Kingmaker at Iowa Media Literacy Conference Media Literacy is certainly the buzzword of 2017, the world having witnessed how powerful an effect it can have on users' daily perception & thoughts. Kingmaker ended the year by showcasing her latest intervention programmes for the Educators & Social Workers of Iowa State, USA. A…
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Latest Change on WhatsApp: “What Does It Mean For Privacy, Parenting & Cyber Wellness?”
WhatsApp, Data-Sharing & Advertising: What Should Users Do? The writing was on the wall. 2 years ago, Facebook acquired WhatsApp in a huge deal. A long wait followed to see when and how Facebook will begin to monetise the huge amount of user data that it acquired along with WhatsApp. Yesterday 2 new stories…
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Pokemon Go: What Parents Can Learn About Their Children (and Cyber Wellness)
Pokemon Go: What Parents Can Learn About Their Children (and Cyber Wellness) Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm. In countries around the world, both young & old have been hunting pokemons. Pokemon craze in Taiwan [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoYjVTbLWyo[/embed] Pokemon craze in Singapore (Hougang) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL5vHvV1gfs[/embed] While this drives some parents (and spouses) crazy, it is actually an…
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Pokemon Go: Cyber Wellness & Media Literacy
Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm. Hordes of users, young and old, have taken to catching pokemons using augmented reality - a virtual world superimposed on the real one that we eat, live & breathe in. Yet the signs often show that virtual is sometimes greater than reality: Pedestrians crossing roads oblivious about…
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Strengths-based Approach to Academics- Achiever
Strengths-based Approach to Academics "Knowledge consists of the facts and lessons learned. Skills are the steps of an activity. These three- talents, knowledge, and skills- combine to create your strengths." -Donald O. Clifton, father of Strengths-based Psychology as well as the developer of the eponymous Clifton StrengthsFinder- Gallup's online psychological assessment. DO WHAT YOU DO BEST…
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Strengths-Based-Approach to Cyber Wellness
Strengths-Based-Approach to Cyber Wellness In 2015, Kingmaker Consultancy Pte. Ltd. trained five 15-year old students with StrengthsTransform™ Personal Mastery programme for 4 sessions. They completed their StrengthsFinder profile, explored how their talent themes showed up in what they do on the Internet, and explored ways to diversify for cyber-wellness. During the 1st ASEAN Strengths Education Summit (2016), the candidates…
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