{"id":1646,"date":"2011-04-03T14:01:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T20:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:56:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:56:57","slug":"screen-time-for-kids-is-it-learning-or-a-brain-drain-mindshift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/04\/03\/screen-time-for-kids-is-it-learning-or-a-brain-drain-mindshift\/","title":{"rendered":"Screen Time For Kids: Is it Learning or a Brain Drain? | MindShift"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/mindshift.kqed.org\/2011\/03\/screen-time-for-kids-is-it-learning-or-a-brain-drain\/\">Screen Time For Kids: Is it Learning or a Brain Drain? | MindShift<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For me, it all boils down to just a few things:<\/p>\n<p>1. In all things, moderation. And balance. Technology is great and kids should have access to whatever their parents can offer, but they should also get to go outside and play in the mud. Also: DON&#8217;T schedule every minute of their day. Give them time to stare out the window.<\/p>\n<p>2. Talk to your kids. I mean BECOME interested, don&#8217;t just say, &#8220;How was your day?&#8221; or &#8220;What&#8217;d you do in school today?&#8221; and then go back to reading your email while the kid talks to the side of your face or the top of your head. Watch TV together (at least sometimes); look at stuff on youtube &#8211; together &#8211; and talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>3. Remember <a title=\"90% of everything is crap.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sturgeon%27s_Law\" target=\"_blank\">Sturgeon&#8217;s Law<\/a>. It holds true for just about EVERYTHING. Games. Webpages. The Internet. Movies. Music. Everything.<\/p>\n<p>4. Remember that only half of the people will be above average. Even fewer will be exceptional. That includes teachers.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1646'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1646);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1646);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1646);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Screen Time For Kids: Is it Learning or a Brain Drain? | MindShift. For me, it all boils down to just a few things: 1. In all things, moderation. And balance. Technology is great and kids should have access to &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/04\/03\/screen-time-for-kids-is-it-learning-or-a-brain-drain-mindshift\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[41,389,342,103],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-education","tag-educational-technology","tag-games-gaming","tag-society"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-qy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5359,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/16\/worth-a-read-can-an-immersive-video-game-teach-the-nuances-of-american-history-mindshift-kqed-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":1646,"position":0},"title":"Worth a Read: Can an Immersive Video Game Teach the Nuances of American History? | MindShift | KQED News","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Can an Immersive Video Game Teach the Nuances of American History? | MindShift | KQED News. \u201cThe most encouraging to see is the games being launchpads for really in-depth conversations in which kids at varying academic levels feel equipped to participate and draw on their experiences with the game and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shipyard-1920x1080.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shipyard-1920x1080.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shipyard-1920x1080.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4579,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/12\/22\/how-deprogramming-kids-from-how-to-do-school-could-improve-learning-mindshift\/","url_meta":{"origin":1646,"position":1},"title":"How \u2018Deprogramming\u2019 Kids From How to \u2018Do School\u2019 Could Improve Learning | MindShift","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"December 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a big part of what I've done in my practical gamification approach. 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