Kia Ora e hoa ma,<\/p>\n
Many amazing things for you to read, coming right up.<\/p>\n
First, from the World Health Organisation, about the needs of li’l kids.<\/a>\u00a0 I love how they cut through the dross and tell it like it is!\u00a0 Here is a gift from the folks at New Dream<\/a>, about being an effective change maker in 2020.<\/p>\n And now … a bunch of tech links.\u00a0 Cos I gotta.\u00a0 The first comes from MIT, the prestigious technology based university.\u00a0 I highlight that source, because you cannot accuse them of being anti tech!\u00a0 And if they are concerned about use of tech in the classroom<\/a>, we oughta be concerned. From NZ, now, a summary of research that led to some recommendations<\/a> for classrooms. Thanks, Sensible Screen Use!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (I wrote this piece a few years back: for OHbaby! about school readiness<\/a> … might have to pitch another one with an emphasis on countering the over-technification of too many of our classrooms!)\u00a0 I would begin by sharing the NEW ACTION KIT from the Children’s Screen Time Action Network.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Outside the classroom: here’s a write up of an initiative to get kids to put down their phones<\/a>, and here is a link to that initiative (“Look Up”)<\/a>. Kids can function just fine without phones, enjoy this story from the NY Times as evidence!<\/a><\/p>\n We do need to be a little more nuanced in our thinking about all this … the Human Screenome Project is one interesting example.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n From a speech language perspective, this is for parents about their own tech use<\/a>, and this is about the need for sharing books with babies<\/a> … books made of paper, not digital ones.<\/p>\n Children in NZ also need us to pay attention to the fact that so many of them are living in poverty,\u00a0<\/a>they need our support in getting outdoors and being a little free range,\u00a0<\/a>and let’s not forget the emotional development<\/a>\u00a0or the magical glial cells!<\/a><\/p>\n Finally, cos I gotta go drive a carload of kids to some swimming sports … I am coveting this<\/a>.\u00a0 Is that shallow or WHAT?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kia Ora e hoa ma, Many amazing things for you to read, coming right up. First, from the World Health Organisation, about the needs of li’l kids.\u00a0 I love how they cut through the dross and tell it like it … Continue reading