Technopanic Podcast: Living & learning in an age of screentime

A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 12 of Season Two: COVID-19.

This episode is a special episode of the Technopanic Podcast in which we discuss the challenges of parenting, and teaching in a global pandemic.

What are the challenges and mindsets we have as we consider guiding youth during a global pandemic?

1. Do your best and stay positive – don’t panic (keep the news off)
2. Create daily use rules and stick to them
3. Schedule – kids need routine (this is not a snow day)
4. Use tech to connect with others – isolation can lead to depression
5. Perfect time to learn with your kids about their tech use
6. Find a project – maybe gamify something

1. Do your best and stay positive – don’t panic.  Don’t worry about the test either.
2. Be available remotely, but set limits on your time (if your school hasn’t already)
3. Don’t feel like you have to learn how to teach online overnight – this isn’t normal

Informational page on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

What is social distancing?

A crowdsourced list of ideas for projects to complete with kids

Sifting through the Coronavirus Pandemic – Information hygiene guidance

The Technopanic Podcast is a podcast about living and learning in an age of screentime.

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A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 11 of Season Two: Mr. Rogers and Media Mentorship.

This episode is part of a research project from the Screentime Research Group.

What is media mentorship, and how can parents be media mentors?

Ian and Kristen are joined by Katie Paciga, a professor of education at Columbia College Chicago, and a member of the Screentime Research Group. In this special episode, Dr. Paciga talks about investigating how to talk to children about issues of privacy, security, and algorithms.

Incubator 143 at the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College. (2015). What would Fred Rogers Say?

Donohue, C. (Ed.). (2017). Family engagement in the digital age: Early childhood educators as media mentors. Routledge.

Haines, C., & Campbell, C. (2016). Becoming a media mentor: A guide for working with children and families. ALA Editions.

Shapiro, J. (2019, April 26). Children need digital mentorship, not WHO’s restrictions on screen time. Brookings Institute.

Common Sense Media: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ 

Librarians review and recommend digital resources as well as print ones:

• http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/EELDM
• http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncdm

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The Technopanic Podcast is a podcast about living and learning in an age of screentime.

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A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 10 of Season Two: Raising Media-Savvy Kids. 

Special Guest: 

Ian and Kristen are joined by Meghan Herbst, a fact checker and contributor at Wired in San Francisco and the mother of an 8 year old. She recently wrote “How to Raise Media-Savvy Kids in the Digital Age” part of a series on parenting—from surveilling our teens to helping our kids navigate fake news and misinformation.

You can reach out to Meghan at www.meghanherbst.com and on Twitter at @megeherbst. 

Big questions: 

In this episode, we discuss media literacy and how parents can help children to be more critical consumers of information.

What we’re reading: 

How to Raise Media-Savvy Kids in the Digital Age

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The Technopanic Podcast is a podcast about living and learning in an age of screentime.

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A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 9 of Season Two: Overcoming fear and developing vigilance.

This episode is part of a research project from the Screentime Research Group.

Big questions: Where is my child developing, at an early age, fear of certain places on the Internet?  Is this a good thing?

What we’re reading:

Dealing with fear and media

Building healthy relationships with media: A parent’s guide to media literacy

‘Juvenoia,’ Part 1: Why Internet fear is overrated

About “momo” and dealing with viral media scares

National Online Safety Tik Tok Online Safety Guide

TikTok Is A Pedophile Magnet And UnSafe For Kids, Warns Cyber Security

Stay connected

The Technopanic Podcast is a podcast about living and learning in an age of screentime.

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You can also review all episodes here.

A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 8 of Season Two: Digital Justice, Surveillance & Invisible Walls.

Moments from our lives: 

Ian and Kristen are joined by Dr. Chris Gilliard, a Professor of English at Macomb Community College in Michigan. His scholarship concentrates on privacy, institutional tech policy, digital redlining, and the re-inventions of discriminatory practices through data mining and algorithmic decision-making, especially as these apply to college students.

You can reach out to Dr. Gilliard at Hypervisible.com and on Twitter at @hypervisible. 

Big questions: 

In this episode, we discuss privacy, security, algorithms, & “surveillance capitalism.” How can parents help children to be more reflective about the activities in which they engage?

What we’re reading: 

Filtering content is often done with good intent, but filtering can also create equity and privacy issues

Pedagogy and the Logic of Platforms

Privacy’s not an abstraction

Caught in the spotlight

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The Technopanic Podcast is a podcast about living and learning in an age of screentime.

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A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 7 of Season Two: Smart Things…Friend or Foe?

Moments from our lives: 

Ian and Kristen are joined by Bud Hunt, the IT and Technical Services Manager for the Clearview Library District in northern Colorado.

Kristen is thinking about adding some smart devices to her home and asks Bud and Ian whether they have or use them.

In this episode we discuss the Internet of Things, or IoT. Simply put, it is the concept of basically connecting any device to the Internet and/or with each other. This can be everything from cellphones to coffee pots to washing machines, wearable devices, etc.

Big questions:

What are some of the questions we should ask before we bring smart things into our homes?

What we’re reading: 

4 ways “internet of things” toys endanger children

Privacy and the Internet of Things – Emerging frameworks for policy and design

Hell No Barbie: 8 reasons to leave Hello Barbie on the shelf

The Internet of toys

A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 6 of Season Two: Saying Thanks.

Moments from our lives: Ian and Kristen say goodbye to Jim, the first lead editor of Technopanic.

Big questions: What have we learned so far in recording and editing the podcast?

A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 5 of Season Two: Digital Minimalism.

Moments from our lives: 

Ian heads to the doctor for the yearly physical, and is asked for advice about how “on call” doctors should be with their patients. Ian explains that he uses Hangouts to be “on call” for student requests/questions. Ian shares insights from the book Digital Minimalism and a book reading group with Doug Belshaw.

Big questions:

How do we get the most out of the good parts of technology while protecting ourselves from the bad?

What we’re reading: 

What is Digital Minimalism?

Digital Minimalism: How to simplify your online life

Digital minimalism 101: How to find focus and calm by becoming a digital minimalist

A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 4 of Season Two: Supporting Youth Participation Online.

Moments from our lives: Kristen and Ian talk with Dr. Henry Jenkins about challenges and opportunities as youth engage and participate online.

Big questions: 

• What is screentime?  How does screentime intersect with participatory culture?
• Is all screentime created equal?
• What are some of the benefits of digital technologies for youth?
• What are some of the things parents should consider when deciding whether to allow their children to use screens?
• How can parents talk to their children about both the positives and negatives associated with technology?  What are the most important conversations to have?

What we’re reading: 

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture

Children’s privacy online: Experimenting with boundaries within and beyond the family

How to keep children safe online (without looking over their shoulders all day)

Resources:

Henry Jenkins’ website

Publications of Henry Jenkins

Archive of Our Own

What is Helicopter Parenting? Experts say it’s too much for kids

A podcast about living and learning in the age of screentime. Welcome to Episode 3 of Season Two: Connected Learning.

Moments from our lives: Kristen reflects on her learning from the Connected Learning Summit 2019 (#cls2019) and shares some tools and ideas for kids and parents.

Big questions: How can we develop a strong public sentiment about youth participation without shutting down spaces where they can develop strong identities?  Is play ok?

What we’re reading: 

What is Connected Learning?

Affinity Online: How Connection and Shared Interest Fuel Learning

In “Walden” video game, the challenge is stillness

Resources:

Walden: A Game

#studentsdeserve

Roblox, Roblox Education, Roblox will teach kids to code with new educational initiative 

Scratch, Scratch Jr.

Gamestar Mechanic