Publications: Books
Racing to Keep Up - Strategies for parents to talk with their kids about technology use and ways to keep the home computer safe
"Racing to keep up" helps parents better understand and guide their children's use of technology. With strategies, and information written within a framework of child development, this unique and informative book offers real life solutions to the challenges of talking to children about technology, setting up rules for technology use and protecting the home computer.
Available online at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com
[NOTE TO BOOKSTORES - Volume discounts are available directly through our publisher, Dog Ear Publishing, with rights to return. Call: 866-823-9613]
Safe Practices for Life Online - An Internet safety curriculum for students in grades six through twelve.
Safe Practices for Life Online offers nearly one hundred student exercises on all topics regarding Internet safety. Topics include choosing screen names and passwords, protecting your privacy online, avoiding identity theft and impersonation, responding to uncomfortable online situations, cyberbullying, instant messaging, social networks, recognizing and avoiding phishing and other scams, learning to be media savvy online, safeguarding your personal information, and more.
Technology and Learning Magazine have called Safe Practices for Life Online a "must read"!
Available online from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
"Safe Practices for Life Online" is available in a Student Edition at a reduced rate through Lulu.com. For student copies, visit Student Edition of Safe Practices for Life Online
Publications: Articles [Visit our newsletter archive.]
The Impact of Facebook on Our Students
This article first appeared on the National Association of Independent Schools website in January, 2009. It was also published in the June, 2009 issue of Teacher Librarian, The Journal for School Library Professionals.
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Internet Safety - Are We Doing Enough in Grades 4 - 8?
This article appeared online in the fall, 2006 issue of Independent Teacher.org
Assorted Articles
How to Turn on "Safe Search" Features on Internet Search Engines [Updated 6/09]
How Do We Cope with Our Child's Request to Use Instant-Messaging Software?
My Space is No Place for Your Kids
Why Most Parents Dislike IM, and if they don't, they should [9/05]
Summer Concerns: Blogs and Online Role-Playing Games [4/04]
Time and Technology [9/03]
Changes in the way we communicate [3/03]
Misinformation and Infoglut [10/02] This article also appeared in the July, 2004 published edition of the Big Apple Parent.
Instant Messaging: IM Doesn't Mean 'I Must' [8/02]