Posted 3/16/12 4:18 pm EST by Becca Frucht in Bullying Sucks, News, Social media, Tech
Photo: Screenshot of Dharum Ravi's tweet about Tyler Clementi; Rutgers University Davidson Dorms where Ravy and Clementi resided.
When Tyler Clementi took his own life in September 2010, it was discovered that his roommate at Rutgers, Dharun Ravi, had broadcast a private moment. The world was forced to take notice of a problem that affects modern day’s tech-connected youth: digital abuse.
Posted 3/14/12 1:37 pm EST by Caroline Walker in Bullying Sucks, Interview, Social media
Photo: (Love That Max Facebook)
"Personally, I prefer 'butthead'," says 9-year-old Max's mom, Ellen Seidman. No, she's not talking about Beavis' better half. She's talking about replacements for some vocab that's about to get the boot.
Posted 3/12/12 5:28 pm EST by Jacob Soboroff in Resources, School, Social media
Photo: (TEDEducation/YouTube)
Are you sneak-texting in class? Doodling when you should have been taking notes? Have no fear, the people who bring some of the smartest and coolest minds in the world into one room every year at the TED conference want to make it easier for you to learn lessons -- from the comfort of YouTube -- from math to history to science.
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Posted 3/8/12 6:29 pm EST by Becca Frucht in Celebs, News, Social media
Photo: (Invisible Children film crew via blogAfrica)
If you’d asked one of your buds who Joseph Kony is on Monday morning, they most likely would have given you a #WTF shrug and started talking about Snooki’s baby belly. Ask that same question 24 hours later, and your formerly clueless friend would probably roll their eyes and get back to re-tweeting Diddy’s #KONY2012 shout-out instead of dealing with your “DUH” question.
Posted 3/2/12 12:43 pm EST by Sarah Shelton in Celebs, Social media, Sweet Tweet
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Update: After many doctors visits and consultations and meetings with her school administration, Megan has received clearance to go on some of her senior class trips! Awesome! Megan's family is hoping she makes a full recovery.
For Adam Levine it only took one click of a button to Retweet a message that might change the life of 17-year-old, Megan Bartley.
Posted 2/24/12 12:27 pm EST by Caroline Walker in Celebs, Hunger, Social media
Photo: (Getty Images/Facebook-Kevin McGuire)
Update: While Taylor is unable to attend Kevin McGuire's prom she invited him to be her date for the ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards. According to USA Today: "Obviously I said yes," said McGuire, who's currently being treated at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The country-music event "is a lot better than the senior prom."
Being a bit of a poster girl for fairy tales, Taylor Swift's romance factor has the potential to go through the roof this spring. Will she make one young cancer survivor's dream come true by slow dancing in the gym with him come prom night? Here's why we think it's very good idea.
Posted 2/17/12 3:39 pm EST by Sian-Pierre Regis in Celebs, Interview, Social media, Tech
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Some say this is the best week ever. I was able to keep up with at least one Kardashian. I chatted with Khloé Kardashian Odom about her involvement with Girls For a Change, an org that empowers girls to create social change. I also talked to her about her haters and how to stay confident. And of course, we got deep about her family. In my final interview with Khloé (sniffle), we geeked out about Twitter and how she uses it to bring awareness to causes.
Posted 2/13/12 2:23 pm EST by Casey Acierno in Resources, Social media, Tech
Photo: (XOXOSMS Film)
Imagine falling in love with someone who lives thousands of miles away, before you’ve ever had a single face-to-face conversation with them. That’s what happened to Jiyun and Gus. Their love story is captured in xoxosms, a new documentary by Nancy Schwartzman, the documentarian/activist behind The Line, which addressed the question of what happens to consent when you’re already in bed with someone.
Posted 2/3/12 3:23 pm EST by Caroline Walker in Events, Health, Social media
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Cancer. The Big C. The big I-never-thought-it-would-happen-to-me — because, hopefully, it won't. Ever. Period. But for the millions of Americans fighting for their lives, we can stand up to cancer tomorrow, February 4, on World Cancer Day.
Posted 2/2/12 3:36 pm EST by Caroline Walker in Election 2012, politics, Shows, Social media, Sweet Tweet
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As our TV experts over at Remote Control pointed out yesterday, Snooki got a little Twitter-happy when she heard a rumor that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie would be running for President in November. Don't panic: You are not experiencing temporary political blackouts. The rumor (that Snooks started?) is just a rumor after all.
