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Tigertext: helping teens and adults cover their tracks

Mar 8, 2010 | Girls Ministry, technology

This is a new app only available on iphones right now but it allows a person to erase texts you've sent on another person's cell phone. Interestingly named Tigertext.  The company that released it promises that it was not named after Tiger Woods but ironically it would have been a ...

web 2.0 suicide: are your students on the digital ledge?

Jan 11, 2010 | Featured, Pop Culture, social networking, technology

The term social suicide is one that has been around for awhile. I looked up the most popular definition on The Urban Dictionary and this is the one that rose to the top: SOCIAL SUICIDE: commiting an act or acts that alienates one from their social scene or social circle to kill ...

Pixable: Your Girls Ministry’s best friend for memory keeping

Dec 23, 2009 | Featured, Girls Ministry, technology

It's amazing how facebook has revolutionized our ability to save, comment on, celebrate, and keep in touch with memories through the facebook photo tagging abilities.  I know that within hours of an event, I have instant feedback from our students and leaders as they upload their photos to photo albums ...

Help for the frazzled girlsminister or girlsministry leader!

Dec 2, 2009 | Featured, Girls Ministry, technology

I have great intentions of getting together with people for coffee. By the time I'm done with responsibilities on a Sunday or Wednesday, I have a handful of people that I know I need to touch base with over coffee or lunch.  The problem is sitting down to set up ...

5 ways to help wean students from a cell phone addiction.

Oct 2, 2009 | Featured, Girls Ministry, Moms, technology

I heard it said recently that cellphones have become the electronic pacifier of the 21st century. Wow! Yes...that is true.  We have students that cannot be without their cell phone. As a girls minister, we have seen this to be a problem not just for our teens but for our ...

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