By: Meghan Mathias There is a lot of discourse about the dangers of social media and how these apps may be negatively affecting young kids. However, it is also important to highlight the aspects of social media that can be beneficial for everyone, especially young kids. According to the University [...]
Fundraising has always been a challenge for non-profit organizations, especially small 501(c)(3) non-profits like Savvy Cyber Kids. Add the events of 2020 and 2021 on top of everything else and we needed a new way to fundraise that will help us to continue to develop new and updated learning materials [...]
By Madison Forster In todays world of technology, something like sharing passwords can be common in kids and teens to “show trust” in friendships and romantic relationships. They may shrug it off like it is “no big deal”, but here are some things you can teach young children on why [...]
By: Meghan Mathias What is Social Media Addiction? The majority of you may be reading this article because you are desperately seeking ways to lower that screen time. Whether we want to admit it or not, if we partake in social media, it is generally difficult to stop. You tell [...]
Summary: The cellular technology that allows our mobile phones to track our location, stream our videos, and locate family and friends nearby, also allows us to be located. So, what’s actually happening with the devices we depend on every day? Your every move can be monetized. The evolution of the [...]
By Shannon Fitzgibbon Social media, being now readily available to anyone with modern communicative technologies, has inherently made it possible for communication without limitations of distance, language, or even areas of cell phone service. Popular platforms, such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook provide billions of people worldwide with connection to [...]
By Shannon Fitzgibbon What is cyberbullying? With technology and social media becoming more accessible than ever in modern society, anyone can be a victim of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying, as defined by PACER National Bullying Prevention Center, is “the use of technology to repeatedly and intentionally harass, hurt, embarrass, humiliate, or intimidate [...]
When creating a new account (social media, banking, or anything else!), a website will often prompt you to create answers to security questions. The questions are designed to help you recall information that is easy to remember, but also, unfortunately, easy to guess! For the most part, we are taught [...]
By: Natalie Newman Technology usage has become a normal activity in everyone’s daily lives. The more advanced our technology gets, the more people want to buy more. Whether it’s the new iPhone or a new computer, technology has grown to be a necessity in our lives, topping our survival lists [...]
By Shannon Fitzgibbon Online blackmail is the term that defines the threatening of someone over the internet to leak information to either the public or friends and family unless that individual complies with the demands of the blackmailer. Online blackmail can happen to anyone with access to the internet, including [...]
