Heather

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All About Protecting Yourself From Online Scams

November 19, 2008 - 7:21 pm

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We all like to think we’re smart or savvy enough to not get caught up in one of those silly sounding Internet scams we hear about on the news or TV shows all the time. But if we’re all so smart then why are scammers still running these schemes?
Simple, because most of us, while feeling [...]

Protecting Your Children from Online Pornography

November 14, 2008 - 6:38 pm

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Our primary goal on this blog is to help people enjoy a safer and more productive computing experience. Whether we’re talking about ways to block or fix spyware and adware, or dangers on the web that should be avoided it is always with that primary goal in mind.
Today I came across a fantastic article about [...]

Video Games As Educational Tools?

July 29, 2008 - 7:47 pm

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Software companies and experts from the National Education Association see a future where gaming devices become classroom tools rather than just home entertainment systems.
Jayel Gibson, author and adjunct professor at Southwestern Oregon Community College says “Gaming has enormous potential as a teaching tool”, and we couldn’t agree more.
Today’s teens and younger children are tech-oriented. Studies [...]

Your Internet Usage Is Being Watched

July 15, 2008 - 4:44 pm

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Regardless of who you are or where you stand on privacy, if you’re visiting web sites (even this one) there are complicated scripts and programs tracking what you look at, what links you click on and what your overall online tendencies are.
The majority of this monitoring is not malicious in nature (by most people’s opinions). [...]

Teaching Children to be Safe Online

April 7, 2008 - 7:24 am

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I read yesterday that grade schools in Virginia have started teaching classes on Internet safety to children and their parents who often don’t have a practical understanding of the technologies their children are even using.
That’s awesome!
I know that if you look at the numbers there isn’t a greater risk from predators to children online than [...]

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