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Common Sense Media shares about their new Learning Ratings.

PLA Cited in sample in Social Media Class

Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Res

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A non-profit that reviews software by age group (2-4, 5-8). They also review TV shows, movies, books and music.

This would be a good site to look at, I would think, regarding Internet safety. I have not gone through all the links-if others do so, please comment.

This site is nicely put together -- I really like the pre-k section, how it gives an easy run-down on where kids are developmentally w/ media, and issues that parents are concerned about. I've added the game review section separately because I think it belongs in a different section on the page.

reviews movies, games, TV, websites, books and music for all ages.

Family Entertainment reviews and ratings for movies, television, video games, music CDs, books, and websites.

Technology in the lives of our children is here to stay. As a creator and developer, I am very pro technology. While there are many things to celebrate there are an equal number of things to be concerned with. My primary concerns are divided into 2 main areas: technology's impact on human to human interaction and the negative effects of shorter and shorter cycles of information, impacting our ability to focus our attention. Throughout of development cycle, we met with a number of parents. The number one thing everyone expressed was, wanting more time for themselves. Being a parent is exhausting and every one needs a break. What concerns me is the kinds of content, the kinds of experiences and fundamentally, the kinds of rhythms involved in those experiences. I don't want the digital baby sitter to over stimulate my kids or to weaken their ability to hold focus. Everything has a rhythm; every person, every moment, every place. As human beings, this is our primary relationship to our world and to each other. Providing parents with experiences that support their child's rhythm is key to the use of technology in the home. When seeking out digital content, I encourage parents to look for things that provide longer times of focus. Save the fun and flashy events for highly active time. Communicate to your child the quality of time as you make content available to them. its focus time - a movie, its fun time - a game, its quiet time - drawing. One of the things we've done with our digital book, is to provide a free downloadable coloring sheets. Every experience should not be digital. In fact, I believe strongly that facilitating the transition back to the analogue world is part of my responsibility as a digital content creator.

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