About the workshop:This workshop will review the highlights from the free introductory presentation and then dig deeper into each of these issues. We will look at two big questions: 1) How to protect kids from the side effects of technology and 2) How to ensure that our digital time is TWS (Time Well Spent).
For the first question, we’ll explore Stanford’s Behavioral Design Lab where Instagram was first developed. This lab, known as the ‘millionaire maker’ is where numerous companies have learned to use psychological techniques to ‘hook’ people on technologies. We’ll look at how the Artificial Intelligence algorithms used by Youtube have made it incredibly hard to turn off media once it gets started. We’ll see how our smart phones have become virtual slot machines and incredibly addictive. At the same time, we will find ways to use technology productively. At the end of the summer, it would be great to look back over the past couple months and say that your screen time was ‘TIME WELL SPENT.’ Grade Level: All grade levels
Time: Thursday, June 18th, 2pm-5pm CDT
Fee: $50.00 |
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About the trainer:
Dusti Howell, Ph.D.
Dr. Dusti Howell is a professor in Instructional Design and Technology and has taught at ESU for over two decades. He has taught in half a dozen countries and at every grade level from PK to graduate school.
Dusti has written over a dozen books and since 2013 has brought in over $1.1 Million in STEM and computing grants, with a focus on teaching elementary and middle school teachers to integrate robotics and coding in their curriculum. For nearly three decades he’s been researching and presenting about the side effects of technology on learning as well as on innovative ways that screen time can be ‘Time Well Spent.’ He is chair of TekEffect, a think tank that strives to help kids use technology wisely (http://www.tekeffect.net).
Dusti has written over a dozen books and since 2013 has brought in over $1.1 Million in STEM and computing grants, with a focus on teaching elementary and middle school teachers to integrate robotics and coding in their curriculum. For nearly three decades he’s been researching and presenting about the side effects of technology on learning as well as on innovative ways that screen time can be ‘Time Well Spent.’ He is chair of TekEffect, a think tank that strives to help kids use technology wisely (http://www.tekeffect.net).