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New from ConnectSafely: ‘A Parents’ Guide to Mobile Phones’

June 19, 2014 By Anne 1 Comment

It's hard to know exactly how many kids and teens have mobile phones right now, but we do know that over a year ago more than a third (37%) of US 12-to-17-year-olds had smartphones, up from 23% in 2011, and a whopping 78% had some kind of mobile phone. That's from the Pew Internet Project, one of the best US sources on youth and tech. We also know that mobile phones are how young people access … [Read more...] about New from ConnectSafely: ‘A Parents’ Guide to Mobile Phones’

Filed Under: child development, empathy, mobile, Parenting, Risk & Safety, Social Media, texting Tagged With: ATT, cellphones, ConnectSafely, CTIA, first phone, kids, mobile guide, mobile phones, parents guide, parents guide to mobile, smartphones, Sprint, T-Mobile, teens, Verizon Wireless

TWD going the way of DUI: Research

November 13, 2012 By Anne Leave a Comment

The good news is, the vast majority of young drivers and passengers (91%) now know how dangerous it is to text while driving (TWD) – very close to the figure for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol: 97%. We're making progress, people. The bad news – according to research my organization, ConnectSafely.org, has conducted with the support of AT&T – is, 43% of US 13-to-17-year-olds agree … [Read more...] about TWD going the way of DUI: Research

Filed Under: mobile, Research, Risk & Safety, Social Media, texting, texting while driving Tagged With: ATT, DUI, Safety, texting while driving, traffic safety, TWD

Important for safety: ‘It Can Wait!’

September 19, 2012 By Anne 3 Comments

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There seems to be something automatic about responding immediately when a text comes in. Maybe it's because a text is just part of a conversation. But whatever that reflex is, it needs an override when we're driving – an override either in the software between our ears or some "I'm not available right now" software in our phones. AT&T has an app for that called "DriveMode" that sends a text … [Read more...] about Important for safety: ‘It Can Wait!’

Filed Under: Law & Policy, mobile, Social Media, texting Tagged With: ATT, Driver Safety, mobile technology, State Farm, texting, texting while driving, Transportation Institute, TWD

About teen drivers: ‘The Last Text’

January 18, 2011 By Anne 2 Comments

It has to be one of the saddest titles I've seen. To help stop texting while driving, AT&T has produced a mini-doc about teens who have died, been critically injured, or have caused a death while texting behind the wheel, as well as those who sent the driver that final text. And the messages were so trivial: "lol," "where r," and "where u at." Said a young man in the video who has had to put … [Read more...] about About teen drivers: ‘The Last Text’

Filed Under: Risk & Safety, texting while driving Tagged With: accident statistics, ATT, cellphones, distracted driving, Driver Safety, mobiles, SMS, texting talking, texting while driving, The Last Text

US’s huge new ‘Stop. Think. Connect’ campaign

October 5, 2010 By Anne 2 Comments

Smokey Bear has been replaced. Well, at least his slogan. A broad coalition of federal government agencies, businesses, and cybersecurity advocates wants this slogan – "Stop. Think. Connect" – ringing in everybody's ears as reflexively as "Only YOU can prevent forest fires" once did (I don't want to admit that I remember that). Of course, not everyone finds the slogan compelling – see why it gets … [Read more...] about US’s huge new ‘Stop. Think. Connect’ campaign

Filed Under: Law & Policy, Literacy & Citizenship, Security Tagged With: ATT, cybersecurity, Facebook, Google, Homeland Security, Microsoft, national security, NCSA, Norton, President Obama, Smokey Bear, Stop Think Connect

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danah boyd's blog and book about networked youth
Disconnected, Carrie James's book on digital ethics
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The research of Global Kids Online
The Good Project at Harvard's School of Education
If you watch nothing else: "Parenting in a Digital Age" TED Talk by Prof. Sonia Livingstone
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Making Caring Common
Raising Digital Natives, author Devorah Heitner's site
Renee Hobbs at the Media Education Lab
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Report of the Aspen Task Force on Learning & the Internet and our guide to Creating Trusted Learning Environments
The Ruler Approach to social-emotional learning (Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence)
Sources of Strength
"Young & Online: Perspectives on life in a digital age" from young people in 26 countries (via UNICEF)
"Youth Safety on a Living Internet": 2010 report of the Online Safety & Technology Working Group (and my post about it)

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