Contents Resources Living Life Online Parents and teachers often talk about helping you stay safe, online and off. They try to teach you to think critically about what you see and hear, and make sure you have the skills you need to succeed in the 21st century.

Raganwald describes a Facebook privacy-leak that's creepy even by Facebook standards. When you sign up for apps, the app-maker has the power to extract all your friends' personal info , assuming they've shared it with you. So anything you share with your friends can be hoovered up by any app they trust.

The late Steve Jobs speaks to members of the media during an Apple product unveiling event in San Francisco in 2010. Apple and Jobs have a record of taking existing technologies and redesigning them with an emphasis on visual simplicity. (David Paul Morris, Bloomberg / October 26, 2011) 8:14 p.m.

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A current look at how Facebook and other tools are used at Harvard.

Is Facebook a worthless waste of time for students? Does it steal time and energy that they would otherwise spend on homework? Is it focusing their attention on trivia, facilitating unhealthy interactions with peers and teachers, and turning their minds to jelly? Many parents and teachers certainly feel this way.