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Nat’l Wildlife Federation’s Ubooly Toy Deal + New Digital Kids Report

January 3, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Jan. 2, 2014 From the amazing Explore.org livestream media and National Geographic critter cams to the gaming immersion into the world of wildlife via Animal Jam I’ve been thinking a lot about the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, Animal Jam, balance screen time with green time, be out there, Children and Nature, children and screens, connecting kids to nature, Consumerism, digital kids, digital technology kids, digital-culture-play, Disney Nature, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Friending Fresh Air, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Mobile Media, National Wildlife Federation, nature and wildlife apps for kids, nature apps, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, play outdoors, play outside, Project Wild Thing, Ranger Rick, Richard-Louv, screens in nature, screentime, Sharing Nature with Children, tech and nature coexist, The Nature Principle, Ubooly, Winter Wonderland Photo Contest

My Mommy Taught Me To Surf: Meaningful Media for Mother’s Day

May 8, 2012 by Amy Jussel 8 Comments

May 8, 2012 Happy Children's Book Week all! (May 7-13 2012) No secret I prefer media that has a social enterprise tie-in or a deeper message than the vapid values of commercialism circulating in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, book giveaway, Children and Nature, children and screens, children's books, eco education, family bonding, Freebie-Finds-Kids, girls empowerment, GWLN, how to surf, Joseph Tomarchio, kidlit, kids self esteem, mentorship, Mothers Day, My Daddy Taught Me to Surf, My Mommy Taught Me to Surf, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, NCLI, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, play outside, Richard-Louv, surfing, Surfrider Foundation, TaughtMe2, Youth-sports

Time for a Digital Cleanse! Join Us For Screen Free Week April 30-May 6

April 12, 2012 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

April 12, 2012 Ommm...want to join me in turning off all glowing electronic devices to celebrate CCFC's Screen Free Week of insight April 30-May 6, 2012? It's a great chance to unplug...and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, balanced digital diet, CCFC, Children and Nature, children and screens, childrens media, Digital Detox, digital media, free play, Good Night iPad, Herve Tullet, Info Overload, kids and media, kids and screens, Lego Friends, Media Education, Media management, Media-Influence-Kids, media-literacy, Press Here, reach and teach, Rich Louv, Sabbath Manifesto, Screen Free Week, screen time, Susan Linn, The Nature Principle, too much media, tuning out, unplug, unplug and reboot, Unplug Your Kids, unplugged challenge, unstructured play

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