Perils of Teen Sexting

A sobering story about the widespread damage created when a teen girl texted a nude picture to a new boyfriend. Moms and Dads - share this with your digitally active teens.
A Girl's Nude Photo, and Altered Lives

Can Technology Humanize Teaching?

This TED Talk by the founder of the Khan Academy blew my mind for two reasons. It has given me an incredible online resource for helping my daughter with math homework. (I've been woefully inadequate  since 5th grade when the curriculum surpassed me.)  But even more amazing is that, with all the educational experts in America, it's taken a hedge fund guy to invent a new educational paradigm. Using YouTube, no less!

Salman Khan at TED

Here's the story in a nutshell. Salman Khan, living in Boston started tutoring his cousins living in New Orleans, remotely. As a supplement, he started posting video tutorials on YouTube as something they could refer back to. To his chagrin, his cousins told him that they preferred him on YouTube than in person. Kahn quickly understood the real lesson in this: they could learn at their own pace (stop, pause or fast forward) and didn't have someone breathing down their neck asking: "Do you get it?" all the time.

Too Young for Facebook

I'm so glad we haven't let our 12 year old onto Facebook yet although she'll probably be driving before she's 16.
Facebook Users Who Are Underage Raise Concerns