Internet Safety Podcast: Screen time directly impacts your child’s mental health via loneliness, depression and anxiety. Children on screens show physical changes in brain structures, impacted brain development, and lower educational outcomes. —– In this episode we’re going to explore the direct impact that increased device time has…
Internet Safety Podcast: In part two of this series on child privacy and data privacy, we’re taking the perspective of the school. We’re joined by the principal of a private school who will share the implication of data privacy laws amid the pandemic and the stay at home…
If you’re under 60 years old, chances are that you use your laptop or tablet in bed or on a couch resting on your lap – hence the “lap” in laptop. You may even have noticed a humming or whirring sound coming from your laptop as its internal fan…
If “Ecstatic Anticipation” were a perfume, it would be made up of equal parts: autumn leaves and school bus exhaust. Parents everywhere would wistfully dab a bit behind each ear in mid-July as their children stared aimlessly at a glowing screen. Despite our best intentions, in the absence…
Here it is, August AGAIN and here comes a new school year AGAIN. Is it just me, or can life feel like a never ending viewing of Groundhog Day? (I’ve got you babe…) Personally, my work and speaking schedule follows the typical school calendar. As a result, I…
Very often on my Facebook page: Facebook.com/OvernightGeekUniversity, I get questions from fans which I attempt to answer as quickly as they arrive. Photo Credit: ooVoo.com One of the page followers asked for more information on ooVoo…what follows is my response to Marie (thanks Marie for the great question).…
I NEVER blame app developers for the inappropriate or even criminal behavior of children who use those apps. I have said and will ALWAYS say that it is our job as parents to: monitor, limit, and consequence the behavior of our children – online or offline. However – this level…
Jesse Weinberger – Internet Safety Speaker for Schools appeared on Fox8’s New Day Cleveland show and explained a few of the apps which parents should be aware of. If you have children ages 6 to 20 you should watch the video below…then scroll past the video for additional resources and internet safety…
Recently I had the opportunity to present to the members of a fantastic organization called OASSA – Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators (see resources). The two day workshop was created specifically for assistant principals and principals of middle schools and high schools who attended the event from every corner…
