Smart Social Podcast: Keeping students safe so they can Shine Online
The Smart Social Team teaches parents, educators, and students how to stay safe on social media so they can Shine Online. We show you how to audit your Google results and use your social media accounts as a portfolio of positive accomplishments. We keep it tactical and practical with tips you can use to better understand how to navigate the digital world as a parent, student, and educator. Learn more at SmartSocial.com
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 631
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Sexting, Sextortion, Revenge Porn and More with Author Jonathan Cristall
In this SmartSocial.com Podcast episode, Jonathan Cristall explains the legal aspects of sending nudes, which can include the crime of possessing child pornography. He also explains how sending illic…
Among Us: Do your kids play?
Read SmartSocial.com's Among Us App Guide.
What is the Among Us app?
- It’s a social deduction game, like Clue and Werewolf, where players attempt to uncover each other’s hidden role or team allegiance
- Am…
Walkie Talkie App: Who is your Kid Talking to? (SmartSocial.com Guide for Parents & Educators)
What is the Walkie Talkie app?
- The app lets people communicate from any location, in the same style as a walkie talkie or two-way radio
- It only works using cellular data or a Wi-Fi connection
- This is a …
Parent Compass: An interview with author Christine Carter of The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction
The Age of Distraction, in which increased technology use is significantly impacting teen depression and anxiety, necessitates a shift in the way parents parent their teens. Drugs and alcohol are a c…
FOMO: Tips to Help Students Combat the Fear of Missing Out by Josh Ochs at SmartSocial.com
Read 10 expert tips to help students combat FOMO: https://smartsocial.com/fear-of-missing-out/
Learn social media safety from Smart Social's resources:
- Join our free newsletter for parents and educato…
Teen Driving Safety: 5 Ways to Teach Teens To Avoid Digital Distractions
Learn advice from parents and safety experts on our blog: https://smartsocial.com/teen-driving-safety/
Learn from Smart Social's resources:
- Join our free newsletter for parents and educators: https:/…
Teaching Kids Internet Safety During the Pandemic with Sarita Rao of AT&T Business Marketing
Learn from Smart Social's resources:
- Join our free newsletter for parents and educators: https://smartsocial.com/newsletter/
- Register for a free online Parent Night to learn the hidden safety features…
"Sadfishing" Encourages Students To Seek Attention Online
Read SmartSocial.com's Sadfishing blog to learn 8 Ways to Talk With Tweens and Teens About Sadfishing
Learn from Smart Social's resources:
- Join our free newsletter for parents and educators: https://s…
Parent Compass: An Interview with Author Catherine Newman of How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn Before You're Grown Up
Whether your kids are in preschool or high school (and beyond!) they have something to learn from How to Be a Person. Hilariously written and superbly illustrated, this book teaches us all how to be …
Why Students Should Clean Up Their Social Media Profiles (with Andrew Selepak, Social Media Professor at the University of Florida)
Selepak's Tips for Cleaning Up Social Media Profiles:
The best way for students to clean up and protect their online presence is to do a regular social media audit. Students should reexamine their Ins…
Grant Writing Tips for Educators with Guest, Meredith Noble
Noble's first tip? Don’t shotgun your proposal.
Start by finding the top 100 grants you may be interested in. From there, narrow it down to the top 20 worth spending time looking at and then hone in…
Parent Compass: An Interview with Authors Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz of Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit, and the Making of the College Admissions Scandal
The College Admissions Scandal highlights poor parenting behavior at its worst. Interviews with the families involved in the scandal reveal the fractured parent-child relationships that resulted from…
Talking With Kids About Advertising with Guest Suzanne Tomlinson
These 3 tips can help your child see ads through a critical lens:
1. Explain advertising, in general, using examples your child encounters the most, whether that’s TV commercials or pop-up ads in thei…
Wink App Connects Kids to Strangers (App Guide for Parents, Students, and Educators)
The Wink app connects users with strangers. Users find new “friends” by swiping through profiles, like the popular adult dating app, Tinder. Once on a profile, they can swipe right to connect with th…
Is TikTok Here to Stay in the USA? (Sept. 2020 App Updates for Parents and Educators)
Read our complete guide to TikTok for Parents, Students, and Educators:
https://smartsocial.com/tiktok-app-guide-parents/
Learn from Smart Social's resources:
- Join our free newsletter for parents and e…
Practical and Tactical Online Tips for Teen on the Autism Spectrum with Guest Michael Uram
It can be very scary as a parent to see your neurodiverse child go online where there are plenty of dangers to worry about. As a parent, Uram shares your concern. As a therapist, he can tell you that…
Triller App: A Social Video Network Similar to TikTok (Guide for Parents, Students, and Educators)
The Triller app, first released in 2015, is a social media network where users make and share short videos. Anyone can view videos, but users must sign up for a free account to “like” videos, follow …
Parent Compass: Navigating A Teen's Wellness & Academic Journey with Cindy Muchnick & Jenn Curtis
In this episode of Parent Compass on the SmartSocial.com Podcast Jenn and Cindy share their thoughts on tutoring (or rather the trend of "over tutoring") and how it relates to self-advocacy. They als…
How COVID Changed Pornography Viewership In Teens (w/ guests Dr. Gail Dines & Samantha Wechsler)
The Culture Reframed Program for Parents of Tweens and Program for Parents of Teens build young people’s resilience and resistance to hypersexualized media and porn while promoting their healthy deve…
Virtual Learning Tips for the Remote Classroom (with guest Brittany Cufaude from Joyful Classrooms)
Brittany Cufaude’s tips for educators who are navigating virtual learning:
- Make sure all instruction that’s occurring live with the teacher is actually interactive instead of just talking at the child…