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Are Teens Moving Away from Facebook?
Take a few minutes to read Some Teens Aren’t Liking Facebook as Much as Older Users, a May 30, 2012 business article in the Los Angeles Times. Facebook’s growth is slowing, and many teens, after...
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Children’s Media Use in America – 2013 Report
Common Sense Media has published a 2013 report on young children and their access and use of mobile media devices, Zero to Eight, Children’s Media Use in America 2013. The new research study aims to...
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Retailers Track Adults by Monitoring Device Wifi
We most often worry about advertisers tracking our children online but sometimes forget to think about how much we adults are followed around digitally. Check out the Washington Post article, Privacy...
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How Quickly Do New Apps Gain Kids’ Attention?
As we get ready to return to school for the 2014-15 academic year, my thoughts turn toward the digital life changes that I’ll observe in the lives of my 21st Century students when we come together in...
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Top Mobile Apps? Interesting Data from ComScore
Parents and educators often wonder aloud just who produces the most popular mobile apps and how many people, especially preadolescents and adolescents, actively use them on mobile devices. Check out...
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My Personal Fitness Device: Generating Data to Improve My Health
If you wear a personal fitness device, or if you are considering one, check out Robin Raskin’s short Huffington Post article, What Happens to All Your Data When You Monitor Your Fitness. The author has...
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Digital Devices & Parent-Teen Time Issues — New Research
Check out the interesting new research just out from Common Sense Media about the issues and challenges when it comes to 21st Century digital kids and their mobile devices. The image depicts a range of...
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Let’s Also Think About Grown-up’s Screen Time
With so much conversation about screen time for kids of all ages, it’s also useful think and talk about adults’ screen time. Adults model, but not always well, screen time habits for the young people...
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Thinking About Digital Life in 2017? Consider Simon Sinek’s Ideas
As you think about parenting or teaching digital natives in 2017, check out this presentation, Millennials in the Workplace, by Simon Sinek, an author and business consultant who writes on business,...
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Sleeping Without a Mobile Device Nearby — My Discoveries
Going to sleep has sometimes been challenging because have a difficult time relaxing and settling down. My iPhone was complicating bedtime and probably my sleep. So about a month ago, a few weeks...
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Great Tutorial for Parents Setting Up Kids’ iPhones
Are you planning to purchase a new iPhone for a digital kid your family? If so, check out a recently published article, How to Secure Your Kid’s iPhone, aimed at parents who want to administer and set...
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Young Children, YouTube Kids & Learning: Thoughts to Consider
If you have preschoolers in your family, check out The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With YouTube, appearing in The Atlantic. Written by Adrienne LaFrance, the eye-opening article...
View ArticleA Poem for About Mutual Digital Citizenship — for Kids and Parents
Several years ago I uploaded a post, Advice from Digital Kids to Parents, including some of the thoughts that kids in grades 3-6 shared with me about adults’ digital activities. My students often...
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