01/26/2024
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Meet our amazing panelists for Straight Talk '24: Navigating the Smartphone Era (livestreamed Feb. 12, noon-1 p.m. CST)! We can't wait for you to hear from the experts we're teaming up with to discuss how smartphones are affecting our children's minds, bodies, and classrooms! Take a minute to get to know them below 👇
🙋Then submit your question for the Q&A portion here (closes Monday, Jan. 29): bit.ly/ST24questions
🔹 Tabitha Branum, Richardson ISD's 20th superintendent, brings 25 years of educational leadership to Texas. Branum is a skilled presenter, grant writer, and co-author of “Digital Learning: Meeting the Challenges and Embracing the Opportunities for Teachers.”
🔹 Titania Jordan, a mother and the Chief Marketing and Chief Parent Officer of Bark Technologies, a digital safety company, is a leading voice on digital parenting. She's authored "Parenting in a Tech World" and contributed to publications like the Wall Street Journal and Forbes.
🔹 Marvin Ruiz-Martinez is a senior at Robert Turner College and Career High School in Pearland ISD, just south of Houston. Marvin belongs to the unique generation of digital natives where Snapchat and smartphones are part of their coming-of-age story. He has experienced the ups and downs of technology that can both connect and isolate him from his peers; the support that posts can garner from acquaintances at school, and the dangers—in a post-Covid world—of high schoolers sourcing illicit drugs through direct messaging.
🔹 Jennifer Wagner is Round Rock ISD’s new Director of Behavioral Health Services. With over 20 years of experience in mental health and human services, she is dedicated to student well-being and brings a wealth of mental health experience from outpatient, inpatient, and residential settings. Jennifer has extensive patient experience dealing with substance use, addiction, mood disorders, trauma, grief, and behavioral issues.
Read more about them, find a watch party in your backyard, and more at txpta.org/straight-talk
