Smart Social Podcast: Learn how to shine online with Josh Ochs

Josh caught up with Natalie Greenwood, a Sophmore from Westlake Academy and asked her about her mission to help students take a social media detox Feb 25th to March 3th. On this episode she shares her website TeenDigitalDetox.com and tells why it's so important for students (and some of the research behind the trend).

Tracy is a mom from Ohio with a 12 and 16 year old who was kind enough to share with us how she teaches her boys how to be gentlemen online (and in person). Learn from her how her boys have very few distractions around the dinner table, why they should not feel excluded, how they should be ok with failure and how she is raising husbands in her family.

In this episode Josh interviews Janice Taylor of MazuFamily.com and they talk about how to be the best parent possible in an online world. Janice talks about: Re-engineering social media to reduce the addiction, teaching parents how to love on their kids, modeling positive behavior for kids, what the key signs of addiction are and how to reduce bullying for students.

Learn how to get kids/teens to open up and talk around the dinner table. This is an interview with Jennifer Zumbiel of Togather Moments, a fun game families play around the dinner table to start conversations.

This is an excerpt from an interview Josh Ochs had with Kristin Gambaccini, a stay at home mom to 8 kids (18 months to 19 years old).

The "Text Me App" offers free texting, calling, and additional phone numbers. Users can send texts (as real SMS) to any phone in the U.S. or Canada.

Getting into college is more than just having a great application, it's also about being original and authentic and highlighting what you are good at. Join Josh Ochs as he interviews Sonja Montiel (CollegeConfidence.net) about her story of getting her daughter into SIX colleges. Now they get to select the college they want to say YES to!

Join us for the Smart Social Week Conference: An Online Parent/Teacher Event To Get Your Kids Off Their Screens. 15+ expert sessions/lessons you can join from your phone/computer. Join 70+ experts as they teach how to keep kids safe from screen time. All parents and educators are invited to join. https://smartsocial.com/join

Today we feature Phillip Andrew on our podcast and he teaches us how to connect with students in a meaningful way. This episode is full of tips you can use to connect with students.

Twitch is a live streaming video platform owned my Amazon where users watch people live stream themselves as they play video games (and live chat with viewers). Twitch is the leading live streaming video service for video games in the US and contains lots of chances for your students to chat live with friends (and strangers) on the platform.

We caught up with Diana Graber of Cyberwise to talk about her newest book: Raising Humans in A Digital World. She talks about why we should delay giving students a smartphone and how to model good behavior.

Josh caught up with Andy Yasutake, a 5 year executive at LinkedIn. Andy gives you tips on why your high school student should be online, and start building a LinkedIn profile.

Similar to iTunes, Steam is an online distribution platform for users to buy and play video games. Users get instant access to thousands of games that are available on Steam. Most Steam games can be purchased but some are free to play. Although the games have age requirements, it’s easy for students to bypass the age restrictions.

Rich Demuro shares five iPhone tips you can use from his newest book (and Josh shares a new Smart Social Conference you can join in February)

The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until at least 8th grade. By banding together, this will decrease the pressure felt by kids and parents alike over the kids having a smartphone.