Calgary Registration Now Open
Live in the Calgary area? I will be speaking to 9 schools in 9 days. In between, I will be hosting an RSVP function for those parents who want to hear the presentation (again, or for the first time). Two full hours of information and knowledge. Click on Calgary above to register. See you next […]
13yr Olds Loosing Interest in Facebook
For the past year, I stated during my presentations that Facebook is on the decline with the Grade 7/8s I am talking to.. and today another study proved me (and my audience of over 100k students) correct! Kids are turning 13 – and not many want Facebook.. That’s because it was cool to lie about […]
Protecting Children
I read an article this morning on how to protect your children from porn and sexting. Here is how society has things completely backwards. The author starts off by first listing SIX applications you can use to monitor/block the ability for your technology from getting “the unwanted” on their device. THEN – point #7 & […]
What is VINE (for iOS and Android)
Vine is a free App for i-Device and Android that lets users take six second videos, and share them with their “followers”, and basically anyone that wants to watch them on the web. Here is what it looks like on your child’s device You can only use Vine on a i-Device or Android, not through […]
Top Downloaded Apps
July 2, 2013 Looking at the top 10 downloaded Apps for i-Devices this week, and at #5 is ASK.FM and #10 is SNAPCHAT. Viral marketing amongst youth is amazing. Parents – look for the icons on their devices. Both ASK and SNAPCHAT should not be part of your child’s life, as previously reviewed. You can […]
Instagram Update – They Added Video!
Parents – just as you caught up with what Instagram does.. they now have added one more feature: Video. Video was added June 20th, 2013 If your children used Instagram to take still pictures, they can now use it for short videos – up to 15 seconds long. Everything else remains the same as to how […]
Niagara – Ottawa – Calgary : CONFIRMED
June 1, 2013 I am happy to announce that while speaking at schools in Niagara, Ottawa and Calgary during the 2013/2014 School Year – I will be hosting an RSVP event in each of those cities also! Final details are being finalized, and an RSVP section on this website will be setup – Just like the Woodbridge […]
Instagram FYI
Flying back from my recent week in Calgary presenting to schools, I took time to look at how Instagram has modified it’s terms of Service as of January 2013. One item that stuck out and was of interest to me was: Rights Instagram does not claim ownership of any Content that you post on or […]
What is a HashTag?
So, what is a HASHTAG? This is a hashtag: # (the number symbol) How is it used in/on social networking sites like twitter and instagram?A hashtag is a word or a phrase prefixed with the symbol # Example: #nhl – this will reference your posting with relation to the NHL Try looking it up on […]
What is ASK.FM
ASK.FM (www.ask.fm) is an anonymous question and answer website primarily used by teens/pre-teens It allows anyone to post anonymous comments and questions to a person’s profile and is increasingly being used as a means to communicate abusive, bullying and sexual content. There is NO social or education benefit to being on this site. I advise […]