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Podcast: Smart Social Podcast: Keeping students safe so they can Shine Online
Episode: "Participate in Your Kid's Screen Time to Know What They're Exposed To Online" Andrea Messick
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Episode Summary:
Host Josh Ochs welcomes Andrea Messick, Chief of Staff and Communications at Midland ISD, to discuss key digital safety challenges impacting schools and families, including group texts, disappearing messages on apps like Snapchat and Signal, and inappropriate content that surfaces off campus and disrupts school days. Messick shares how her experience as a district leader and single parent shapes her approach, including regularly checking her son’s p...