By Anonymous High School Student What is Roblox? As a parent, I’m sure your kids move in and out of many phases and enjoy playing a variety of different games that they probably love to talk about. Lately, some of them may have grown interested in Roblox, a game where [...]
By Anonymous High School Student What is Peer Pressure? (For Kids) Peer pressure is when children are influenced to do something that they may not have normally done by a group of kids relatively close in age. They may convince them by continuously pressuring them or making them feel inferior [...]
By Anonymous High School Student Screens are some of the most addictive products on the market, sharing the top of charts with nicotine and morphine. But what makes them so addictive? Why do we have to force ourselves to put our phones down, and why do we pick them back [...]
By Anonymous High School Student The Social Dilemma, a 2020 Netflix Documentary, features several technology experts from a variety of social media platforms who warn the public of the dangers of social media. These experts express their discomfort with the way their social tools are now being used. Justin Rosenstein, [...]
By Anonymous High School Student At the end of last school year, my current laptop was starting to have things break. It is really hard to be in a class Zoom with broken speakers (luckily my headphones still worked). As the new school year was about to start I decided [...]
By Anonymous High School Student I am disgusted by members of my generation who have been outright racist, or even unbearably ignorant, as shown in the videos that have been circling social media. These are my peers, people I talk to and see interact with people of color every day. [...]
By Anonymous High School Student TikTok is a creative video sharing app that has become a very popular social media platform for all ages, including young children. Like most social media apps, users must be 13+ to create a TikTok account. However, young kids know how to get around apps [...]
Kids like games. So why not use electronic games to teach internet safety principles? Read our latest Student Blog... Games That Teach Cyber Ethics: A middle schooler’s gaming review of Tad’s Profile Panic, Rescue Run, Password Plunder, and Cyberbully Cyber Attacks. Young people experience their world—academically and personally—through technology now [...]
Students of all ages experience their world—academically and personally—through technology now more than ever. We recently launched a new program where students can submit book, game, and app reviews to have published on the Savvy Cyber Kids Student Blog. Get your kids writing and published (all author names are listed [...]
Kids like games. So why not use electronic games to teach internet safety principles? Read more here to see a middle schooler’s review of games for first through fifth graders. Tad’s Profile Panic Any age that likes mazes Internet Safety- 2/5 General Game- 2/5 Tad’s Profile Panic is a repetitive [...]
