Wanderlust and a desire to turn our kids into global citizens has me planning getaways to far off places in my head. Gorgeous travel photos from glossy tour company brochures and magazines don’t show the seedier of side of what can happen when travel at home or abroad. A worry-free vacation can turn into a…
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Is Social Media Making Us Socially Awkward?
As someone who spends a lot of time using social media tools, I found this infograph quite interesting. I may not be able to tear myself away from a conversation on Skype with friends and colleagues but have to disagree with the information presented by a study in Hong Kong which states that offline friendships…
Facebook & Social Networking Tips for Parents from FOSI CEO Stephen Balkam
As part of an ongoing series this week about online and mobile safety, Family Online Safety Institute CEO, Stephen Balkam, is here to provide tips to help keep your family safer online. Yesterday’s topic dealt with mobile safety and today we’re taking about Facebook. Tech Savvy Mama: We know that Facebook Terms of Service…
PBS Teachers & SciGirls Promote Science, Tech, Engineering & Math in Tweens
This morning as Little Miss Techie was reciting the names of the planets thanks to There’s No Place Like Space, I was reminded of the upcoming PBS Teachers Live! webinar, Engaging Students with Experiential STEM, and the new SciGirls show. Both the webinar and SciGirls seek to get girls more engaged in STEM subjects- an…
Tweeting and Facebooking to Survive the DC Blizzard
This morning I woke up and did what any good blogger would do would do- did a little happy dance that our power stayed on through the night and then started using social media to Tweet, blog, and update my friends on Facebook about the DC area blizzard. The conversation that I had with friends…
Think Before You Post: The Dangers of the Social Networking Profile … Revealed by Jeremy Miller of Kroll Fraud Solutions
Friendster, MySpace, LinkedIn, Digg, StumbleUpon, YouTube, Flickr……I’m a huge fan of Facebook and Twitter. I love that I’ve reconnected with friends from elementary school and can send a quick message to our favorite babysitters when in need of a night out but there are also downsides to social networking. Today identity theft expert Jeremy Miller,…
Facebook: How do you know your friends?
Is Facebook the new way of connecting? How many people have you friended and are in your network of friends? How have you described your connection to these individuals to your network? There’s a great post about Facebook by my friend Jessica on DC Metro Moms. Jessica ponders social networking while listing the hilarious ways…
