I found this video from the Today show about teens having their technology taken away for ten days was interesting. Do you have some students that are addicted to their technology? I think this going to be more and more an issue for this generation, finding a balance of time with technology and time “unplugged”. I’m sure the feelings of the mother that was interview would be echoed by many of the parents in your group. I think as we work with families they will be looking to us to help tackle this issue. I know it’s becoming an issue even for me, I find myself being drawn into spending time on my phone, laptop, or ipod. I think the exercise of shutting everything for a segment of time everyday is important. Just like the student in the video, I’ve found it’s not as hard as I thought it would be.
What advice would you have for familes that may stuggling with this issue?
Watching this again, I can’t believe I missed how ridiculous a couple of the teens looked. You can’t read a clock? Really, that’s sad. The best though was the teen commenting on the usability of a newspaper. You could just see him want to say, “and my fingers got all this black stuff on them. What is that?”. Classic.