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2018-05-16 Information Security in a Knowledge-Based Society from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered on May 16, 2018, at the United States Consulate in Guangzhou, China. If you are interested in scheduling a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my rates and availability.
A disciplinary panel for Britain’s National College of Teaching Leadership (NCTL) decided last week to indefinitely ban Eleanor Wilson, a 28-year-old physics teacher at an unnamed school in Bristol, from teaching in English classrooms. The panel’s decision came after hearing testimony from a student, “Pupil A,” that on a July 2015 flight home from a…
For someone researching digital misconduct by educators, summer vacation is the slow season, which made it good time to take a break to finish my most recent book (Cybertraps for Expecting Moms & Dads). But these types of cases never stop completely. In June, a child abuse complaint was lodged with the Berks County (PA)…
It gives me pleasure to announce that Anonymous Alerts, a leader in the mobile reporting sector for school technology, has asked me to join its advisory board. I look forward to assisting this innovative company with its efforts to improve school and student safety. You can read the company’s press release by clicking here. The…
In August, International Data Corporation (IDC) predicted that 1.44 billion smartphones would be shipped in 2015, a 10.4% increase over the preceding year. It is a safe bet that a hefty percentage of those smartphones will be tucked under a Christmas tree a week from now. Thousands upon thousands of teens (and even younger children)…
Three weeks ago, Revere High School senior Caley Godino, the captain of the school’s cheerleading squad, received a tweet from her Civics teacher. The day before, the teacher’s tweet said, the turnout for the Revere city election was a shockingly low ten percent; what did the students think about that? Godino responded before school on…
I’m enjoying my introduction to the world of David Pogue and Robert Scoble as an invited tech journalist to the GENBAND Perspectives15 conference in Orlando, Florida. One of the perks is the chance to sit down with some interesting people and learn more about emerging technologies and communications platforms that will be part of software and apps in…
