Vaccine for fake news - "News Literacy should be taught like sex and drugs education, to protect individuals and society as a whole."

Independent schools should be leading the way --- what is your school teaching? 

 

Digital distractions are making us dumb and twitchy

A great read - INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS MUST TAKE THE LEAD. Overnight camps control the problem, boarding schools should lead on this front.  

Unilever threatens to pull ads from Facebook and Google

Why my son will not be using Facebook junior

Our digital addiction makes us miserable

Independent schools could do a much better job educating students on social media. Boarding schools have an especially captive audience. Summer camps are able to limit/restrict the use - why don't all schools strive to do the same?! Our international student integration work for schools touches upon such topics.  

 

Quite Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It.

"The idea of purposefully introducing into my life a service designed to fragment my attention is as scary to me as the idea of smoking would be to an endurance athlete....A dedication to cultivating your social medial brand is a fundamentally passive approach to professional advancement. It diverts your time and attention away from producing work that matters and toward convincing the world that you matter."