May 4-10, 2015 is Screen Free Week I'm being called for jury duty, so who knows where that lands...meanwhile, here's a links list below reprising resources to enjoy time out and about unplugged!Screen … [Read more...]
Grad Night, School Policy and Mobile Media Management
June 6, 2013 by 7 Comments
June 6, 2013 “…Any personal items (including car keys, ids, cell phones) will be bagged and labeled with the student’s name. Digital cameras must NOT have transmission capability and will be left at … [Read more...]
Media Netiquette + Some Great Nature Apps In A Totally Wired World
March 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
July 26, 2015 Update: Adding Washington Parent's list: Nature Apps, Life Beyond the Screen and DailyTekk.com's iPhone app specific picks for enjoying the outdoors, plus Mother Nature Network's "7 Apps … [Read more...]
Lessons From Youth On Screen Free Week: Perception Vs. Reality
April 20, 2011 by 2 Comments
Apr. 20, 2011 Screen Free Week April 18-24 If I’m "Captain of this Ship," then there’s been a mutiny and I’m walking the plank. Some of the youth crew have called me out and dressed me down for what … [Read more...]
Spring Break Sanctuary: Ideas To Celebrate Screen Free Week
March 23, 2011 by 12 Comments
May 6, 2015 This year, "Screen Free Week" has been hardest on me for work related immediacy, as Twitter and 'livestreaming' events have made me feel like Gumby with people pinging and pushing their … [Read more...]
Media Unplugged: Clamping The IV Digital Drip (Pt1)
August 28, 2010 by 15 Comments
Dec. 14, 2015 Update Don't miss this Wall Street Journal article, "Is your Doctor Getting Too Much Screen Time? which is a huge patient/service complaint and a disconnect especially among seniors … [Read more...]
Is It ONLY ME? Disabling Facebook Places In Pursuit of Privacy
August 19, 2010 by 14 Comments
August 19, 2010 Today is World Humanitarian Day and I definitely needed this inspiring humanitarian video to gain some perspective on humanity. (fab 4 mins after the jump, and a how-to disable vid on … [Read more...]
Media Slave? ReShaping Habits For More Summer Fun
July 27, 2010 by 9 Comments
July 27, 2010 “Why aren’t you posting on Shaping Youth every day like you used to, Amy? Are you on summer hiatus like the networks?” Um, I guess that’s what you’d call it. Frankly, it never … [Read more...]
Babies Movie: Through The Lens of a Young Teen
May 11, 2010 by 15 Comments
May 11, 2010 I tried to warn her, “This isn’t some wham- bam fast-paced action thriller or rom-com dramedy, but Babies IS my movie choice for Mother’s Day, ok?” In preparation, I showed her the … [Read more...]
Spring Break Sanctuary: Away From Digital Dramas, Peer Reality Shows
April 13, 2010 by 14 Comments
Mar. 25, 2016 Just back from a 'spring break' social media hiatus reprising our unplugged trip to Catalina Island, albeit only day tripping vs a leisurely week away, as we tried to 'recreate' and … [Read more...]
Spring Break 2010: Service Learning from Teens Turning Green
April 3, 2010 by 15 Comments
April 3, 2010 While media reports often churn out attention-getting stereotypes of spring break scenes of rowdy youth antics under the auspices of ‘what sells,’ to feed the money machine, we all too … [Read more...]
Get ‘Em Outside! Shaping Youth Heads for The Hills
August 10, 2008 by 34 Comments
May 17, 2016 Between this post about children's sensory atrophy and the positive practices of Vitamin N...nature, I feel compelled to send another shoutout on Twitter to "Get 'Em Outside!" (video … [Read more...]
