Among its findings were that most kids are using smartphones, even if for just a few minutes a day. (Do you ever just hand your toddler your iPhone set to a photo album or something?) Also, kids with college-educated parents watch less TV. Read more...
“The concept of a personal brand is something that adults are just beginning to get their heads around, but for the younger generation it is clearly something that shapes their use of social media from the very start, as they become aware of the power of image-creation and how you can control social technologies to affect the way in which you are perceived.”
No kidding! So not only are kids using Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms to stay in touch with friends and family, they’re acutely aware of how they’re presenting themselves online. Read more...
2. OK, and it’s not super-parent-y, but we’re guessing some of you saw the Golden Globes last night? We continue to adore Michelle Williams and love that she mostly just shouted out her daughter with her acceptance speech and thanked her for letting her read bedtime stories in a Marilyn Monroe voice for six months. And speaking of thanking kids, we thought Peter Dinklage was pretty sweet to be stressed about his baby’s first night with a sitter. What were the other highlights for you? We liked anything Kate Winslet, Claire Danes’s dress and of course, Tina Fey’s nomination photobomb of Amy Poehler. (Poehler should have won!) Read more...
Shakespeare and high school have gone together pretty much since the invention of high school. But one high school wants to try something a little different: starting tomorrow, which would be William Shakespeare’s 447th birthday, a drama club out of White Plains, NY will act out Much Ado About Nothing on Facebook.
White Plains High School isn’t the first to tackle the classics via social media — last year, a fake Ferris Bueller, along with his girlfriend Sloane, best friend Cameron and furious principal Mr. Rooney reenacted the movie via Twitter and even checked into key Bueller venues like Wrigley Field and the Art Gallery of Chicago. Read more...
What role does social media have in the telling of the Exodus from Egypt? We asked Daniel Berkal, inventor of the Tweder, to tell us a bit more about that.
What led you to start the Tweder?
The initial thought behind the Tweder was that it was a way for people from all over the world to have access to a proper seder. But there was more to it… While noticing a bored relative sending text messages under the table during a seder several years back, it became obvious that the printed page seder is no longer as relevant to today’s audience as it could be. This is a time when the entire family comes together to take part in a ritual dinner that maintains the traditional structure while also being open to dramatic interpretation. No two seders are exactly the same and it changes over time. It’s part of the beauty of the holiday. It’s also an inclusive holiday… one in which everyone is supposed to take part. What better way to get involved than through Twitter? Read more...
1. Abercrombie and Fitch re-named the scandalous tween “push-up” bikini top to “triangle” top… but it’s still a push-up top. Does the renaming tone down the sexiness of the swim suit? Via Globe and Mail.
