We had over 75 people attend Always On : Raising Families in the Digital Age and Rob Williams did a great job sharing new information and allowing a rich interchange to emerge.
Friends School of Portland stresses "Inquiry, Reflection, Action" as our educational mission. In that spirit, here's some of the feedback from the event --
resources following.
Please use comments to add more of your thinking!!!
Inquiry : I wonder
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What will the social media (peers) expect from
my children when they reach adolescence?
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If there are other parents interested in
resisting certain technologies for our own kids and just not buying what
they’re selling? We could us a supportive
culture of resistance.
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If there could be a strong enough movement to
lobby against advertising?
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Can I choose not to participate in social media?
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About the actual changes in brain structrure
from always being on (not to mention health risks)
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If the next step beyond google glass is the
google post-natal cortical implant?
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What is the right trade-off between “privacy”
and “sharing”
Reflection : The 1 thing I’ll
tell others
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Google Eyewear – Beware!
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We must all learn to disconnect – and allow others
to do so as well!
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Production vs. Consumption of media – different
kinds of screen time
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Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood
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We have NO privacy in the digital age
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My 14yr old has a reptilian brain
• Internet / Privacy -- no overlap
Action : Action
Idea
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Media Diet – Share ideas with families of
students
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Read The Machine Stops & Blackberry’s Hamlet
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Use the library!
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Quit Facebook!
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Don’t make your kids compete with your phone.
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I will get a book out on the brain and
interpreting reality.
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Remind people that while we worry about our
expensive toys/tools, many people in Maine and in the world don’t have enough
to eat, and send my check to org’s that serve these folks.
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Bring the “mindfulness project” into schools to
teach students the importance of not (always) being “on”
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Retire to the bathroom every once in a while.
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Figure out ways to have these conversations in
schools / among parents / ongoing
