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World Wildlife Day, Kids and Nature: Connect to Protect

March 3, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

March 3, 2015 It’s World Wildlife Day... And opportunity awaits.Can we bring kids closer to nature online in order to get them out IN nature offline?Is empathy and stewardship obtainable through a … [Read more...]

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The Nature Principle: Experience the Earth Beyond Instagram

April 22, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

April 22, 2015 Update Recycling my resource roundup of eco-literacy quizzes on greenwashing, nature apps in a wired world, and games for good like TiltWorld that build on green media themes of kids' … [Read more...]

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Media Netiquette + Some Great Nature Apps In A Totally Wired World

March 13, 2013 by Amy Jussel 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...]

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Tilt World’s Nicole Lazzaro (Interview) Putting Emotion Into Game Play

April 30, 2012 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Sept. 2, 2016 Update Adding a few recent finds along these lines of 'putting emotion into game play' like "Shelter, Paws" and other empathy based critter care games to edge towards seeding compassion … [Read more...]

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10-10-10 & 350! What Does It All Mean?

October 10, 2010 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Oct 10, 2010 As mathletes and scientists find multiple meanings of coolness for 10-10-10 ranging from binary code to number 10 representing perfection or completion via the "I Ching," an ancient … [Read more...]

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Spring Break Sanctuary: Away From Digital Dramas, Peer Reality Shows

April 13, 2010 by Amy Jussel 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...]

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Nature Rocks: Reconnecting Families With Nature

June 5, 2009 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

June 5, 2009 It's World Environment Day...where you can Twitter for Trees, and 'green your routine' and engage in all kinds of green media pursuits and still miss the meaning of getting kids … [Read more...]

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12 Sep

How Can We Help Students Evaluate Scientific Information? Media Literacy Education! We recently convened #STEM & #MediaLiteracy educators to discuss the skills students need to learn to better evaluate scientific information & resist misinformation. ➡️

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12 Sep

Enjoying @iftf webinar happening now on #AI which is maxed out on attendees/Zoom, but viewable here: Complements the book I just finished, The Coming Wave which I HIGHLY recommend w/a macro lens on societal implications: https://www.the-coming-wave.com/ #IFTF

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6 Sep

"When #car companies aren’t busy sharing or selling your #data, they’re often not protecting it as well as they should. We couldn’t confirm if any of the car brands we researched meet our Minimum #Security Standards. That’s really bad and not normal" #tech

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7 Sep

Happening NOW...Great experts adding their perspectives via @FOSI on Zoom webinar right now: #tech4good #edu #storytelling #parenting

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