For those of you that are bored of reading long articles, here is an extremely engaging video about how phones are negatively impacting us. There are more sides to the issue of digital technology than the negative ones but this video argues that instead of obliterating phones, we should begin taking “smartphone vacations”, a break…
Podcast coming soon!
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…
Phones are making teens better behaved and less hedonistic
This Economist article talks about how teens are drinking less, getting into less trouble and having less sex than 20 years ago perhaps because their social needs are being met through technology. Parents are able to supervise their teens more now than ever with constant access to technology like location and data tracking apps. “Social media allow…
Things to do instead of being on your phone
101 THINGS TO DO INSTEAD OF BEING ON YOUR PHONE: Our phones have become a constant distraction; it’s time we put them down and rediscovered the simple art of taking a few minutes to do something or simply be bored. This book offers an extensive list of games and tips aimed at curing us…
super cool books
Get The F*ck Off Your Screen “To shut down an argument over whether my kid could have more screen time (no, no and no), I sent myself to my room until I was ready to talk calmly. Then I got online to research Outward Bound programs and text my friend Lia about how much I hate…
I am addicted to my phone, so what?
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,…
Sherry Turkle's TED talk
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…
Happy Holidays!!
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!
Parents…
An Apple a day really does keep parents away! This is a common “family” dinner time scene. Parents on their devices, doing work that i’m sure is important but is it more important that quality time with their children? Then the kids get out their phones because there anyone to talk to and soon enough…