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How Social Media Can Be A Learning Tool
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 [...]
Support Savvy Cyber Kids and Get a Chance to Win a Tesla!
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 [...]
Why Should You NOT Share Your Password With Others?
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 [...]
Social Media Addiction: Can We Overcome It?
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 [...]
What Is Cyberbullying?
By: Natalie Newman Cyberbullying: the act of harassing someone online by sending or posting mean messages, usually anonymously. But what does cyberbullying really mean? Cyberbullying is all around us, and it can shapeshift into many different forms. From social media to private emails, cyberbullying is scary, not only because it’s [...]
What Did Viking Kids Use to Entertain Themselves?
By: Natalie Newman In modern times, using technology as the primary form of entertainment is simply unavoidable. With the advancement of cellphones and artificial intelligence, technology has changed the way kids live their everyday lives. It has become the center of attention for kids, even at a very young age. [...]
What Your Employees are Doing That Can Harm Your Company’s Reputation
For many employees, there is often the incorrect assumption that their actions online are entirely private. Many companies monitor their employee’s actions to ensure a positive corporate reputation is maintained, especially online reputation. No employer wants to have to exercise their public relations crisis management procedure in response to unintentional or [...]
Data Privacy and Your Mobile Phone
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 [...]
How Are Women Treated Differently Online?
By Shannon Fitzgibbon Sexism: Sexism is ultimately the discrimination or prejudice held against someone due to their sex or gender. More often than not, this deals with women over men, as women have often been deemed “lesser” due to their gender. There are many reasons that sexism would exist in [...]
What can I do to prevent social media addiction?
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 [...]
Smart Social Media Security Strategies for Business
If you are looking to make sure that your business social media accounts are secure, you are going to need to start with a detailed social media policy catering to the company and its employees. Because of the increased reliance on social media tools for business marketing and communications, security [...]
Is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act effective?
By Shannon Fitzgibbon What is it? What does it do? According to the Federal Trade Commission, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) works to regulate how online data and information regarding one’s child is gathered and handled. COPPA has therefore given some authority to parents and guardians in regards [...]