Digital Smarts - Digital Literacy Ideas for All Ages

Do parents need screen limits? It has been a hot topic of late with some research showing a possible link between smartphone ownership and a rise in emergency visits for kids under the age of 5...

The announcement of a new Apple iPhone always creates a scurry of activity in the smartphone arena as people decide whether or not to upgrade or change platforms. But what about that old phone of yours? Some may suggest selling your old phone, but many experts feel that can be risky.

In order to comply with state-mandated attendance requirements, schools are under pressure to hold off on announcing weather related closings until conditions are officially declared unsafe by the state or the town. The chance that parents will be trying to get kids to school in bad rain or heavy fog or snow is increasing.

Did you know that your online activity is tracked on average over 200 times a day? Take a look at this guide to tech tools like PrivacyFix that can help you get a snapshot of what information is being shared.

There is a lot of discussion about the dangers and risks that come with using technology. Privacy concerns, cyberbullying and identity theft are all hot topics, but even scarier is the rise of cyberstalking. The use of digital tools by husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, lovers, and exes is becoming more and more common in cases of domestic abuse...

Your personal data is worth money to online data brokers who gather it from the searches you do online, your buying habits and even your marital status. Now several new services are asking why these data brokers should be the only ones making money off of your information. Several new services, such as Datacoup, Handshake and Meeco, are set to launch in the summer of 2015 and all share the same goal: to cut out the data-mining middleman...

If you have a child who has been recently diagnosed as dyslexic, or if you have been supporting a child with dyslexia though the pitfalls of your local school district, you may want to take a look at the resources for parents on the Headstrong Nation site...

Millenials’ lives revolve around technology, but results from a new survey by Pew Research surprisingly found they were more likely than their elders to say there actually is important information NOT available on the Internet. Approximately 98% of those under 30 use the Internet, and 90% of those Internet users say they use social networking sites...

Digital job opportunities are expected to rapidly increase over the next decade, and coding skills are going to become more and more valuable to have. Many schools throughout the country are embracing the addition of computer coding programs to their curriculum, but this change has resulted in a unique challenge: There are not enough trained educators to teach the subject...

Although written with a business audience in mind, this helpful infographic on Social Media Etiquette is a telling synopsis of the dos and don’ts of getting along with others on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Linked In, and Pinterest...