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"Blakely on Lit., Writing, & Technology"

"(CNN)When Juliette Brindak Blake was 16, she wanted to do something for her younger sister, Olivia, and her friends. Brindak Blake knew how tough middle school could be for girls, so she launched a tween social networking site called "Miss O And Friends." Now in her twenties, she never imagined her idea would be used as the basis for "Hyperlinked," a new YouTube Red series which follows the lives of five young friends."

"A few months ago, I posted an article by Shelly Blake-Plock called 21 Things in Education That Will be Obsolete in 2020, which lists some of the ways in which the face of schools will change in less than a decade. In this op-ed, which originally appeared in the Baltimore Sun, he describes what exactly needs to be done to get to there. "

A video series by Dave & Blake from My Life Online with genuinely great content and strategies for parents, encouraging conversation and relationship building. Video 1 - The 3 Habits every kid needs to be safe and responsible online. Video 2 - The 4 myths about screen time and how it affects your child. Video 3 - The 3 Crucial Conversations you need to have with your child about social media.

"This basketball, simple machine, and mechanism-filled Rube Goldberg Machine is powered by the work of students from Georgia Tech's colleges of Industrial Design and Music, and some signature Globetrotters magic courtesy of 'Buckets' Blakes. The Trick Shot Machine, also scored by the Tech students, is a promo project for the legendary Harlem Globetrotters, filmed before their Atlanta, Georgia games on March 3 and 10, 2018."