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#DigCitSummit Pt1: Debating The Facebook Dislike Button

September 24, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 24, 2015 As a partner organization in the first ever Digital Citizenship Summit October 3, 2015 bringing in thought leaders and stakeholders from the student, parent, educator and industry … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #DigCit, #DigCitSummit, #iCANHELP, 21st century parenting, anti-bullying, balanced digital diet, be the digital change, bullying, Creating cultures of dignity, David Ryan Polgar, digital citizenship, empathy, Facebook dislike button, Growing Up Digital, I Can Helpline, It Gets Better, Marialice BFX Curran, Netsmartz, online safety, SEL, Shaping Youth, Social Emotional Learning

Deconstructing Thanksgiving Stereotypes: The Mediatrician Is In

November 22, 2010 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Nov. 25, 2015 Update: Couldn't resist this timely SNL Adele Thanksgiving skit slamming stereotypes...Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Nov. 27, 2014 Update: Favorite post to add this year for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Adele SNL Thanksgiving skit, Ask the Mediatrician, bringing history to life, Center on Media and Child Health, childrens media, classroom 2.0, CMCH, Critical-thinking-skills, Dr. Michael Rich, education, Growing Up Digital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, history, immigrants, Indians, Kids, Macys parade, Media-Influence-Kids, media-literacy, Media-Rules!, multitasking, native Americans, new demographic, pilgrims, Racialicious, real Thanksgiving story, stress free kids, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving stereotypes, The Mediatrician, Wired for Distraction, youth

Addiction Series Part 3: Media, Medicos, & Critical Thinking

January 15, 2010 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

Jan. 15, 2009 Thought I’d wrap up Part Three in this series on digital addiction vs. agency (part one and part two here) with some humorous insights from the medical community that poke fun at some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: addiction, ADHD depression, APA, APA sexualization study, Asset Based Thinking, Consuming kids, Critical-thinking-skills, depression in teens, diagnosis, Digital, digital addictions, Don Tapscott, dsm process, DSM-V, entitlement, free agency, GenerationMe, Growing Up Digital, Hank Wasiak, how many shrinks does it take to change a diagnosis?, internet, internet addictions, Jean Trenge, KGOY, Kids, media influence, Media management, media-literacy, mental disorders, mental health, mind hacks, more mental health issues among youth, narcissism, net addiction, psychiatrists, psychobabble, psychology, saving play, Science Blog, Search Engine Journal, shrinks, social-media, Susan Linn, symptoms, teens, unstructured play, youth

Grown Up Digital: Don Tapscott’s Latest On ‘Generation Net’

June 15, 2009 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

June 15, 2009 “A revolution doesn’t happen in society when you adopt new tools, a revolution in society happens when you adopt new behaviors.” That digital premise opens up the debate for the 21st … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Academics, Amy-Jussel, behavioral shifts, born digital, core curriculum, core knowledge, cultural literacy, Daniel Brusilovsky, Digital, digital debates, digital-natives, Don Tapscott, edge.org, Gen Y, Generation Me, Generation-Digital, Generations, Growing Up Digital, Grown Up Digital, impending demise of the University, Josh Shipp, knowledge sharing, Mark Bauerlein, Max Marmer, Millenials, Net Generation, NetGen, NextNow Collaboratory, pedagogy, Plato and a platypus, Reason.com, school, smartest generation, taking it global, TakingITGlobal, teens in tech, The Dumbest Generation, The future of work, totally wired, Wikinomics, Wikipedia, Yes we did, YPulse

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