Tweens and Tech Guide: Getting Them to Open Up

Note to Self

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2015

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

We're kicking off a series on kids and technology. Sure, it’s just easier to ask, “did you finish your homework?” and assume they’re figuring it out on their own or from other kids. But as one middle school teacher found out, there's an opportunity to go WAY deeper.

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0:00.0	Hello friend, this is an episode of Note to Self, but from when we used to be called New
0:05.8	Text City.
0:07.2	Same good content, just the old name.
0:09.3	Enjoy.
0:10.3	Hey New Text City listener, it's Manus here.
0:12.6	Just a quick recommendation before we get started.
0:15.1	If you're not listening to On the Media, you totally should.
0:18.6	Every week it makes me a smarter, better informed person.
0:22.8	It's worth the time.
0:23.8	Check out On the Media.
0:29.2	From WNYC, this is New Text City.
0:32.0	Where digital gets personal.
0:33.8	I'm Manus Shzumarody.
0:37.7	And a few months ago, we had on a 16 year old girl named Grace.
0:41.4	Maybe you remember her.
0:42.8	Hello, this is Grace from Westchester.
0:46.2	I have an iPhone 4 and I'm going to record my activities on it for the next few days.
0:56.0	The episode was called Nine Things We Learned About Phones From A Teenager.
1:01.2	Now, keeping in mind that Grace is just one teenager, one who happens to be growing up
1:06.2	in a pretty wealthy New York City suburb at that.
1:09.2	At my school, when I've heard of a few guys, I've heard of awful stories in other towns
1:15.4	like this girl sent out this video and all this stuff and everyone saw and she switched
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