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I co-wrote this free, downloadable handbook with Janice Richardson (the creator of Safer Internet Day) for the Council of Europe. The handbook is a guide for parents, educators, children and policy makers. You will also find another free CoE guide, the Internet Literacy Handbook, in the...
In 2018, Expats Paris, launched the first conference, Paris Talks, as a platform for provocative and disruptive ideas about the future of humanity.
The conference format is short, powerful, inspiring talks, combined with entertainment and networking opportunities. Conference issues range...
Okay so first let's address the big elephant in the room. No, I do not know how to code.
No, I'm not a programmer, but I do know my way around Wordpress (nod to Alannah Moore, DIY website building guru). No, I don't think coding is CRUCIAL to become a good digital citizen, but I like the...
Digital natives, digital immigrants, digital parenting, digital, digital, digital.
Just what does all of this stuff mean anyway?
Digital natives are children who are born in the digital age, this age of technology. They are children who spend a few minutes holding a tablet and smartphone...
The other day, I was walking with my sons when I gestured to a telephone booth and made some comment.
Imagine my surprise, when my 7 year old, looked at me with a perplexed expression on his face and asked, “Mommy, what’s a telephone booth?”
Aghast, I thought to myself –...
What do students think parents should know?
I asked one of my former international public law students to give her perspective on Internet and tell parents what SHE thinks they should know.
Here is what she said:
My name is Susanna and I am a 22 year-old living in San Francisco, CA. My...
Only three weeks into the school year and I feel the burning need to write yet another post about back-to-school digital habits. Perhaps because I’m thinking that some parents out there are just not feeling the technology. Or maybe because I think that there are parents out...
As the new school year approaches, parents and caregivers in countries everywhere are gathering school supplies, going through clothes to see what fits and what can last another few months, making appointments for haircuts, getting ready to purchase sturdy shoes and doing all the other things...
