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 […]
Cellphones
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 #207 || Engage & Redeem Technology
How long could you go without your phone? Less than an hour? We are talking more about the digital nemesis that the majority of us have accepted into our lives, […]
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 #105 || Social Media Part 2: Takes More Than Give
Episode #105 we interview Phil Joel from Zealand Worship. Phil is the former bassist for the band Newsboys and he talks about his personal approach to social media as well […]
Thought Factory Podcast #104 || Social Media Part 1: Symptoms on Display
In episode #104, we discussed social media affects all of us whether we like it or not. It’s not a fad or a trend, that will eventually go away like […]