A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode #6. Video games – balance, aggression, & setting limits. What we’re reading: The Netflix quarterly report claimed that it...
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Part of my work as a researcher and educator involves identifying innovative, authentic ways to embed technology in instruction. In this work, I’m excited when I work with educators to thoughtfully utilize technology as...
Careful, intentional, and developmentally appropriate use of digital texts and tools can build young children’s language and literacy skills while providing young children with opportunities to deepen their understanding about...
Alex Hern in The Guardian on a recent study published in the journal Psychological Science. It is an important data point in the growing debate about whether excessive screen time can damage the mental...
I just finished reading Cal Newport’s latest book, Digital Minimalism. The book focuses on the art of knowing how much is just enough when it comes to our use of personal technologies. The book provides pointers on how to...
A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode #5. It’s all legalese. Moments from our lives: Kristen and Ian admit that they don’t read terms of use — but maybe they...
A recent piece from Nellie Bowles in the NY Times suggests that screentime can now be considered a luxury. Bowles suggests that screens originally were a status symbol of the elite. We now consider avoidance of them to be a...
As we discuss online rights and freedoms, it is often hard to understand what is meant by relatively simple terms like privacy and security. These two terms are often incorrectly used as synonyms. But, data security is not...
A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode #4. What is real reading? Moments from our lives: Ian shares his struggle to be a digital annotator, and Kristen suggests that her daughter...
It’s widely accepted children’s development reflects an interaction between their genes and the environment they are raised in. More tentative is the intriguing idea that the role of the environment is more consequential for...