WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:06.520 Thank you everybody for coming tonight, 00:00:06.520 --> 00:00:11.380 and let's go ahead and try and have an open discussion with tonight's presentation. 00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:14.460 I just want to formally talk about screen time. 00:00:14.700 --> 00:00:17.800 Screen time is the amount of time spent in front of a digital device 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:22.920 whether it's a computer, a cell phone, a tablet, or even a television. 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:25.060 My name is Martha Campos. 00:00:25.060 --> 00:00:28.840 I'm the instructional technology coach for Berryessa Union School District 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:32.160 and my role here as instructional technology coach 00:00:32.440 --> 00:00:35.020 is to support families in understanding 00:00:35.160 --> 00:00:37.020 what they need to do at home 00:00:37.020 --> 00:00:38.520 with the instructional technology 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:39.840 that they're using in the classroom. 00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:43.500 So how many of you guys have heard your children say, 00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:45.960 "I'm done with my homework, can I go on my tablet?" 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:47.468 Or, "Can I play a video game?" 00:00:47.468 --> 00:00:48.960 Or, "Could I watch TV?" 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:53.420 As an educator, I've seen how students react when we have strong conversations 00:00:53.420 --> 00:00:56.476 around technology, in particular screen time. 00:00:56.480 --> 00:00:59.220 A lot of parents don't know what kids are watching. 00:00:59.220 --> 00:01:04.340 So there may be the occasional question that a parent may ask that could be a little 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:08.320 embarrassing and we want to be able to provide them with a safe environment 00:01:08.360 --> 00:01:12.960 so they can openly talk and discuss some of their concerns as parents. 00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:19.600 Participant: "My kids are more able to figure out how to use this thing. 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.880 I'm surprised and so I feel like I'm behind the eight ball 00:01:23.880 --> 00:01:27.480 as far as trying to catch up to what they know that this can do." 00:01:27.940 --> 00:01:31.060 Connecting families was something we started exploring 00:01:31.060 --> 00:01:35.280 early at the beginning of the year and we discovered that parents really 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:37.420 responded positively to some of this work. 00:01:37.900 --> 00:01:40.193 So let's get a brave soul to start our popcorn. 00:01:40.193 --> 00:01:41.849 Who can read the first bullet? 00:01:42.310 --> 00:01:45.762 One of the things that I like to do to get my audience talking 00:01:45.762 --> 00:01:49.280 is ask them to participate in different strategies and 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:51.220 one of my favorites is popcorn. 00:01:51.220 --> 00:01:55.680 I ask the audience to please just pop out the answer or pop out the question. 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.160 Participant: "Here we go. Before cellphones and social networks, 00:01:59.160 --> 00:02:06.680 this is how, here finish it up, help me help me." 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:09.500 At some point we had two or three people talking at the same time. 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:12.580 But that was okay, that just encouraged them to pop a little bit more. 00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:14.820 I know everybody has thought process 00:02:14.820 --> 00:02:16.200 that are going on right now, 00:02:16.200 --> 00:02:18.480 so I want everybody to have a voice. 00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:24.020 So, what I'm going to have you guys do is, I'm going to have you text me and 00:02:24.020 --> 00:02:26.760 what this is, is a Poll Everywhere. 00:02:26.760 --> 00:02:30.980 Poll Everywhere is a website where I give information 00:02:30.981 --> 00:02:33.530 to parents to text me a question. 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:38.540 Once they give a code that's provided by me, they're able to type a question 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:42.080 and I hope that some of the questions are leading 00:02:42.390 --> 00:02:44.390 conversations into what the 00:02:44.550 --> 00:02:46.044 presentation is going to be about. 00:02:46.044 --> 00:02:48.004 This is an awesome opportunity for everybody 00:02:48.004 --> 00:02:49.429 to have their questions be heard. 00:02:49.429 --> 00:02:52.780 So this is one way that technology is transformative, 00:02:52.780 --> 00:02:55.140 and we can have all of our voices heard. 00:02:55.140 --> 00:02:58.480 During the presentation, I asked them to refer to a tip sheet, 00:02:58.480 --> 00:03:00.860 and I also asked them to look at the article 00:03:00.980 --> 00:03:04.360 that we were using to promote discussion, 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.320 and I think having a tip sheet in front of them really 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:09.140 gave them the courage that they needed 00:03:09.140 --> 00:03:10.820 to have and the words that they needed to have 00:03:10.820 --> 00:03:12.560 to talk to their children at home. 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:14.900 One of the tips was to do a family 00:03:14.980 --> 00:03:19.220 agreement and that agreement really empowered parents 00:03:19.220 --> 00:03:22.300 to be able to have control over a conversation 00:03:22.300 --> 00:03:25.500 and manage screen time in a safe manner for their children. 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:27.020 So, here's the point where I'm going 00:03:27.020 --> 00:03:28.600 to have you guys have a discussion 00:03:28.600 --> 00:03:30.320 with each other and hopefully you can be 00:03:30.480 --> 00:03:32.280 referring to your articles. 00:03:32.287 --> 00:03:34.489 After recovered some of the research that was 00:03:34.760 --> 00:03:37.860 provided in the case, I had parents turn to each other 00:03:37.860 --> 00:03:40.620 to just discuss a little bit more in depth about... 00:03:40.622 --> 00:03:42.970 What do you want to do now that you have statistics? 00:03:43.140 --> 00:03:45.949 What do you want to do now that you've seen research? 00:03:45.949 --> 00:03:50.560 And how are you going to apply this to what you're going to talk to with your children? 00:03:50.820 --> 00:03:54.440 Participant: "It's really helpful coming to these classes 00:03:54.440 --> 00:03:57.140 to hear other people and their opinions 00:03:57.140 --> 00:03:59.360 and you learn from each other 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.640 and at the same time you make friends. 00:04:01.640 --> 00:04:05.660 [participants talking] 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:09.460 The connecting families resources on Common Sense 00:04:09.460 --> 00:04:13.320 has been very useful in the sense that the resources that are available 00:04:13.320 --> 00:04:16.460 for them really capture the essence of 00:04:16.460 --> 00:04:18.040 what they're looking for as a parent. 00:04:18.420 --> 00:04:21.520 Alright, any questions from the audience? 00:04:21.740 --> 00:04:22.940 Yes 00:04:22.950 --> 00:04:26.269 Participant: "How about the age limit for the social media using?" 00:04:27.270 --> 00:04:29.231 Okay, thank you for asking that question. 00:04:29.231 --> 00:04:31.910 The question was what is the age limit for social media? 00:04:32.420 --> 00:04:37.640 Federal law states that you must be 13 and older 00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:39.780 to have a social media account. 00:04:39.780 --> 00:04:41.780 Towards the end I like to empower parents. 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:45.560 So at one point, I asked them to please take a Chromebook 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:49.340 to navigate themselves on where these resources were, 00:04:49.340 --> 00:04:51.320 so they can feel comfortable understanding 00:04:51.320 --> 00:04:52.740 what they were looking at. 00:04:52.740 --> 00:04:54.740 Okay, the Chromebooks are being passed around, 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:57.100 so if anybody wants Chromebooks please raise your hand. 00:04:57.100 --> 00:04:59.980 I think parents really appreciated the moment, 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:03.940 to be able to see something that I was presenting to them 00:05:03.940 --> 00:05:06.720 and actually navigate to that themselves. 00:05:06.840 --> 00:05:10.318 I want to thank everyone for giving their time tonight. 00:05:10.320 --> 00:05:13.960 I know that it's an evening, 00:05:13.980 --> 00:05:15.660 but I would like to thank you. 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:17.520 So we're ready to do the raffle? 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:19.980 The parents really appreciated some of the things 00:05:19.980 --> 00:05:21.700 that we used to entice them. 00:05:21.700 --> 00:05:24.940 One, two, one, four 00:05:25.260 --> 00:05:27.960 We used raffles to get them in the door 00:05:28.140 --> 00:05:31.020 and we offered childcare to have their children 00:05:31.020 --> 00:05:33.240 do activities while we were working. 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.220 At this point, I would like to thank everyone. 00:05:36.840 --> 00:05:39.216 For any parent coordinators that are out there 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:41.147 trying to promote this kind of work, 00:05:41.760 --> 00:05:44.020 the first thing I would say is be creative, 00:05:44.020 --> 00:05:45.400 go out there, don't give up, 00:05:45.419 --> 00:05:47.539 try different innovative things, 00:05:48.140 --> 00:05:51.660 and if you just spend a few minutes researching 00:05:51.660 --> 00:05:54.620 or looking through some of the material in Common Sense, 00:05:54.620 --> 00:05:57.540 you'll find that you do not need to have a PhD 00:05:57.540 --> 00:05:59.220 to be able to understand some of the things 00:05:59.220 --> 00:06:02.180 that are concerning for both parents and teachers.