The current edition of the International Journal of Learning and
Media has an article entitled Limiting Screen Time Is Not the
Key to Parenting in the Digital Age (here, PDF, five pages). It
is written by Jeremy Sarachan. I am reading this on a day that
there are two, possibly conflicting reports in media in Ireland,
regarding the use of digital photography in schools in Ireland.
- From the Irish Independent: Schools ban photos to stamp out
cyber bullies (here) - From Morning Ireland, our national
broadcaster’s breakfast-time radio-programme: Never too young to
learn about film, where school-students use of phones, in
filming their own poetry was advocated (here) I am very much
with Sarachan who advocates……a more nuanced approach to media
use by children (p.2). Digital technology is here to stay and
banning bits and pieces of it, whether at home or in school is
simply not going to work. Schools may feel self-satisfied that
photos are not randomly taken in their school but will that
really protect children? I