Leading With Change + Innovation
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Take it from a parenting speaker: Technology can be a boon to every classroom and family, offering dozens of fun and engaging ways to connect with kids and bond over shared activities – including options that are both entertaining and educational in nature. As digital parents and educators [...]
As a top parenting expert, keynote speaker, and consultant to the world's biggest household brands, I'm often asked what parents and teachers need to know in order to help make technology safer for kids. Several other common questions also come up as part of our classes, courses, and [...]
As many school speakers can tell you, a recent report on media in the lives of 8-18 year-olds from the Kaiser Family Foundation (one of the most detailed looks at kids’ use of technology) shows that children are constantly using some form of device to consume media, often [...]
As social media speakers, we're often asked how kids, parents, teachers, and schools can make social networks safer for children. Here’s a complete workbook for families and classrooms – including a checklist of discussion topics and rules to understand and implement – to address questions that many have [...]
As social media speakers may remind you, a few years back, TRUSTe announced the results of a nationwide survey of both parents and their teens investigating their privacy habits and preferences on social networks. What they found was that, for the most part, “the kids are alright,” noting [...]
As education speakers who provide classes, courses and training programs for kids, adults, and schools alike, we naturally try to stay up to date with the latest happenings in the field. And we recently read an estimate that every month, Internet users worldwide spend the equivalent of nearly [...]
Take it from leading social media speakers: Despite what you may have heard in the press, social networks like Facebook, Google+ and Twitter aren’t bad for kids - like any other form of technology, essentially a neutral tool, it’s all in how you use them. Nor can teachers [...]
As parenting speakers will often point out: As your pupils and kids enter their socially awkward middle-school years, they’ll begin securing their own e-mail accounts; instant messaging and chatting; and, potentially, taking possession of their very own mobile devices (including smartphone, iPods, portable media players and more). The [...]
Just ask education keynote speakers and youth speakers the world over: It’s imperative you stay on top of kids’ digital images and imprints, and help them learn how to protect their online reputation. According to a recent infographic from KBSD Digital Marketing, 78% of recruiters check search engines [...]
Education speakers and parenting experts are aware: With technology and consumer electronics gear now topping children’s wish lists, it’s gratifying to see a growing range of examples of how technology can serve as a widely beneficial part of kids’ lives. But to realize its full potential, it’s vitally [...]
