Cybertraps Podcast

https://www.cybertraps.com/additional-resources Increased Use of Technology   A Global Issue   Explosion in the Use of Technology for Remote Learning   General Increase in Screen Time   Algorithmic Rabbit Holes Scope of the Problem   90% of Kids Are Regular Social Media Users Impact of Pandemic on Mental Well-Being of Children in General -- Almost Certainly Bad   Some Disagreement as to Role of Technology and Social Media   Particular Challenges for Girls   Rise in Loneliness and Suicide Attempts Issues and Concerns   Access to Inappropriate Materials on Poorly Set-Up School Devices (or Personal Devices) Impact on Student Privacy   What Are the Search Terms Used by the School to Flag Messages or Searches?   Emerging Technologies: Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence Responses   Reasonable Limits on Screen Time for Children   Possible legislation by U.S. Congress and EU to force tech companies to do a better job protecting children   Increased surveillance of children by schools?   Better training of school employees to recognize symptoms and warning signs   More effective education regarding mental health; destigmatize   Encourage students to seek help for themselves or their classmates   Mental health days? Resources General #2022-03-21 Kids, teens and mental health: Parents report challenges in screening, getting care  https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/childrens-health/kids-teens-and-mental-health-parents-report-challenges-screening-getting-care   "Even before the pandemic, mental health disorders in adolescents, such as depression and anxiety, were prevalent,” said Mott Poll co-director and Mott pediatrician Gary L. Freed, M.D., M.P.H."     "The pandemic caused significant stress and social disruption for kids that likely exacerbated these problems, as we’re seeing a growing number of young people face mental health concerns. This places a heavier burden on parents, health providers and other trusted adults in their lives to be aware of potential warning signs." #2022-03-21 The pandemic has changed the way we perceive technology — and how we resist it  https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/21/covid-technnology-zoom-fatigue-spyware/   #2022-03-21 Social media is turning 25. Let’s take a mental health checkup  https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/03/21/social-media-is-turning-25-lets-take-a-mental-health-checkup/   First social media site: sixdegrees.com in 1997 #2022-02-15 Social anxiety in teens higher during pandemic; speaker gives ways to cope  https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/social-anxiety-in-teens-higher-during-pandemic-speaker-gives-ways-to-cope/ #2022-02-08 Clues Your Teen May Be Facing a Mental Health Challenge  https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20220208/clues-teen-facing-mental-health-challenge #2022-02-02 AHA News: Amid a National Mental Health Crisis For Kids, Here's How Parents Can Help  https://consumer.healthday.com/aha-news-amid-a-national-mental-health-crisis-for-kids-here-s-how-parents-can-help-2656533386.html #2022-02-01 In pandemic’s isolation, an alarming number of teenage girls are attempting suicide  https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/01/teenage-girls-suicide-pandemic-covid/   #2021-11-18 US states investigate Instagram for ‘wreaking havoc’ on teens’ mental health  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/18/instagram-investigation-teenagers-children-facebook Use of Technology #2022-03-20 Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Students’ Cell Phones From Nebraska Classrooms  https://www.the74million.org/article/lawmaker-seeks-to-ban-cell-phones-from-nebraska-classrooms/ #2022-03-17 COVID-19 and Edtech for Schools: The apps are here to stay  https://news.careers360.com/covid19-schools-online-classroom-edtechs-hybrid-learning-aicte-ugc-education-neat #2022-03-16 Social Media and Kids’ Mental Health: Q&A with Jean Twenge  https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=78708   "Among teens, heavy users of social media (five-plus hours a day) are twice as likely to be depressed as non-users. Facebook's own research found that using Instagram led to body image issues for many teen girls. Screen time in general (TV, gaming, texting) is also linked to depression, but not as strongly." #2022-03-16 Wake may be spying on your child’s school computer to look for dangerous behavior  https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article259436694.html #2022-03-15 AI in Ed Tech: Privacy Considerations for AI-powered Ed Tech tools  https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=91a1a3d2-1c02-4a26-8fcd-b17777d15310 #2022-03-14 Study: Social Media Didn’t Cause Teens’ Pandemic Stress  https://www.verywellhealth.com/pandemic-teen-mental-health-dont-blame-social-media-5221966   "A new study did not find evidence of a direct link between teens’ increased use of social technology during the COVID-19 pandemic and changes to their well-being."   "Although the teens showed more problematic social technology behaviors overall, these behaviors were not necessarily linked to increased social anxiety, loneliness, or depression."   "Social technology can have a negative impact on any person’s well-being, but it can also be beneficial. The outcome depends on many factors and can’t be predicted just by looking at how often a person uses social media."   #2022-03-08 Staff Editorial: Our dependence on technology is dangerous  https://www.mvnews.org/staff-editorial-our-dependence-on-technology-is-dangerous/ #2022-03-08 Study: Too much screen time harmful on molecular level  https://news.asu.edu/20220308-discoveries-study-too-much-screen-time-harmful-molecular-level #2022-03-07 Parents, help your teens protect their mental health with tech limits  https://www.nebraskamed.com/behavioral-health/parents-help-your-teens-protect-their-mental-health-with-tech-limits #2022-03-07 What we know now about screen time for kids  https://www.deseret.com/2022/3/7/22965534/what-we-know-now-about-screen-time-for-kids-jean-twenge-igen-social-media #2022-03-02 How digital wellbeing tools can help teens  https://www.verizon.com/about/parenting/how-digital-wellbeing-tools-can-help-teens #2022-02-25 Linewize Webinar Stresses Need for K-12 Safety Monitoring  https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/linewize-webinar-stresses-need-for-k-12-safety-monitoring #2022-02-24 Is virtual reality bad for our mental health?  https://techmonitor.ai/emerging-tech/is-virtual-reality-bad-for-mental-health   "Simulation sickness"   Feeling of unreality #2022-02-24 Remote Learning Accidentally Introduced a New Danger for LGBTQ Students  https://slate.com/technology/2022/02/remote-learning-danger-lgbtq-students.html #2022-02-23 City leaders sign off on contract to surveil students’ technology usage during school day  https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/02/23/city-leaders-sign-off-on-contract-to-surveil-students-technology-usage-during-school-day/ #2022-02-21 Parents: 70% of kids spending more time in front of a screen than before coronavirus pandemic  https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2022/02/21/parents-70-of-kids-spending-more-time-in-front-of-a-screen-than-before-coronavirus-pandemic/ Non-Tech Solutions #2022-03-14 MacPhee: Schools and Educators Are Uniquely Positioned to Support Students’ Mental Health. Here Are 7 Things They Can Do  https://www.the74million.org/article/macphee-schools-and-educators-are-uniquely-positioned-to-support-students-mental-health-here-are-7-things-they-can-do/ #2022-03-08 More States Are Allowing Students to Take ‘Mental Health Days.’ But Could the Practice Backfire?  https://www.the74million.org/article/more-states-are-allowing-students-to-take-mental-health-days-but-could-the-practice-backfire/](https://www.cybertraps.com/additional-resourcesIncreased Use of TechnologyA Global IssueExplosion in the Use of Technology for Remote LearningGeneral Increase in Screen TimeAlgorithmic Rabbit HolesScope of the Problem90% of Kids Are Regular Social Media UsersImpact of Pandemic on Mental Well-Being of Children in General -- Almost Certainly BadSome Disagreement as to Role of Technology and Social MediaParticular Challenges for GirlsRise in Loneliness and Suicide AttemptsIssues and ConcernsAccess to Inappropriate Materials on Poorly Set-Up School Devices (or Personal Devices)Impact on Student PrivacyWhat Are the Search Terms Used by the School to Flag Messages or Searches?Emerging Technologies: Virtual Reality, Artificial IntelligenceResponsesReasonable Limits on Screen Time for ChildrenPossible legislation by U.S. Congress and EU to force tech companies to do a better job protecting childrenIncreased surveillance of children by schools?Better training of school employees to recognize symptoms and warning signsMore effective education regarding mental health; destigmatizeEncourage students to seek help for themselves or their classmatesMental health days?ResourcesGeneral#2022-03-21 Kids, teens and mental health: Parents report challenges in screening, getting carehttps://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/childrens-health/kids-teens-and-mental-health-parents-report-challenges-screening-getting-care"Even before the pandemic, mental health disorders in adolescents, such as depression and anxiety, were prevalent,” said Mott Poll co-director and Mott pediatrician Gary L. Freed, M.D., M.P.H.""The pandemic caused significant stress and social disruption for kids that likely exacerbated these problems, as we’re seeing a growing number of young people face mental health concerns. This places a heavier burden on parents, health providers and other trusted adults in their lives to be aware of potential warning signs."#2022-03-21 The pandemic has changed the way we perceive technology — and how we resist ithttps://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/21/covid-technnology-zoom-fatigue-spyware/#2022-03-21 Social media is turning 25. Let’s take a mental health checkuphttps://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/03/21/social-media-is-turning-25-lets-take-a-mental-health-checkup/First social media site: sixdegrees.com in 1997#2022-02-15 Social anxiety in teens higher during pandemic; speaker gives ways to copehttps://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/social-anxiety-in-teens-higher-during-pandemic-speaker-gives-ways-to-cope/#2022-02-08 Clues Your Teen May Be Facing a Mental Health Challengehttps://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20220208/clues-teen-facing-mental-health-challenge#2022-02-02 AHA News: Amid a National Mental Health Crisis For Kids, Here's How Parents Can Helphttps://consumer.healthday.com/aha-news-amid-a-national-mental-health-crisis-for-kids-here-s-how-parents-can-help-2656533386.html#2022-02-01 In pandemic’s isolation, an alarming number of teenage girls are attempting suicidehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/01/teenage-girls-suicide-pandemic-covid/#2021-11-18 US states investigate Instagram for ‘wreaking havoc’ on teens’ mental healthhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/18/instagram-investigation-teenagers-children-facebookUse of Technology#2022-03-20 Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Students’ Cell Phones From Nebraska Classroomshttps://www.the74million.org/article/lawmaker-seeks-to-ban-cell-phones-from-nebraska-classrooms/#2022-03-17 COVID-19 and Edtech for Schools: The apps are here to stayhttps://news.careers360.com/covid19-schools-online-classroom-edtechs-hybrid-learning-aicte-ugc-education-neat#2022-03-16 Social Media and Kids’ Mental Health: Q&A with Jean Twengehttps://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=78708"Among teens, heavy users of social media (five-plus hours a day) are twice as likely to be depressed as non-users. Facebook's own research found that using Instagram led to body image issues for many teen girls. Screen time in general (TV, gaming, texting) is also linked to depression, but not as strongly."#2022-03-16 Wake may be spying on your child’s school computer to look for dangerous behaviorhttps://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article259436694.html#2022-03-15 AI in Ed Tech: Privacy Considerations for AI-powered Ed Tech toolshttps://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=91a1a3d2-1c02-4a26-8fcd-b17777d15310#2022-03-14 Study: Social Media Didn’t Cause Teens’ Pandemic Stresshttps://www.verywellhealth.com/pandemic-teen-mental-health-dont-blame-social-media-5221966"A new study did not find evidence of a direct link between teens’ increased use of social technology during the COVID-19 pandemic and changes to their well-being.""Although the teens showed more problematic social technology behaviors overall, these behaviors were not necessarily linked to increased social anxiety, loneliness, or depression.""Social technology can have a negative impact on any person’s well-being, but it can also be beneficial. The outcome depends on many factors and can’t be predicted just by looking at how often a person uses social media."#2022-03-08 Staff Editorial: Our dependence on technology is dangeroushttps://www.mvnews.org/staff-editorial-our-dependence-on-technology-is-dangerous/#2022-03-08 Study: Too much screen time harmful on molecular levelhttps://news.asu.edu/20220308-discoveries-study-too-much-screen-time-harmful-molecular-level#2022-03-07 Parents, help your teens protect their mental health with tech limitshttps://www.nebraskamed.com/behavioral-health/parents-help-your-teens-protect-their-mental-health-with-tech-limits#2022-03-07 What we know now about screen time for kidshttps://www.deseret.com/2022/3/7/22965534/what-we-know-now-about-screen-time-for-kids-jean-twenge-igen-social-media#2022-03-02 How digital wellbeing tools can help teenshttps://www.verizon.com/about/parenting/how-digital-wellbeing-tools-can-help-teens#2022-02-25 Linewize Webinar Stresses Need for K-12 Safety Monitoringhttps://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/linewize-webinar-stresses-need-for-k-12-safety-monitoring#2022-02-24 Is virtual reality bad for our mental health?https://techmonitor.ai/emerging-tech/is-virtual-reality-bad-for-mental-health"Simulation sickness"Feeling of unreality#2022-02-24 Remote Learning Accidentally Introduced a New Danger for LGBTQ Studentshttps://slate.com/technology/2022/02/remote-learning-danger-lgbtq-students.html#2022-02-23 City leaders sign off on contract to surveil students’ technology usage during school dayhttps://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/02/23/city-leaders-sign-off-on-contract-to-surveil-students-technology-usage-during-school-day/#2022-02-21 Parents: 70% of kids spending more time in front of a screen than before coronavirus pandemichttps://www.fingerlakes1.com/2022/02/21/parents-70-of-kids-spending-more-time-in-front-of-a-screen-than-before-coronavirus-pandemic/Non-Tech Solutions#2022-03-14 MacPhee: Schools and Educators Are Uniquely Positioned to Support Students’ Mental Health. Here Are 7 Things They Can Dohttps://www.the74million.org/article/macphee-schools-and-educators-are-uniquely-positioned-to-support-students-mental-health-here-are-7-things-they-can-do/#2022-03-08 More States Are Allowing Students to Take ‘Mental Health Days.’ But Could the Practice Backfire?https://www.the74million.org/article/more-states-are-allowing-students-to-take-mental-health-days-but-could-the-practice-backfire/>)