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“If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.” -Omar N. Bradley

Posted on April 15, 2018 by KaiaRae

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Podcast coming soon!

Posted on April 15, 2018April 17, 2018 by KaiaRae

I am excited to announce that I will be launching the Devices Divide podcast in the very near future! I will be interviewing professionals in the tech and media worlds along with parents and teenagers of the current iGen. Here is a preview of some exciting upcoming interviews: Tristan Harris, who has been called the “closest thing…

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I am addicted to my phone, so what?

Posted on January 4, 2018December 1, 2018 by KaiaRae

I am addicted to my iPhone. I try to limit myself by refraining from downloading any social media but I make an exception for Instagram. Just one social media app and I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m constantly thinking about which of my adventures are post worthy, which pictures would attract the most likes,…

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Sherry Turkle's TED talk

Posted on September 25, 2016 by KaiaRae

Sherry Turkle talks about the need to use devices with awareness of other people and how devices are not a substitute for human relationships and conversations. She comments on how “People talk to [her] about the important new skill of making eye contact while texting” in order to be able to text while in class…

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Happy Holidays!!

Posted on January 5, 2016 by KaiaRae

Happy holidays everyone! Here’s a hilarious poem about Santa getting addicted to his iPhone…which is actually an anagram of Twas The Night Before Christmas….Enjoy!

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An Apple a day keeps my parents away

Posted on November 10, 2014April 17, 2018 by KaiaRae

How the iPhone changed my family. I wrote this in 2011, when I was 10 years old.   Chapter 1: It all began with my dad It all started with my dad. When he first bought an iPhone 3 he got lost in the realm of these strange electronic devices that were brand new and…

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