Sep 25, 2015

Our Kids Online: Building & Protecting Their Digital Footprints

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Every parent worries about their child online, and with good reason. With an excess of security and data breaches lately, it’s clear that many adults do not how to properly and/or safely use the Internet. How can we expect our kids, who have so much to learn and much more growing and developing to do, […]

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Sep 16, 2015

Social Media 101

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Educators are frequently trying to tie students’ interests and hobbies into their teaching techniques. When video games grew in popularity, so did educational video games. When the Internet became popular, the amount of educational websites increased. In the past ten years, social media sites have become an incredibly influential tool in communication, news reporting, and […]

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Jul 29, 2015

Working Remotely: Employees Tell All

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All month long, we’ve been sharing with you how working remotely can change the way you do business. We’ve given you tips and ideas of how to make the move to remote working and provided our own thoughts on the process and how it affects our productivity. In prepping for this blog, I came across […]

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Jul 22, 2015

Remote Working: The Way of the Future

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In 2013, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer decided to no longer allow Yahoo! employees to work remotely. The company was sent this message: When news broke out of this, many people–including employees–took to the Internet to share their two cents about this decision. One of these opinion-sharers was Jason Fried, Co-Founder of 37 Signals. Web magazine […]

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