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Tuesday, June 26, 2012 4:09 PM

BeSeen App: Training Wheels for Social Networks

Have your children played our BeSeen app yet? BeSeen is our free mobile app designed to simulate an online social network for kids. By playing BeSeen, youth can subliminally learn how to be responsible on social networks through navigating fictional situations...

Posted by Judi Westberg-Warren, President | 1 comment(s)

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:45 PM

Web Wise Kids Featured in eSchool News!

A report from eSchool News came out which lists the top ten ways that schools can teach students about Internet safety. The number one method to teach kids is to use games, and Web Wise Kids is listed as a resource. You can read the rest of the report...

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Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:52 PM

Would a Lift on Age Restriction Be Good for Kids on Facebook?

Facebook has been considering lifting its age restriction on accounts and opening up its accounts to kids. (for more information, you can read this article. If the FCC вЂњokaysвЂќ this move, it could be an important help for parents with tweens. As the article...

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Monday, May 28, 2012 1:40 PM

Thank You To Our Sponsors!!

With our BeSeen app gaining a lot of attention during the last several weeks-- especially since we launched an ad in USA Today-- wed like to take a moment to thank our sponsors--CTIA Wireless Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University, Verizon Foundation...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:07 PM

What Can BeSeen Teach Your Kids?

Our BeSeen App is an online safety mobile application that simulates a social networking website. The player creates a profile and starts earning вЂњfriendвЂќ characters and interacting with them. They learn about others through their posts and help them...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:52 PM

BeSeen Has Global Appeal!

You Said It. BeSeen Has Global Appeal! Word Is Spreading About The New BeSeen Lesson Materials! Its only been a few weeks since we created a download page for the new BeSeen lesson materials on the Web Wise Kids website. But in that short time, heres...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:18 AM

BeSeen FAQs

BeSeen is our mobile phone app we created in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University. The game is designed to be played on a mobile phone and simulates a social network. It was designed to teach kids how to be responsible on social networks like Facebook...

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Thursday, May 03, 2012 6:35 PM

BeSeen Beneficial to Teachers and Educators, too!

We designed our BeSeen app to teach youth about how to safely navigate their way through social networks online. BeSeen simulates a social network and immerses youth in situations that are much like what they will encounter, or already dealing with, in...

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Filed under: beseen app, web wise kids, beseen, teaching kids internet safety, safety games android, teachers resources for internet safety, social network safety, be seen, be seen app, education apps for children, usa today, Wireless foundation

Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:30 PM

Free Download: Modern Parent's Guide to Kids and Video Games E-Book

In todayвЂ™s world where technology is constantly and quickly evolving, it can be challenging for parents to keep up with everything that is going on. Every day, new high-tech toys, apps, software and services march onto the scene, but how do we know what...

Posted by Judi Westberg-Warren, President | 2 comment(s)

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Monday, April 30, 2012 4:32 PM

Teen Bullying Suicide Pushes Newspaper to Take a Stand

A teen in Iowa, 14 year old Kenneth Weishuhn Jr., committed suicide because of bullying, and a newspaper is now taking a stand. Shaken by WeishuhnвЂ™s death, The Sioux City Journal dedicated its entire front page of its Sunday edition paper to an editorial...

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Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:44 PM

BeSeen Classroom Materials a Hit!

Our new BeSeen program that provides downloadable lesson plans вЂ“ complete with handouts, worksheets, instructional videos, and 12 lesson plans-- allows educators, youth directors and parents to instantly begin sharing the benefits of BeSeen with their...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:16 PM

BeSeen to Launch in USA Today

Watch our president, Judi Westberg Warren, talk about our upcoming BeSeen app launch in USA Today. Click here to watch

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Monday, April 09, 2012 10:43 AM

Keynote Presentations on Internet Safety

Among our many initiatives to help educate youth about Internet safety, Web Wise Kids also offers keynote presentations for organizations, parents and educators. For one to two hours, our speakers will come to your next meeting or event and share our...

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Monday, April 02, 2012 1:17 PM

Web Wise Kids Speaks on the Criminalization of School Bullies

вЂњWe need to treat children as children,вЂќ says Web Wise Kids President, Judi Westberg Warren. Warren believes that bullying should not be a criminal offense, and shared her stance at the Northeastern University School of Law symposium on March 30...

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BeSeen Has Global Appeal!

BeSeen FAQs

BeSeen Beneficial to Teachers and Educators, too!

Free Download: Modern Parent's Guide to Kids and Video Games E-Book

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