Internet Governance Forum tackles child protection vs. child rights
Bali, Indonesia — I’m at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF #IGF2013) in Bali where I’m participating in a workshop on child protection vs. child rights. As a child safety advocate, I’ve long argued...
View Article‘Best policy’ to thwart online bullying? EC paper says raise awareness
By Jacqueline Beauchere Chief Online Safety Officer, Microsoft Parents, educators, policymakers and young people worry that online bullying may increase in their communities. In speaking with these...
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Tell us ‘one good thing’ about using tech to make the Internet or the world...
This article first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News About 11 years ago, the European Commission established Safer Internet Day, an annual event that focuses on making the Internet a better and...
View ArticleHelp during a scary day
It is nothing compared to helping people with disabilities, but my son’s college had a lockdown for what was a possible shooter last week – turned out to be a kid still wearing his Halloween costume –...
View ArticleLinking peers for tutoring
A new website, peertutoringresource.org, is a resource center for schools and learning programs and teachers to help them set up and maintain peer tutoring programs. This gives kids a chance to own...
View ArticleCo-creating the Facebook/Lifeline suicide prevention policy
It’s a story that’s been told but there was the time that Tom LeNoble and I created the Facebook/Lifeline suicide prevention policy. -Christopher Gandin Le Submitted via Facebook Share your One Good...
View ArticleHelping a Jewish congregation get online
I helped set up an entire Jewish congregation with their first-ever laptop (donated) and Web connection several years ago when I flew to Odessa Ukraine for that purpose. -Jonathan Hirshon Submitted via...
View ArticleCrowd-funding website for good
My son Alex Budak is a Social Entrepreneur who founded an organization called StartSomeGood.com. Using crowd funding this website offers opportunities for change makers and ventures for the good to get...
View ArticleTeaching hospital-bound veterans to use a computer
I am a volunteer to the Veterans Administration hospitals and with my co-workers we prepare and donate computers for the patients but most importantly we teach them to use the computers and continue to...
View ArticleConnecting people with disabilities with accessible places
AbleRoad is a new website and app that connects people with disabilities with accessible places. AbleRoad was created by Kevin McGuire, a man that did not let a horrific childhood accident hold him...
View ArticleOne Good Thing: Will in UT
Bringing together a community in mourning. Share your One Good Thing.
View ArticleCreating open source learning materials: Lisa in California
The through the Open Education Resources Common Lisa Petrides is helping educators create and use open source teaching materials to lower the cost and improve the quality of learning materials.
View ArticleOne Good Thing: Hannah and Aaron and “Jerry the Bear” help kids with diabetes
Hannah Chung and Aaron Horowitz talk about how their friend Jerry the Bear teaches children with type 1 diabetes how to manage their blood glucose levels, recognize their symptoms, and maintain a...
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One Good Thing: Jon P. in CA
Back in 2001, I wanted to create a virtual version of a Victorian home here in Riverside California like a video game but of a real, renovated, historically accurate Victorian home from 1902. Given...
View ArticleJohn E. in TN
I give 3D printed stuff to all my friends and show them some of the things 3d Printers can do. I try to spread the word about new technology as much as I can. Share your One Good Thing.
View ArticleJacob Savage – California
Jacob Savage about a service he helped created to involve social workers — instead of just police — as first respondents in mental health emergencies
View ArticleOne Good Thing: Dina C. – Mass.
We’re doing our part!! We recently started an organization called Choose To Be Nice. We’re all about encouraging and inspiring kindness whenever and wherever possible. We’re reminding the world of the...
View ArticleOne Good Thing: Bernard D. – Facebook
How I make the internet better? By countering the negative mainstream media narrative about Second Life and telling engaging stories of fearless pioneers who use the virtual world to learn, grow and...
View ArticleOne Good Thing: John S. – Texas
Spreading the word of Internet Safety to all – from young to old. Share your One Good Thing.
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