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Mary Westbrook

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  • "Let the technology work for you," Merlo suggests. "When the technology starts to become a burden or starts to interfere with your life, that's a good point for you to stop and really examine is this what I want for myself and what I want for my life."
Mary Westbrook

Is your teenager addicted to texting? | abc7.com - 0 views

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digital_health technology addiction

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  • Studies show the average teenager texts about 3,000 times a month
  • Neuro-imaging studies have shown that those kids who are texting have that area of the brain light up the same as an addict using heroin," said brain specialist Dr. Michael Seyffert.
Mary Westbrook

Teen Texting Soars; Will Social Skills Suffer? : NPR - 0 views

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digital_health cellphone addiction

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  • At schools where cell phones are forbidden, 58 percent of students with mobile phones say they've sent a text message during class.
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      Mary Westbrook on 17 Feb 11
       
      Teens are sacrificing grades.
Mary Westbrook

Technology News: Technology: Personal Tech Addiction Snares Teens, Adults - 0 views

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digital_health addiction technology

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      Mary Westbrook on 17 Feb 11
       
      signs someone maybe addicted to the internet
  • An inability to predict the amount of time you spend on the computer; A sense of euphoria while using the computer; Lying to employers and family about computer activity; Withdrawal from real life hobbies and social interactions; and Health issues such as carpal tunnel syndrome, eye strain, weight gain and backaches.
Rachel H

Dell - Healthy Internet Habits | Dell - 0 views

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  • Talk About It Talk with your kids about the Internet, and encourage them to see it as a shared, open environment in which they have social responsibilities just as they would in any physical environment.With open discussion, you can set expectations about the behavior you expect from them, curb negativity and discourage behaviors such as secrecy, boundary-pushing or thrill-seeking. You can also emphasize that online safety is something you care about and will continue to examine.Keep in mind: Enjoy the Internet along with your children, and discuss the ways in which it brings value into your lives.Stay open to your kids' questions, and encourage them to share their Internet experiences with you without fear of punishment about what they read, see or experience.Discuss how to safely interact online with others, why kids should stay away from certain types of content and individuals, and that Internet rules are there to protect kids. Teach children to trust their instincts, and to come to you if something or someone online makes them feel uncomfortable or threatened. Stay calm and remind them that they are not in trouble for bringing issues to your attention. Praise their discretion.As kids get older, keep family communications about the Internet as open and positive as you can. Talk with your kids about their online friends and activities just as you would talk about other friends and activities.
  • Set Rules for Internet Use Lay out rules for Internet use, setting clear expectations for your kids' online habits. A good set of rules should include things like the amount of time kids are allowed to be online, what types of content are appropriate and who it's okay to chat with as well as proper online conduct and good Internet citizenship.Keep in mind: The most successful rules are those that are created collaboratively. Work with your kids to draw up an online family safety contract that the whole family can agree to and sign. Discuss the rules frequently. Remind them that the rules are in place to protect your family, and that strictly maintaining privacy online can lower the risk of being targeted by online predators. Tell kids that following the rules and keeping communications open will allow them to gain freedoms as they get older. Let them know that you will reevaluate the rules over time. You can reinforce the rules you set by enabling restrictions on your PC. Windows Live Family Safety lets you set parameters that can limit Internet searches, monitor and filter specific websites, receive detailed activity reports of your child’s online activities, and let you be in control of who your child can communicate with in Windows Live Spaces, Messenger, or Hotmail1.
  • Balance Time Online Maintaining a balance between entertainment and other activities in kids' lives can be a serious challenge. The Internet has made it even more difficult, as the lines between entertainment and education are often blurred. Modeling a healthy balance between your online and offline activities is a great way to encourage children to do the same.Keep in mind: Enforce rules about the amount of time your kids may spend online, and the hours they are allowed to go online. Help your kids develop self-control, discipline and accountability regarding Internet use. Use parental controls in Windows 7 to limit PC time. Set up individual user accounts to determine how much computer time children have and what hours of the day they are allowed to use the PC, as well as which programs and games they can access.Encourage and support their participation in other activities — particularly physical pastimes with other children. If your child is reluctant, look for offline activities that tap into the same interests your kids pursue online. Watch for signs of Internet dependency. If Internet use seems excessive or begins to affect your child's school performance, health or relationships, consider professional counseling for Internet addiction.
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  • Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion Let's face it: There's a lot of content on the Internet that isn't helpful or reliable. While more online fact checking happens today than previously, the ability of nearly anyone to offer opinions or build Web sites can make the Internet a confusing place for young people.Teach your kids how the Internet works, and encourage critical thinking. Train them to use a variety of online resources and to always check, question and verify what they see online. Ultimately, these skills can help your kids avoid bad situations and individuals — such as online predators — that may seek to mislead or trick Internet users. Keep in mind: Start young. Even preschool students use the Internet to look up information. Teach them early to distinguish fact from opinion, and discuss ways to recognize bias, propaganda and stereotyping.Challenge your kids to evaluate what they see online by asking: What is the purpose of this site? To entertain? To sell? Does it provide the author’s contact information or an "About Us" section? Does a company or an individual person sponsor it? Is it a public conversation? Finally, challenge them to consider whether the Internet is the best place to find the information they need.Discuss racism and other forms of hatred with your kids. Software filters can help block hateful material, but critical thinking and an awareness of history and world events can help children recognize more subtle biases.
  • Keep Personal Facts Private Online privacy is vital to your family's safety. Ensuring that your kids communicate online only with people known to them and your family can help limit their contact with unsavory elements. Still, as kids grow older, they are bound to make new friends online. As your kids grow into middle and high school, the most recent research shows that the greatest threat to their safety is actually from people in their own age group, or slightly older.Keep in mind: Ensure that children keep facts such as their real name, age, gender and location private. Discuss how details in photographs can reveal more information to would-be predators than your child intends.Many kids routinely visit social networks and blogs where they may post pictures, make comments and write personal entries. Insist that your kids keep personal information private and that they think twice before joining location-based peer groups that may give away information on their whereabouts.Ensure that your kids understand the risks involved in making private or personal information public online. Keep an open dialogue about the people they come into contact with online. Discuss and evaluate online relationships as you would any other relationships in your child’s life. In this section, we covered some basic knowledge all parents should keep in mind when their children are online. Impress upon your kids the seriousness of online safety concerns, while making sure to keep the lines of communication open and non-judgmental. In the next section, we’ll look at ways to ensure your family’s privacy online isn’t compromised.
  • Rachel H on 16 Feb 11
     
    healthy habits for online
Mary Westbrook

Texting Addiction Negatively Impacting Female Teens | Addiction - 1 views

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  • These teens, when they receive a text, feel they must respond to it right away.
  • In addition, 12 percent of all students are able to have cell phones at school anytime during the day; 62 percent of students are allowed a cell phone at school, but not in class; 64 percent of teens have texted in class; 24 percent attend schools that ban cell phones from school grounds, but 65 percent bring their phones to school anyway.
William B

Internet and Computer Addiction: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment - 1 views

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digital_health addiction

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  • Computer Addiction – obsessive playing of off-line computer games, such as Solitaire or Minesweeper, or obsessive computer programming.
  • The Internet provides a constant, ever-changing source of information and entertainment, and can be accessed from most smart phones as well as tablets, laptops, and computers. Email, blogs, social networks, and message boards allow for both public and anonymous communication about any topic. But how much is too much Internet usage? Each person’s Internet use is different. You might need to use the Internet extensively for your work, for example, or you might rely heavily on social networking sites to keep in touch with faraway family and friends. Spending a lot of time online only becomes a problem when it absorbs too much of your time, causing you to neglect your relationships, your work, school, or other important things in your life. If you keep repeating compulsive Internet behavior despite the negative consequences in your offline life, then it’s time to strike a new balance.
  • William B on 24 Oct 12
     
    The Internet can be a good thing and a bad thing. some people need the Internet for work. If you are addicted to the Internet you cut you relationships and outside activities out of your life. Addiction to the Internet can damage your health. "The Internet provides a constant, ever-changing source of information and entertainment, and can be accessed from most smart phones as well as tablets, laptops, and computers. Email, blogs, social networks, and message boards allow for both public and anonymous communication about any topic. But how much is too much Internet usage? Each person's Internet use is different. You might need to use the Internet extensively for your work, for example, or you might rely heavily on social networking sites to keep in touch with faraway family and friends. Spending a lot of time online only becomes a problem when it absorbs too much of your time, causing you to neglect your relationships, your work, school, or other important things in your life. If you keep repeating compulsive Internet behavior despite the negative consequences in your offline life, then it's time to strike a new balance."
Mary Westbrook

Technology addiction disrupts teenage learning - 0 views

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  • Despite school policies restricting mobile phone usage, students use the phone frequently, with the majority making calls from the toilets.
  • Over 60% of the respondents admitted to being “very” or “quite” addicted to the internet, while over 50% are addicted to their mobile phones. The report also revealed that students spend, on average, 1-2 hours a day on social network sites.
Mary Westbrook

How to Stop Your Child's Computer Addiction - wikiHow - 1 views

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  • Talk with your child about his/her excessive computer usage
  • Move the computer to an open area if it’s not already in one – sometimes taking it out of the child’s bedroom is sufficient to reduce their computer usage, and it makes it easier to monitor their usage.
  • Set a password for the computer so that only you can log on to it
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  • Find out how bad your child's addiction is, and what exactly your child is addicted to – does your child spend most of his/her computer time playing games, chatting online, or just browsing the Web?
  • If he/she is addicted to learning information, as long as it is legal, safe and decent, then that should not be an issue.
Mary Westbrook

How to Prevent Computer Addiction | eHow.com - 0 views

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  • Place reasonable limits on computer usage.
  • Adhere to your imposed computer usage limits.
  • Consider why you are using the computer if your usage becomes excessive. Boredom, anxiety, and depression
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  • Seek assistance as soon as you realize that you are unable to properly control your computer usage.
Mary Westbrook

Computer addiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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digital_health computer addiction

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  • 1 Lack of social interaction. Using the computer for pleasure, gratification, or relief from stress. Feeling irritable and out of control or depressed when not using it. Spending increasing amounts of time and money on hardware, software, magazines, and computer-related activities. Neglecting work, school, or family obligations. Lying about the amount of time spent on computer activities. Risking loss of career goals, educational objectives, and personal relationships. Failing at repeated efforts to control computer use.
Mary Westbrook

How to Tell If You Are Addicted to Technology | LiveScience - 0 views

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  • "You become irritable when you can't use it. The Internet goes down and you lose your mind. You start to hide your use."
  • "The first thing to do is take a long, hard look at how you are using technologies, and then to start to set some limits," he said. "You have to take off a couple hours and make those hours important enough that you don't allow yourself to be interrupted. I think we should have certain rules. We don’t break up, fire people or break traumatic news to people via e-mail or text message."
Vicki Davis

Top 10 Signs of Cell Phone Addiction - 2 views

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  • The worst plague sweeping the world these days is smartphone addiction.
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      Vicki Davis on 16 Feb 11
       
      Cell phone addictions are definitely something that should be studied by this group.
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      Vicki Davis on 16 Feb 11
       
      I personally think that a lot of these "signs" are trivial and just something made up, however, read it just to understand about this topic.
Mary Westbrook

Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • For some, the amplification is intense. Allison Miller, 14, sends and receives 27,000 texts in a month, her fingers clicking at a blistering pace as she carries on as many as seven text conversations at a time. She texts between classes, at the moment soccer practice ends, while being driven to and from school and, often, while studying. Most of the exchanges are little more than quick greetings, but they can get more in-depth, like “if someone tells you about a drama going on with someone,” Allison said. “I can text one person while talking on the phone to someone else.” But this proficiency comes at a cost: she blames multitasking for the three B’s on her recent progress report.
  • “I’ll be reading a book for homework and I’ll get a text message and pause my reading and put down the book, pick up the phone to reply to the text message, and then 20 minutes later realize, ‘Oh, I forgot to do my homework.’ ”
  • Mary Westbrook on 16 Feb 11
     
    People don't realize how texting so much can affect your life.
Steve Madsen

National Safe Schools Framework released to combat bullying | Herald Sun - 0 views

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  • Steve Madsen on 19 Mar 11
     
    "EVERY school in Australia will be able to audit how safe they are under a highly anticipated national framework to be released in Brisbane today. The release of the revised National Safe Schools Framework coincides with Australia's first National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, the Herald Sun reported."
Julie Lindsay

Digital Health, Rather than Digital Citizenship - A Time to Rebrand? - 2 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 12 Apr 11
     
    Interesting perspective on digital citizenship by Jason Ohler
Steve Madsen

Worse than jail: sentenced to life on YouTube - 0 views

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  • Steve Madsen on 30 Mar 11
     
    "Our story yesterday about the laptop thief who returned it and apologised after an embarrassing clip of him dancing was posted on YouTube by the computer's owner"
Steve Madsen

Call to school kids in use of social media | The Australian - 1 views

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  • Steve Madsen on 29 Apr 11
     
    ""We're reaching the point where schools should be teaching best practice for social media, right from primary school age, and the importance of protecting their images and information online," says Darabi."
  • Steve Madsen on 29 Apr 11
     
    I am not sure that primary students can appreciate that what is placed into the cyber sphere, it may well be there always and the importance of this.
Kevin Crouch

educational-origami - The Digital Citizen - 0 views

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  • Kevin Crouch on 26 Jun 11
     
    Ideas about the qualities of a digital citizen and how a good citizen interacts with the community.
Garrett E

Women's Online Habits Study | WebProNews - 0 views

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  • Garrett E on 21 Oct 11
     
    Women are also inflicted with habits online. Microsoft studies have given us interesting findings: 16 percent would have a high tendency to shop, communicate, and employ digital devices; 86 percent share their "finds" to others in their time; If forced to, they would "throw out" their television or cell phone first; only 11 percent would throw out their personal laptop; email is overwhelmingly, 85 percent, the most important tool.
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