This week, I enjoyed Jesse Miller’s discussion on Digital Citizenship & Online Safety. He challenged my beliefs when discussing tech in the classroom. I tend to think of ideas on how to reduce screen time and rarely seek out information or research from the other side. So, Jesse shedding light on research that shows the importance of tech in the classroom was very interesting. However, I did not agree with his definition of addiction. He stated that kids are only addicted when they would commit a crime to give in to the addiction. I believe kids can be addicted to tech without the need to commit a crime. For me, it’s a simple habit that we train the mind to do. I look at it like this: whatever you are doing in the moment, the body and mind will want to do more of it.

When I start teaching on practicum, I will switch my social media accounts to private. I mostly post about yoga or nature connection, but it will be nice to keep those worlds separate.