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
3 Ways To Reduce Digital Distractions During Online Classes w/ Melissa Scatena, CEO of Scattered Solutions
Read Melissa's tips on our blog
Melissa suggests setting up a designated homework/homeschool space in your home to prevent distractions during online classes and homework time. Things to keep in mind:
- …
Pornography: Good Pictures & Bad Pictures: A simple plan to protect young minds with Kristen A. Jenson, MA
With easy access to the internet from any mobile device, it’s not a question of if our kids will be exposed to pornography; it’s a matter of when. That’s why one of the most valuable gifts we can giv…
3 Tips to Protect Children Online with Retired Police Lt. Joe Laramie
Joe Laramie is a retired police Lt. with more than three decades of law enforcement experi…
Omegle Chat Website: How Students Meet Strangers (SmartSocial.com Guide for Parents and Educators)
SmartSocial.com's Omegle Guide for Parents and Educators: https://smartsocial.com/omegle/
What is Omegle chat?
- Users go to Omegle.com to instantly start a text or video chat with strangers
- Visitors can …
The Parent Compass Book Teaches Students to Focus on Life with Intention (with guests Cindy Muchnick & Jenn Curtis)
Jenn Curtis and Cindy Muchnick felt like they were “punched in the gut” when they first heard about the 2019 college admissions cheating scandal.
“We want to encourage parents to accept and love the c…
Instagram Reels: The New TikTok?
Learn from Smart Social's resources:
- Our Parent and Educator's Guide to Instagram (2020 updates): https://smartsocial.com/instagram-app-parents-guide-video/
- Join our free newsletter for parents and ed…
Why Teens Are Leaving TikTok For The Byte App
Read SmartSocial.com's Byte App Guide: https://smartsocial.com/byte-app/
Where is the Byte app available?
Yubo App is Not Safe for Students
What is the Yubo app?
- Yubo markets itself as a way to chat and livestream with new friends
- It was formerly called Yellow
- Yubo’s website says users must be ages 13+ with parental permission
- Users ages 13 …
Randonautica App can Lead Students on Dangerous “Adventures”
The Randonautica app markets itself as “the world’s first quantumly generated Choose Your Own Adventure reality game.” It might sound enticing to students, but safety is a major concern with this app…
Returning to School with Principal Donald Clayton
Donald's goal is to be the most welcoming school in America. If kids know they are wanted and welcome, they will be socially and mentally better and happier.
Teachers, by nature, are planners, but wit…
Is TikTok Safe For Your Family? (2020 News Updates)
Politicians consider banning TikTok in the US
“Citing national security concerns, India banned TikTok [in the summer of 2020]. The US and Australia are also considering blocking the app… Politicians a…
Mom Talk: How Keeping Margin in Our Day is Our Secret Weapon
The key to creating margins is being intentional and saying no to things that may interfere with creating margins. The last people we want to be short with is our family, friends, and those closest t…
Discord Chat App: Safety Guide for Parents, Students, and Educators
If your student is a gamer, there’s a good chance they’re on the Discord chat app. Discord is a free voice, video, and text chat app that boasts more than 250 million users. Like many chat apps, Disc…
Mom Talk: April Shares How Her Family Detoxed From Screens
Without a plan in place, you can't just rip screens cold turkey from you and your kid's hands. It took a slow process to gradually take away screens from April's four children until they went screen-…
Identifying Warning Signs of a Gaming Disorder (w/ Guest Morgan Seymour of Open Sky)
Read The Negative Effects of Video Games (Parent Guide) on the SmartSocial.com Blog: https://smartsocial.com/negative-effects-video-games/
Learn more about Open Sky Wilderness Therapy: https://www.op…
Dangers Parents Should Know Before Giving Kids A Smartphone (& Gabb Wireless Review)
Smart Social’s Device Recommendation
(Promo Code: SMARTSOCIAL)
This device looks like a smartphone but is specifically designed for tweens and teens. It will not let users access the int…
How Predators and Sex Traffickers Target and Groom Children Online (w/ Love146.org)
"Just because you don’t live in an urban area where you see exploitation happening does not mean that your child, sitting alone with their computer or their phone, in their bedroom, is not being expl…
Mom Talk: Summer Schedules For Students At Home
April and Jennifer are making the summer of 2020 “the summer of grace.” They’re saying yes to their children more often and are giving themselves extra grace through it all.
Do you have a summer bucke…
Students Explain Why They Like Fortnite (& What They Want Parents To Know)
Fortnite: Battle Royale is a free, multiplayer game that is incredibly popular with students. The concept of the game is simple – the last player to survive the battle wins. But this isn’t a traditio…
Zynn App: The New TikTok Copycat App That Pays Users
What is the Zynn app?
- A free Chinese-owned video app where users watch and create content
- It’s extremely similar to TikTok
- The main difference is Zynn claims to pay its users for watching content and re…