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Tech Fueling “Culture of Callousness”?
Cris Clapp Logan ♦ March 25, 2010 ♦ Leave a comment
With the news last week out of Deerfield Beach, Florida of another brutal beating triggered by a text message, authorities like Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti are calling on the community and parents to address what he calls a “culture of callousness”. In this latest incident, a 15-year-old girl was left in a comma after …
Don’t Forget the Other Screen
Cris Clapp Logan ♦ February 10, 2010 ♦ 1 Comment
The “mobile Internet” allows instant communication to an unlimited number of individuals and instant access to all of the powerful resources of the web. Despite the many benefits of this mobile technology, kids have easy access to pornography and other harmful content; predators and cyberbullies can access kids 24 hours a day, seven days a …