Learning and Living in the Online World

We’ve just updated our Internet Safety for Kids tutorial with all-new lessons. It’s designed specifically for parents and guardians and focuses on ways that you can help keep your kids safe online.

This is the third article in a three part series about LinkedIn.  The first post was a general introduction and the second article included helpful hints in creating a compelling profile.  In this article, we’ll talk a little bit about how to best utilize LinkedIn’s features. The More You Give, the More You Get: Fill [...]

We posted an article about LinkedIn a few days ago to help introduce you to the social networking site for professionals.  Now that you’ve gotten started, here are a few things to keep in mind to create a compelling LinkedIn Profile. A Professional Photo: I already mentioned this in the previous article but it’s important [...]

Has Valentine’s Day got you wondering about online dating? We have all you need to know to decide if it’s right for you.

Learn all about Facebook’s recently launched location feature that allows you to “check in” to places with your mobile device.

We have updated our Internet Safety tutorial to include brand new, up-to-date content that is easier to understand and integrate into your everyday online experience.

We are currently updating our Internet Basics topics and plan on adding some tutorials on popular social media sites. Take the poll and gives us your opinion!

Emailing, texting and social networking may be second nature forms of communication for many of us, but it seems like every day we are encountering more and more stories about people getting into real trouble due to embarrassing emails or online postings. What about this medium makes us write and post things that we would likely not say to an individual face to face?

Have we as a society placed digital communication on the same level as face-to-face communication?

We’re raising a generation of bloggers, Twitterers, and texters.

Will this new digital generation understand the art or rules of communication? Or will these skills simply not matter in the future?

Weigh in and let us know your thoughts!

It’s summertime and kids are out of school and spending more time on the computer. As a parent, guardian, camp counselor, or any other adult in a child’s life, it’s important to be aware of cyberbullying.