 2011. It is a refreshing view of teenagers doing something wonderful as we always seem to read of the pitfalls of being a teen. The article references our PEW readings on technology useage by age group.
Trevor Johnson

Blogging loses appeal for US teenagers - 0 views

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shared by Trevor Johnson on 01 May 11 - Cached
  • Trevor Johnson on 01 May 11
     
    A US study has indicated that younger internet users are losing interest in blogging and switching to shorter and more mobile forms of communication.
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