August 17, 2012 Long time readers know I'm a huge fan of 'digital detox' to give writing a break, focus fully on family at the end of summer, and regroup for the back to school scene... I've written about the daunting demands of an 'always on' culture and the need for a screen free exodus multiple times in posts like "Media Unplugged: Clamping the IV Digital Drip"... And … [Read more...]
Unplug: On Summer Hiatus For Digital Detox (Again)
Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Shaping Youth Tagged With: addiction vs agency, Back to school, Common Sense Media, critical thinking, Digital Detox, Digital Literacy, Digital Vertigo, information overload, internet addiction, kids and media, Media management, media-literacy, National Day of Unplugging, sanctuary, Screen free, screen time, Sherry Turkle, spring break sanctuary, unplug and reboot, unplug to reconnect, Unplug Your Kids, unplugged
Using Kid Lit To Read The Right Message About Bullying
April 18, 2010 Many of you know I clench when I hear the word ‘reporter’ (even though I’m one and the same, it’s different when you’re behind the keyboard) because media has powerful potential to ignite infernos and give too much heat to ill-placed words, creating drama instead of preventing same....So imagine my exhale when today’s edition of the Chicago Tribune rightfully … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Adinas-Deck, Amy-Jussel, Anne Collier, bullying, character, chat rooms, Chat Roulette, Chicago Tribune, Connect Safely, Cyberbullying, cyberscourge, digital drama, Dr.-Robyn-Silverman, e-moderation, education, eModeration, ethics, Formspring, Google Bomb Book, Heidi Stevens, HGHW, internet-safety, kidlit, Kids, Kids Online Balancing Safety and Fun unconference, Larry-Magid, mean girls, new media monsters, Odd Girl Out, parental panic, peer reality shows, Rachel Simmons, reputation management, Rosalind Wiseman, sanctuary, Smokescreen, social norming, solutions-based, suicide, teen-suicide-prevention, teens, The Hundred Dresses, true child, youth