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"Mobile Motivation: Learning with Mobile Devices"

Young people worldwide use mobile devices in a variety of ways-but they almost universally use smartphones to access the Internet, says "Mobile Youth Around the World," a recent study from research giant, Nielsen.

"Bans on student use of mobile devices exist for some good reasons-kids use them inappropriately at school and there are safety and security concerns. So why bother considering a change? There are six reasons to consider BYOD"

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"The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday criticized Apple, Google and other tech firms for failing to be upfront with parents about how the companies are collecting personal data through mobile apps aimed at young children."

Welcome to A Parents' Guide to Facebook (PDF). It's designed to help you understand what Facebook is and how to use it safely. With it, you will be better informed and able to communicate with young Facebook users in your life more effectively. That's important because 1) if something goes wrong, we want our children to come to us and 2) as the Internet becomes increasingly social and mobile, a parent's guidance and support are ever more key to young people's well-being in social media and technology. The guidebook is published in partnership with the iKeepSafe Coalition.

"QR Treasure Hunt Generator! Get students using their mobile devices to move and to learn"

"But some new tablets do get you jazzed. And one deserving recognition is the alluring Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime that I've been testing. Available the week of Dec. 19, it vaults to the top of the list of available Android tablets. Why the lust? Asus has produced a tablet that is fast, beautiful and generous with power. It costs $499 for a version with 32GB of internal storage or $599 for 64GB. Asus is throwing in a year of unlimited Web storage for free. Machines are Wi-Fi only."

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Connect Safely is an organization creating materials to educate students, teachers, and parents about the safe use of social networking services. One of the resources that Connect Safely offers is a series of educational videos. The videos offer quick little lessons about what can happen to the information posted on social network sites. I've embedded one of the videos below.