Mahalo to our families for attending our event on Oct. 8, 2024: Team Up! Navigating Cell Phones and Social Media.
View recording of the keynote session with Jamie Nunez from Common Sense Media:
Resources From the Event
Presentations
- Keynote (Jamie Nunez): View Presentation Slides
- Breakout Session: Setting Boundaries (Jamie Nunez and Rianne Graves-Grantham): View Presentation Slides
- Breakout Session: Parent Controls (Jen Roble and Craig Roble): View Presentation Slides
- Common Questions & Resources from Common Sense Media [PDF]
Family Media Plan
- Make Screen Time Safe and Positive. Use these family media plans to inspire conversations about tech use as a family.
Device Controls
- Screen Time [VIDEO]: Complete Guide to Screen Time and Parental Controls on Apple Devices
- Screen Time: Apple Support Website
- Use Screen Time on your iPhone or iPad: Apple Support Website
- Getting Started with Schooltime on Apple Watch: Apple Support Website
- Focus [VIDEO]: How to use Focus on your iPhone
- Custom Focus [VIDEO]: How to Set Up a Custom Focus on iPhone
- Check In [VIDEO]: How to use Check In
- Check In [VIDEO]: New Driver
Apple Education Community Forum: Enhancing Student Focus with Schooltime on Apple Watch
Apple Education Community Forum: Encouraging Active Screen Time with Apple Devices: Guiding Students to Collect Data, Reflect, and Become Engaged Users of Technology
Social Media
- Instagram (from Instagram): Parental Guide for Teens on Instagram
- Instagram (from Instagram): Tips for Parents
- Instagram (from BrightCanary): A Parent’s Guide to Instagram
- Snapchat (from Snapchat): Parent’s Guide to Snapchat
- Snapchat (from BrightCanary): Everything Parents Need to Know About Snapchat
- Snapchat [VIDEO]: How to Use Snapchat
- TikTok (from TikTok): Guardian’s Guide
- TikTok (from TikTok): Safety on TikTok
- TikTok (from BrightCanary): The Concerned Parent’s Guide to TikTok (2024)
- TikTok [VIDEO]: Protecting Our Kids: Mastering TikTok Parental Controls
- YouTube (from YouTube): Exploring YouTube Confidently: A family guide to supervised experiences or access the full guide here: PDF Guide to Exploring YouTube Confidently
- YouTube (from YouTube): Parental Controls
- YouTube (from BrightCanary): The Safe Parent’s Guide to YouTube
- YouTube Parent Guide (from Google): Understand YouTube & YouTube Kids Options for Your Child
- YouTube [VIDEO] (from YouTube): How to Set Up a Supervised Experience for Your Child
General Resources for Families
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
- The American Psychological Association recently released a health advisory on adolescent social media use. The advisory offers a list of ten recommendations for adolescent engagement with social media.
- Common Sense Media published the following article titled “How Much Screen Time is OK for My Kids?” which emphasizes how quality of media use is more important than setting a screen time limit.
- Common Sense Media also provides guidance on assessing the quality of a child’s digital media use in “Are Some Types of Screen Time Better Than Others?”.
- Healthychildren.org provides guidance on how caregivers can support healthy media habits in the article “Beyond Screen Time: Help Your Kids Build Healthy Media Use Habits”.
- Common Sense Education provides tips, discussion prompts, and activities for families to learn about digital citizenship together.