Social Media Discussed at LDS General Conference
Several speakers at the October 2017 LDS general conference mentioned the use of social media. They spoke about the incomparable potential for both good and bad. Used effectively, social media can be a great way to communicate and share goodness. But overused or used...
“Digital Mists of Darkness” Helps Parents with Internet Safety
Digital Mists of Darkness by Dr. Charles D. Knutson is a book for LDS parents and leaders, written to help you navigate the intersection of technology and moral life. The full text of this book is available online at no charge at DigitalMists.com. Charles Knutson is a...
New LDS Church Videos Promote Safe Driving
The Church’s Safety and Health page has published resources to promote safe driving: Several humorous videos about eating, dancing, applying make-up, and talking on the phone Numbers about distracted driving Myths and Truths about distracted driving When You’re...
Families Should Discuss How to Use Social Media in Righteous Ways
The Church uses new technologies and social media to bring about the work of salvation. For example, the Church extensively uses websites, mobile apps, and social media. (See a list of these Church accounts at the end of this article.) Just as the Church uses these...
Guarding Your Personal Information Online
I recently wrote about FamilyTreeNow, an online people search site that bills itself as a family history site. In that article, I explained how easy it is for people to find detailed, personal information about you and your family members, such as ages, birth dates,...
How to Opt Out of FamilyTreeNow
FamilyTreeNow.com bills itself as a free family tree and genealogy research site, but beware. Although you can create and save family tree charts, there are no biographies or family history stories. The site really is not much more than a people finder. It searches...
Parenting the Internet Generation
Did your son or daughter get a new mobile device for Christmas? If so, have you talked with them about using it appropriately and avoiding inappropriate things? Here are a few tips that may help: Family Safeguards Has your family discussed together the benefits and...
Family Safeguards for Using Technology
The Church booklet Safeguards for Using Technology is used to train missionaries on the appropriate use of technology. This booklet is now available for parents to use in teaching their children how to be safe with technology. You can get a printed copy or find it in...
Phishing
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month—time to focus on safer ways to shop, search, socialize, and do everything else online. Throughout the month I’ve been posting articles to remind you of best practices for online activities. Phishing is when...
Staying Safe on Social Networks
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month—time to focus on safer ways to shop, search, socialize, and do everything else online. Throughout the month I’ll post articles to remind you of best practices for online activities. Facebook, Twitter, Google+,...
The Basic Steps to Online Safety and Security
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month—time to focus on safer ways to shop, search, socialize, and do everything else online. Throughout the month I’ll post articles to remind you of best practices for online activities. The infographic below is from...
Staying Safe Online
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month—time to focus on safer ways to shop, search, socialize, and do everything else online. Throughout the month I’ll post articles to remind you of best practices for online activities. The...
Online Password Safety
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month—time to focus on safer ways to shop, search, socialize, and do everything else online. Throughout the month I’ll post articles to remind you of best practices for online activities. This article reviews safe...
Social Media Certification
The Voice of Scouting has created a Social Media Certification as one of their new interactive online courses for a new age of Scouting. Have you ever been on Facebook and wondered how you got where you were? How about pin hopping on Pinterest; where was that first...Follow on social media