Research / Reports


Why Is It So Important to Pay Attention to Technology and Media?
Dr. David Walsh, founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family, has the answer.

Computer Screen Time May Be Associated With High Blood Pressure In Young Children (Science Daily April 2009)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803173127.htm

Common Sense Family Media Use Agreement (Middle school age) http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Common%20Sense%20Family%20Media%20Agreement%206-8.pdf

Common Sense Family Media Use Agreement (High school age)
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/pdf/FMA_HighSchool.pdf

Chat Roulette - What You Need to Know
http://csafety.scaet.org/chatroulette-fyi.pdf

South Carolina Internet Safety Standards
http://www.ed.sc.gov/InternetSafety/

S.C. House Bill proposal on Sexting (Feb 2, 2010)
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=17756

Net Cetera - Chatting with Kids About Being Online
http://csafety.scaet.org/netcetera-tec04.pdf

South Carolina Internet Safety Awareness Instructional Standards, K-12
http://csafety.scaet.org/SC_Internet_Safety_Standards_K-12.pdf

Executive Summary of Public Law 110-385 (1492) Broad Band including Internet Safety
http://csafety.scaet.org/Executive_Summary_of_Public_Law_110.pdf

Internet Safety: How to protect yourself from online risks (PDF)
A Senior Exhibition - Emily Cavu Carson - Heathwood Hall School


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