In this episode, Carl & Dana take a look at the chat app Anti-Chat, and Carl does another live demo chat to show how easy it is for strangers to chat online with our kids and how quickly the conversations can take an inappropriate turn. Apps and sites that are "anonymous" can be appealing to teens; hear about the potential risks, as well as options for actions to take if the conversation does become inappropriate.

Dana and Carl reconnect with WI Dept. of Instruction to hear about updates on their online safety resources. Chad shares a reminder about already created resources for educators, as well as safety information for students and families, that can be found at https://dpi.wi.gov/internet-safety

In this episode, Carl and Dana have fun testing out the Marco Polo app. They try setting up accounts, chatting with each other, and determine where the biggest risks and safety considerations might be. Bonus fun: Carl really enjoys sharing the audio from some of the chats they tested out!

Today, on our 50th episode, Carl and Dana talk about different things to think about when getting your child their own email address, including usernames, scams, and safety considerations to chat about with your child. They also talk about kids' school emails and safety information.

In this episode, Carl and Dana talk about how these crimes impact students and children-especially through sextortion, revenge porn, online grooming, and cyberstalking/cyberbullying. Dana shares some stats on how many WI ICAC cases from 2017 involved kids' sexts, as well as some surprising statistics on companies that report child exploitation online.

Carl & Dana learned on this one, and you can, too! There are ways to lock iPads onto certain sites or apps (i.e. - are you making dinner and you want your child to only be able to access Bejeweled while you do it?) There are also ways to restrict the sites/apps that your child can access. Seems like a handy piece of info us!

In this episode, join Carl and Dana as they talk about the different common internet browser options that are available, and how to do things like change settings or consider child-friendly options for browsing.

In this episode the PKO team talks about augmented reality and how it's finding its way into more and more everyday common apps and games. It seems super-techy (that's the technical term), but the same safety rules apply: Privacy settings, know who and what you are sharing to, and awareness.

Dana surprises Carl with the information in this episode. Listen to hear some interesting stats and information as they talk about trends around the world, passwords, and more! We hope you enjoy the informal chat of this episode!