We are happy to share that Mobicip was mentioned in The New York Times yesterday in the Motherlode, Adventures in Parenting, category. Amy O'Leary wrote a great article titled: "Can Your Child Find Porn on Your Phone?". We encourage you to read the complete article to get all of Amy's internet safety tips. You can also read these other articles by Amy for more Parenting advice: "So How Do We Talk About This? When Children See Internet Pornography" and "How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography: Parents’ Stories and Expert Advice".

Don Knezek, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, shared these Top Five Lessons for the Digital Age on the EdWeek Blog. We agree with these lessons and we encourage you to read the complete article.

Knezek states the importance of this move into the digital age and asks: "How else can we prepare our children with the skills and literacies they'll need to thrive in school, work, and civic life? That's what we want for them, isn't it?" Here are his five lessons to get us started.

1.) Want a future for our kids? Build a bridge.

2.) Concerned about educational value? Advocate for it.

3.) Want a world class education system? Collaborate internationally.

4.) Concerned about competitiveness? Invest in great teachers and school leaders.

5.) Want transformation? Go with the flow.

Mobicip is a huge advocate for moving the educational system into the digital age, especially with a focus on mobile learning. You can get more iformation about Mobicip Safe Browser for iPad, iPod, and iPhone. You can also find information about Mobicip for Android devices like the Kindle Fire and Samsung Tablet. Mobicip Web Filter is also offered for Windows and Linux. 

Thousand Oaks, CA - Mobicip.com, the leading Internet safety and parental control service for mobile devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, is sponsoring the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) Summer Mobile Learning Events.  As part of VSTE’s continuing focus on mobile learning, VSTE will be hosting mobile learning conferences throughout the month of July. VSTE Summer Mobile Learning Conferences are about “new Teaching” and “new Learning”.  Mobicip, an organization dedicated to enabling students to learn on the mobile web, is supporting this educational conference to further the causes that mobile learning empowers like digital equity and always-on access to learning.

“The interactive education that VSTE has pulled together really embodies the future of education – mobile education” says Suren Ramasubbu, Founder and CEO of Mobicip.com.  “The keynote speakers, the participatory learning games and the lessons about integrating technology into the classroom make this summer mobile learning conference series a window into the breadth and depth of the experiments in mobile learning today.”

VSTE Executive Director, Karen Richardson summarized the mobile education focus: “We are mostly emphasizing the instructional focus of these events: educators talking to other educators about how they are using mobile technologies. You'll notice some sessions on Universal Design for Learning as well as sessions on managing student use and getting organized. Mobile learning is very new in Virginia and people are interested in all aspects of it.  We are trying to meet that interest and need.”

All events are just $60 for a day of learning with continental breakfast and lunch provided. Register for the summer learning events here: http://www.vste.org/index/learn/learning_events/summer_2011

About Mobicip’s Web Filtering and Dynamic Parental Control Software
Mobicip is the most popular content filtering solution available on the App Store. The best-selling Mobicip Safe Browser app has been consistently rated among top paid apps, downloaded and used by tens of thousands of parents and several K-12 schools and school districts in the US, and was recently recognized by the 2010 Parents’ Choice Awards as a Top Mobile App. Mobicip's dynamic content filtering includes a new YouTube filter and Windows 7 Content Filter for parents and educators to ensure their children’s Internet safety while they are on the web. In addition to enabling online learning by supporting iOS-based devices, Mobicip partners with schools like Comal ISD to create custom app solutions that further enable online learning.  Learn more at www.mobicip.com.

About Virginia Society for Technology (VSTE)
VSTE is the premier professional development and advocacy organization for educators in Virginia. The Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) was founded in 1986 as the Virginia Educational Computing Association and is Virginia’s affiliate of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). VSTE’s mission is to promote excellence in education through professional development endeavors supporting the integration of existing and emerging technologies. Our vision is to be an influence in technological innovation in education and be recognized as an agent of change across the Commonwealth.

At Mobicip, we are very lucky to serve quality customers. They are a great support team, they notify us when they need help and they let us know when they are satisfied and happy. We are grateful to have an open communication with our customers and supporters. Our number one goal is to provide safe and protected mobile learning and browsing. Thank you Sandy Plains Elementary School Principal Harry Walker, The Daily Digi and WickedLocal.com! Please review and visit their sites below:

"It (Mobicip) might be the answer for schools like ours who are struggling with the idea of letting our kids take their IPods home at night.  I'm not as worried about devices being damaged as I am about kids being exposed to inappropriate content.  Until we address how to help kids self-filter on the Internet, this might be the next best thing.  Check it out: http://www.mobicip.com"
- I Teach Therefore IPod

"Mobicip is an app that I use on all i-devices (iPod Touch, iPhones, iPads) that has parental control settings and you can also view histories.  I know there are similar apps for other mobile devices, but don’t know their names.  It lets filter YouTube as well.  The app is free but you do have to sign up for a paid account for it to work.  It becomes the default internet browser on those apps after you deactivate Safari. I’ve been really glad to have it on our devices and know that my kids are safe in their surfing."
- The Daily Digi

"You can also install an app like Mobicip on your child’s iTouch or iPhone, which replaces the Safari browser with a more child-friendly one and provides reports for monitoring your child’s Internet-related activities."
- WickedLocal.com/Cohasset

Daniel Nations from About.com Guide published a great article about iPad Apps.  Thank you Daniel for listing Mobicip Safe Browser on your list. Please visit About.com to read "Best of the iPad App Showcase."

In the article, Daniel mentions "Safe Browser. For any parent who worries about what their child is viewing on the Internet, there is the Safe Browser from Mobicip. With high praise from the New York Times and CNET, the Safe Browser allows you to filter your child's web browsing."

Please visit About.com to read the complete article, http://ipad.about.com/b/2011/05/09/best-of-the-ipad-app-showcase.htm
 

Thank you Laptop Magazine for another great article.  Parents and Educators will appreciate your recommendations and tips. Please read a section of the article below and the complete article: "How To Set Parental Controls and Block Content on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on blog.laptopmag.com.

"One of the big concerns about kids using mobile devices is that it’s not always easy to monitor Internet access unless you’re literally looking over their shoulder. Preventing this is easy (just turn off Safari), but if you want your children to be able to access safe content, consider an alternate browser. There are several such browsers listed in the iTunes store, but most have mixed or very low reviews from users. The best of the bunch appears to be Safe Browser by Mobicip."

Please visit blog.laptopmag.com to read the complete article!

Thousand Oaks, CA - Suren Ramasubbu, mobile Internet safety expert and CEO of Mobicip.com, says the #1 way parents and educators can protect their mobile kids as their use of mobile web devices grows is simple.  “Implementing YouTube content filtering is the #1 way parents and educators can ensure their children’s safety when they access videos on the #2 search engine on the World Wide Web. Mobile learning and education is the future and it’s not going away. But as mobile learning and use of the web anytime evolves, the Internet is evolving too.  User-generated content takes prime of place on the modern web, especially on sites like YouTube.  We can’t control the content other people post on YouTube, but we can control what our kids view.”  

Suren’s company, Mobicip.com, the leading Internet safety and parental control service for mobile devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, just released a YouTube filter for parents and educators to ensure their children’s safety when they access videos on the popular site.  Mobicip is the only content filtering company that offers this type of YouTube content filtering solution.  The YouTube filter is a feature of the Mobicip Safe Browser app, which is available for download from the Apple App Store.

Parents and educators want to allow kids to be on YouTube for education and fun but they also want to block only objectionable videos and not the entire YouTube site.  Keeping children safe is a challenge when the content is updated dynamically and inappropriate videos can be displayed or accessed by chance. But this problem can be solved with the right technological support. “We cannot be afraid of the technology our kids are adopting, in many ways faster than we do.  Instead, we need to embrace technology and find new ways to protect our kids.  That is why Mobicip has developed a new feature to separate and analyze YouTube content dynamically and block only the objectionable ones for a specified age-level,” says Suren. “It is neither sufficient nor fair to shield YouTube completely from young users; parents and educators adding YouTube content filtering is the answer.”

Mobicip’s Safe Browser for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad is based on a path-breaking dynamic cloud content filtering engine, designed to provide a safe, secure and educational Internet for families and school-age children anytime anywhere.  Because Mobicip is a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, its intelligent real-time analysis engine has no noticeable slowdown or impact on the performance of the mobile device even with the new YouTube content filtering feature addition.

Visit the Mobicip blog or Mobicip YouTube Channel to learn How To Setup YouTube Filtering Using Mobicip.

Mobicip’s Safe Browser app is available on the iPhone App Store, and the Premium subscription can be purchased at www.mobicip.com. The full press release is available at www.mobicip.com/press.
 

About Mobicip’s Web Filtering and Dynamic Parental Control Software
Mobicip is the most popular content filtering solution available on the App Store. The best-selling Mobicip Safe Browser app has been consistently rated among top paid apps, downloaded and used by tens of thousands of parents and several K-12 schools and school districts in the US, and was recently recognized by the 2010 Parents’ Choice Awards as a Top Mobile App. Mobicip's dynamic content filtering includes a new YouTube filter for parents and educators to ensure their children’s Internet safety while they are on one of the most popular sites on the web. In addition to enabling online learning by supporting iOS-based devices, Mobicip partners with schools like Comal ISD to create custom app solutions that further enable online learning.  Learn more at www.mobicip.com.

Media contact: Nicki Gauthier / Mobicip / 501-I South Reino Rd. Ste 212. Newbury Park CA 91320 / Email: pr@mobicip.com  / Phone: 805-380-5687 / website: http://www.mobicip.com/

Suren Ramasubbu, Mobicip CEO and founder, is speaking at CoSN 2011 Conference today in a session titled: "Mobile Learning Using the iPod Touch - In Hindsight".  Watch the session in a live online stream and learn about the importance of mobile learning and child Internet safety.

His Co-presenters are:
Phil Hardin (virtual presenter via Skype), Executive Director of Educational Technology, Rowan-Salisbury School Systems, Salisbury, NC

Jennifer Wivagg (virtual presenter via Skype), Instructional Media Specialist, Comal Independent School District, New Braunfels, TX

Susan Wells (virtual presenter via Skype), Principal, Gray-Culbreth Middle School, Chapel Hill, NC

Phil Hardin, Executive Director of Education Technology, Rowan-Salisbury School Systems, Salisbury NC

Start Date/Time:     Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:00 AM
End Date/Time:     Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:30 AM

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is the premier professional association for school district technology leaders. CoSN is committed to providing the leadership, community and advocacy tools essential for the success of these leaders. Their mission is to empower K-12 school district technology leaders to use technology strategically to improve teaching and learning.