Joanne Orlando

Dr Joanne is a researcher examining our digital lifestyle. Her cutting edge ideas and understandings about our uses of technology and provides practical solutions that ensure technology is an empowering part of the lives of children and adults.
Dr Jo works closely as an expert with government, key industry, education sector to develop practices that will help us flourish in our digital society. She is a keynote speak nationally and internationally and regularly present as an expert on TV, radio, and in print.
Joanne is the founder of TechClever, an evidenced-based digital literacy and digital wellbeing education program for parents and students.
Her most recent book 'Life Mode On: How to be Less Stressed, More Present and Back in Control with Technology' was released globally in 2021.

ACCC Social media
Politics

JUST SAY YO: Why politicians need to think of social media more like sex, and focus on education over abstinence

- September 11, 2024 3 MIN READ

The federal government has committed to a national plan to ban children from social media. Details are still scarce. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has acknowledged that “no government is going to be able to protect every child from every threat, but we have to do all we can”. But banning children from social media isn’t… Read more »