All In Mountain Brook to host social media safety seminar
All In Mountain Brook will host a social media safety seminar Jan. 14 featuring SafeSmartSocial.com founder, author and national speaker Josh Ochs.
During the day, according to an All In news release, Ochs will hold an assembly at Mountain Brook Junior High and Mountain Brook High School, where he will discuss how tweens and teens can use social media in positive ways that may help attract colleges and employers. That evening, at 6:30 p.m., Ochs will share the presentation with parents at Mountain Brook Baptist Church.
Topics set to be discussed that evening include:
- Which apps are unsafe (and others you should encourage your kids to use)
- Which apps are a waste of time for your teens and tweens
- How to analyze your teenager’s Google results to see what colleges will see
- How someone can bury bad Google results from other users with a similar name
- Examples of good and bad posts that colleges may find
- Examples of seniors who are using social media correctly
- How colleges and employers can use Google search
- 7 networks your kids need to be on to “shine online”
Ochs, who is also the author of Light, Bright and Polite for Teens, speaks to more than 30,000 kids each year about the positives and negatives of social media, according to the release. On his website, SafeSmartSocial.com, Ochs offers a range of short videos describing various social apps, including whether they are appropriate for children, their hidden dangers and how to address their usage with your kids.
The Jan. 14 event will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. at Mountain Brook Baptist Church, 3631 Montevallo Road South. To register for the free event, click here. Email wiselyd@mtnbrook.k12.al.us with questions.