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Catfishing, Instagram and a Wise Elderly Nun
A few years ago I arrived at a small Catholic elementary school to present our Responsible Technology Series. The building was located on a quaint, urban campus that appeared to have weathered well the...
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Frozen & Spiderman Meet Burnbook & Burn Note
In 2013, the movie Frozen was released to the joy of children and perhaps the chagrin of many adults. While I’m the first to applaud the production of more family-friendly movies — this one seemed to...
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Privacy: The Life & Times of Dinosaurs, Crocodiles and Ricky Ricardo
Last week I was speaking with my wife Mary Beth about her 30 years in the field of education. She joked and laughed about being a dinosaur. I responded by saying, “Sweetheart, you’re not a dinosaur,...
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The Unintended Consequences of Communication & Technology
Many years ago while in college, I recall memorizing the seven learning style of students . However, in the 1970’s it was generally difficult to satisfy the learning needs of every student. Heck, most...
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Andy Griffith, Dr. Breen and Hidden Apps
One of my all-time favorite TV shows when I was a kid was THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. In fact, years later while working in the video/film production business, our crew would often sit in our cafeteria...
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Cincinnati Bell App Update: After School
Every year it seems that a new app surfaces and is adopted by teens and young adults. In 2004 it was Facebook — which was only available to college students with a .edu email address. Then we saw the...
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Today’s Headlines: 4Chan, Katy Perry & PewDiePie
For many Americans, the first we’d heard of the 4Chan site was following the deadly mass school shootings in Oregon on October 1st of this year. The attacker had posted several warnings on the site...
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Video Chat Apps: CamFrog & Oovo Oh My!
Back in the 1980’s it wasn’t unusual for your boss to ask you to make a “Xerox” of a document. In fact, the use of the name Xerox as a verb forced the company to protect its copyright and continues...
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Cincinnati Bell App Update: 4Chan
As I mentioned in my October 6th blog titled: Today’s Headlines: 4Chan, Katy Perry & DewPie most of us have not heard of 4Chan. However, it played at least a small role in the deadly mass school...
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Jailbreaking & Rooting: All The Cool Kids Are Doing It!
Over the past few months I’ve seen more and more interest by teens to jailbreak or Root their phones. For most parents those are foreign terms. However, in reality your son or daughter knows someone...
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Cincinnati Bell App Update: Musical.ly
Musical.ly is an interesting app that is one of the fastest growing programs in the iTunes app store. It allows users to create sometimes intriguing videos while lip syncing to their favorite songs....
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OPERA: PARENTING, VPNs & PROXY SERVERS
Recently, Opera, the web browser developed by Opera Software announced that it would add a free VPN service to its latest version. This press release created a flood of questions about online privacy,...
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Angry, Unfiltered Words: The Digital Tattoo
Unless you’ve been living in a cave or a Tibetan Monastery, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the young boy that had walked away from his mother – and in the moments that followed a firestorm of...
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Cincinnati Bell App Update: Hot Or Not
Growing up can be difficult. Teens are almost by design concerned with how they look, sound and whether they fit in. Many of today’s apps don’t help – as many teens are rated by apps that score their...
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Cincinnati Bell App Update: Tumblr
I’ve been using Tumblr to distribute my articles for about two years. However, I’ve spent very little time reading other people’s content… until recently… and that’s the purpose of this video. If you...
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Privacy: Fingerprinting, Stingrays and Stick Figures
The other day I pulled up behind a mini-van at a stoplight. I laughed at the stickers affixed to the driver’s back windshield: Hot Moms Drive Mini Vans; I’m speeding because my kid has to poop; If this...
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