How to Stay Connected to Your Technologically Connected Kids
DON’T MISS THE 2 FREE AND IMPORTANT RESOURCES BELOW TO HELP YOU AS A PARENT Chris McKenna, a close friend and expert in online child protection, said to me, “There […]
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NTS Camp and Protect Young Eyes Team Up!
This blog post is written specifically for parents of kids who will be attending NTS Camp in summer 2018. If you want to learn more about the impact the digital […]
Thought Factory Podcast #408 || Future View: Behind Closed Doors on the School Campus
***BIG ANNOUNCEMENT EPISODE*** What does the future of schools look like? How can we leverage the school campus to create radical change in the culture of this country? In this […]
Youth and Social Media
How did Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook, take over the world? How did it become the topic of discussion, the way to communicate, and the stumbling point in our lives […]
Thought Factory Podcast #404 || Digital Life Series: The Internet Never Forgets
In this episode, we continue giving students survival skills to help them forge their digital footprint through the world they live in. The internet is more of a reflection of […]
Thought Factory Podcast #402 || Digital Life Series: Students’ Social Currency
Students’ social status is a major part of their lives. Their appearance, their branding, their amount of likes and re-tweets become the elements of a transaction in regards to their […]
Thought Factory Podcast #401 || Digital Life Series: Screen Science
We cannot go through a day without the digital world impacting our existence. If students don’t have the survival skills of navigating the digital life, they won’t survive in this […]
Thought Factory Podcast #208 || Porn & Tech Guinea Pigs
Why do good students fall prey to pornography? How do you feel when you receive 100 likes on Instagram? Why are students…ok, the majority of users addicted to their smartphone? […]
Thought Factory Podcast #107 || Social Media Part 4: Guidelines for This Social Game
In episode #107, we discussed how social media can be a guessing game when it comes to parents and their children’s use or youth worker and their students in a […]
Thought Factory Podcast #106 || Social Media Part 3: Digital Discipleship
In episode #106, hosts Jeff Eckart and Jayson Brewer interview Dr. Craig Detweiler. Craig is a media professor at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, filmmaker, and author of iGods: How […]