Totally Wired Webinar
I'm giving a "Totally Wired" Webinar for the folks at the Discovery Educator Network next week. Has anyone given a Webinar before? I would love to hear any tips on how to make it compelling...I'll be working on it over the weekend. Anyhow, you can register to attend here.
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Thank You For Your Suggestions On Managing 'The Glut'
Wow. Thanks to everyone who commented on yesterday's "cry for help." There were some great suggestions. I got in late after speaking in Palo Alto last night and had to catch up on "The Wire" finale of course after being in Austin all weekend. So...I decided to sleep in and get a full 8 hours. That coupled with some other stuff I need to do this morning means I'll be posting much later today (east coasters: That means night time for you!).
In the meantime, I thought you might be interested in what the Palo Alto parents were asking me after my preso. Some of it was familiar, like is there any decent block/filter software that doesn't block porn and stuff we actually need? (this was referring to the new parental controls in Windows Vista). I'm grateful to Henry Jenkins and his keynote for helping me attempt to answer the question around whether teens are technology addicts. I tried the whole addiction is a disease, addicts usually have underlying mental health issue approach, but I could tell it wasn't going over too well with a couple of parents. I tried to say the word addiction is a label with negative connotations -- maybe compulsion is a better word to describe the desire we all share when it comes to constantly checking our email/Twitter/Crackberries. That it's about setting limits and more importantly connected parents (there are lots in the Valley) modeling this for their teens. The other question, which I've had before is how set limits or manage kids' technology use (especially younger kids) when it is coming from an institution, i.e. schools. When your child says, "I have to do this for school" or has a school laptop. I don't really have an answer to this one -- do any of you?
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