Thanks for this post. I was just thinking about Merlin Bird ID app out of Cornell where smartphones help with bird ID, deepening connection with nature through nomenclature and facts and even citizen science that can scale to influence policies. Very cool.
I wonder about nuanced smartphone use to root out the destructive while preserving the positive innovation.
I worked at a small residential-wilderness semester school where students didn’t have their phones for a whole semester. Almost all of them spoke to the social RELIEF they felt. I’ve seen this even with students on 5-day trips offline. These examples make me wonder how we can support some structured social time (like over lunch) phone embargoes to root out anxiety provocation and enhance real life social skills (like talking to real people and making eye contact!).
Thanks for this post. I was just thinking about Merlin Bird ID app out of Cornell where smartphones help with bird ID, deepening connection with nature through nomenclature and facts and even citizen science that can scale to influence policies. Very cool.
I wonder about nuanced smartphone use to root out the destructive while preserving the positive innovation.
I worked at a small residential-wilderness semester school where students didn’t have their phones for a whole semester. Almost all of them spoke to the social RELIEF they felt. I’ve seen this even with students on 5-day trips offline. These examples make me wonder how we can support some structured social time (like over lunch) phone embargoes to root out anxiety provocation and enhance real life social skills (like talking to real people and making eye contact!).
I really like this set of sensible and pragmatic ideas. Balance seems really important.