“We no longer go online, we
live online.”
Last February 13, I was able to
attend the TMA Parents Conference entitled Minding the Bytes.
Here’s the rundown of the program
proper:
8:00am
Registration
8:30am
Philippines National Anthem
8:35am
Opening Prayer & Welcoming Remarks
9:00am Keynote
Message
9:45am Break
10:00am Workshops
-Preschool-Grade 3
-Grades 4-6
-Grades
7-10
11:00am Break
11:15am 2016
Updates
11:45am
Special Citations
11:55am
Closing of Conference
Peter Tan-Chi Jr is the Keynote
Speaker for this conference. He shares his knowledge on the status of the
digital age today…
What technology does?
Make things better….
Accelerate:
easier, faster, now
Increases
things: more, farther, higher, better
Better
tools for education
Faster and
more connections
Improve
health
Make things worst…
Early
exposure to predators, bullying
Accelerate
access to pornography and sex
Accelerate
focus on oneself
Accelerates and increase addiction
He also shares a list of
Guidelines for Technology at Home….
- Model Discipline
- Train social interaction
- Creation > Consumption
- Proper Self-worth help them find good
friends/mentor
- Internet = facts; internet <>
wisdom
- Equip to use technology for solving
problems, not just pleasure
- Know what is happening
- Take a family break from tech together
- Encourage activities outside of tech
(sports, outdoors)
- Use rating systems and parental
controls
- For older kids, challenge them to set
the boundaries
What is my life purpose? What
is life about?
If LIFE is about (ME), then use
everything (including technology) to pursue...
POSSESSIONS
PLEASURE
POWER/PRIDE (SELF GLORY)
If LIFE = GOD, then use all the
unique talents and resources (including technology) that i have to...
LOVE GOD
LOVE OTHERS
He ends his message by giving
tips on how to MOTIVATE your child....
M-Model
O-Open Communication
T-Time
I-Intimacy
V-Vision
A-Affirm
T-Train
E-Entreaty
The second part of the conference is the workshop per grade level. I
joined the Preschool to 3rd Grade entitled, Facing the Digital
Giant with Nono Felipe.
He shares...
Not everything you read online
is correct.
Not everything you read online
is accurate.
Not everything you read online
is true.
…….Diligence is the key.
Technology is portrayed as an
enemy, but it doesn’t have to be. Technology should be an ENABLER to
learning ~ Nono.
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| Photo credits to TMA facebook page |
So
what's my greatest take-out from this? Parents should lay down the
framework of self-regulation when it comes to technology. Technology isn't bad
at all, we can use it to our advantage but we need to draw where the red line
is.
"Technology
transforms the way students learn and communicate with the world. Kids
"plug-in" to mobile phones, tablets, laptops, portable music players
and computers and use the internet as their virtual platform to socialize and
explore. A sub-set of students use emerging technologies to expand their
learning experiences well beyond the classroom and increase their productivity
in school and out."
~ Project
Tomorrow (2011), The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered
How Today’s Educators are Advancing a New Vision for Teaching and Learning
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