Comments on: Join the Conversation: Raising Kids in a Digital World

By: Anisa

Anisa — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:20:43 +0000

Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds. A national survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds kids spend astounding amount of time using entertainment media across a typical day.

http://www.kff.org/entmedia/mh012010pkg.cfm

By: Anisa

Anisa — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:46:56 +0000

From the PR Newswire: There’s an App for That! PBS KIDS® Study Finds Mobile Apps are New Source of Learning

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/theres-an-app-for-that-pbs-kids-study-finds-mobile-apps-are-new-source-of-learning-94819794.html

By: Anisa

Anisa — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:40:34 +0000

Thanks for the link Jess. I suggest everyone takes a look at the ACE list. In a way no different than how we hope our kids behave in real life as well not just online. See you tomorrow!

By: jess

jess — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:16:44 +0000

relevant blog post:

http://tinyurl.com/2by6d8v
See you at Local 121!

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:28:09 +0000

Facebook Privacy options – redesign proposals
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/fortune/1005/gallery.facebook_privacy_redesign.fortune/index.html

By: Anisa

Anisa — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:07:47 +0000

Here is a study on kids and gadget ownership from Retrevo.com: How young do most people think is “too young” to own a cell phone, computer, TV, etc.

Story: How Young Is Too Young for Gadgets? Should a 9 Year Old Have a Cell Phone?
Full Story: http://www.retrevo.com/content/blog/2010/03/should-nine-year-old-have-cell-phone
High-Rez Graphics & Charts: http://s868.photobucket.com/albums/ab241/retrevostudies/?newest=1

By: Anisa

Anisa — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:05:17 +0000

From Womenns’ Media Center:
Girls Investigate: Social Media’s Merits & Minuses
http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/03/girls-investigate-social-medias-merits-minuses/

By: Anisa

Anisa — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:57:26 +0000

From the NY Times: Kids take part in a two-day experiment in text-free living. “Encouraging the Text Generation to Rediscover Its Voice”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/nyregion/27bigcity.html?emc=eta1

By: Anisa

Anisa — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:33:12 +0000

From a reader:
I would really like it if the panel could address pre teen issues w/ computers – texting, facebook, etc – perhaps Trevor could address this. I realize that my kids tend to be ahead of the curve – your target audience seems to be preschool early elementary – perhaps you should start teenoinfo.

Also, my boys lost the joy of reading – this totally bums me out. I am finding that now that I have the kindle, they want to download books and read them on the kindle. Whatever works. And if this is more enticing and comfortable for them in the digital world – I am all for using that tool.

There is a website called http://www.guysread.com founded by Jon Sczieka the auther of The Timewarp series and some sports books for young readers. Are you aware of it? It highlights the trend in boys not reading as much as girls and how that affects them by the time they are in high school. One of the things they say is good is also having boys listen to books – the kindle does do text to audio – I am trying to see if they can listen and read along with the books – if that helps.

By: katy

katy — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:42:42 +0000

what i see around digital kid issues is snobbery–it seems like the most basic level of is to boast (or silently feel proud) of how little “screen time” your children get. then there’s another level of snobbery if your children have their own blog, iPhone app, Twitter feed, etc. my question is this: is this a style issue (inconsequential matter of family preference), or are we actually harming our kids by either letting them get very involved in the digital world or by keeping them away from it?

will a child who is not involved in the digital world from a very young age be at a disadvantage–missing a “critical period” like that for learning foreign language?