Sexting, the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone, may be a by-product of the cellular age, but when it involves high school students it is also a crime. Last week six students, ages 14 and 15, from Sallisaw High School were transported from the school to the Sallisaw Police Department for [ Read More ]
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Sexting among teens is a crime
Comments Off on Sexting among teens is a crimeOne in five young people suffer ‘extreme cyber-bullying’ every day
Comments Off on One in five young people suffer ‘extreme cyber-bullying’ every dayMore than a million young people are subjected to ‘extreme cyberbullying’ every day, according to the largest ever survey into online abuse. The report found young people are twice as likely to be bullied on Facebook than any other social network. Experts say cyberbullying can have a ‘catastrophic’ impact on self-esteem and have called for [ Read More ]
How to Avoid the Risks of Social-Media Oversharing
Comments Off on How to Avoid the Risks of Social-Media OversharingThe days of anonymous online handles are pretty much over. Facebook demands that its users use their real names (although many don’t), and many users of other social-media services, like Twitter and Instagram, choose to dispense with anonymity. That may make the Internet seem like a safe place, but oversharing on social media can have [ Read More ]
WhatsApp Spam Spreads New Banking Trojan
Comments Off on WhatsApp Spam Spreads New Banking TrojanSpam emails promoting a non-existent PC version of the popular WhatsApp messaging service could be leading unsuspecting users to a malicious banking Trojan. The emails, written in Portuguese, trick the recipient into thinking they already have 11 pending friend invitations, according to Kaspersky Lab’s Dmitry Bestuzhev, who wrote about the malware today on Securelist.com. Read [ Read More ]
Digital teaching tools for the future of education
Comments Off on Digital teaching tools for the future of educationThere is a generation gap between children and teachers that can make it hard for them to relate to each other. Teachers are used to paperback books and abacuses, while the youth understand e-readers and Justin Bieber. That is why teachers are getting new techniques and technology to help them capture the interest of their [ Read More ]