The Spotify Problem
Submitted by Lynn Jatania
on 20 April 2018
We have a few smartphone rules in our house: no phones after 9:30 p.m., no phones at the dinner table or other family events, and no phones in bedrooms.
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Raising a Generation of Data Defenders
Submitted by MediaSmarts
on 28 March 2018
How can you help pre-teens understand the value of their personal information and empower them to take steps to manage and protect it? Data Defenders, an educational game for children ages 10 to12, lifts the curtain on data collection by showing how apps and games can find out all kinds of things about them and by providing steps they can take to control the collection of personal information online.
Teens Losing Sleep to Tech
Submitted by Lynn Jatania
on 12 February 2018
As a kid, did you ever hide a flashlight under your pillow? Then pull it out after you were supposed to be asleep, so you could sneak in another half-hour of reading?
I did that. A lot.
Getting Used to Google Home
Submitted by Lynn Jatania
on 12 February 2018
We got a new tech toy at Christmas this year – a Google Home. I must admit, I’d only learned that such a device existed a couple of weeks before I ordered one as a gift for my husband. I wasn’t sure what it would do or how we would use it, but it seemed like fun and it was on sale, so I picked one up.
Sexting: Shifting the Focus from Victim-Blaming to Respect and Consent
Submitted by Matthew Johnson
on 6 February 2018
Few issues capture our anxiety about young people and digital media so perfectly as sexting. As with technologies at least as far back as the telegraph, much of this anxiety has focused specifically on girls and women.
Getting the Rules Right
Submitted by MediaSmarts
on 18 January 2018
When screens started being part of our daily lives – not just for work, but for entertainment, communication, and news – we parents had to do some serious thinking. What would the rules be? How would we govern these new devices? What were the best choices?
Diversity and Inclusion Online, Media Literacy Week 2017
Submitted by MediaSmarts
on 7 November 2017
Cyberbullying tweets from the President of the United States. Sexism in Silicon Valley. Fake news from social media feeds fuelling online hate.
It’s been a rough year so far on the digital media landscape.
Digital Literacy training program for Canadian educators
Submitted by Guest Blogger
on 18 October 2017
By Katherine Lofts of Hands On Media
Content reposted from original article www.handsonmediaeducation.com
For young Canadians, digital literacy skills are vital to:
Tablet Parenting Fail
Submitted by Lynn Jatania
on 19 September 2017
Well, it happened: we had a parenting fail when it comes to technology.
The Medium is the Message
Submitted by Lynn Jatania
on 14 August 2017
As a family, we’re watching a lot less advertising these days – at least, I thought we were. That’s because most of our family watching is on Netflix, which has no commercials, and the few shows we watch on regular TV are recorded in advance and ads are skipped over. I can easily go months without being aware of what new movies are coming up, which new developments have occurred in the world of toothpaste, and what new packaging strides Coke and Pepsi have made.