Sara DeWitt: 3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true
שרה דהוויט: 3 חששות לגבי זמן מסך לילדים -- ולמה הם לא נכונים
Inspired by Mister Rogers, Sara DeWitt strives to make every child feel special by charting the forefront of new digital mediums where kids spend their time. Full bio
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by thinking about this device,
in your pockets right now.
check their phones
בודקים את הטלפון שלהם
of waking up every morning.
another 50 times during the day.
עוד 50 פעמים במהלך היום.
to be a necessity.
in the hands of a three-year-old,
בידיים של בן שלוש,
their children's social growth;
את הגדילה החברתית של הילד שלהם;
from getting up and moving;
a preschooler interacting with a screen.
לראות פעוט שמתקשר עם מסך.
up and moving even more.
לקום ולנוע אפילו יותר.
about what a child is learning
על מה הילד לומד
have the power
an unlikely champion for this cause.
with kids and books.
about preschoolers and websites.
על פעוטות ואתרי אינטרנט.
a three-year-old named Maria.
לילדה בת שלוש בשם מריה.
a computer before.
was teach her how to use the mouse,
היה ללמד אותה איך להשתמש בעכבר,
she moved it across the screen,
היא הזיזה אותו לרוחב המסך,
named X the Owl.
pushed back from the table, leaped up
התרחקה מהשולחן, קפצה מהכיסא
frantically back at him.
for a three-year-old.
for more than 15 years,
במשך יותר מ-15 שנים,
harnessing the power of technology
בלרתום את הכוח של הטכנולוגיה
we're missing a big opportunity.
אנחנו מפספסים הזדמנות טובה.
their potential
is nothing new;
about the newly dominant media:
לגבי צורת התקשורת הדומיננטית החדשה:
from one another.
from the outside world.
of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,"
"השכונה של מר רוג'רס,"
to look at television as a tool,
emotional growth.
and he held a conversation,
והוא ניהל שיחה,
to each child individually
across the media landscape today,
בכל רחבי התקשורת היום,
in the eyes of children.
בעיני הילדים.
this feeling of anxiety.
אני מבינה את תחושת החרדה.
at three common fears
לשנות את ההתמקדות שלנו
from getting up and moving."
לקום ולזוז."
are zoologist brothers
called "Wild Kratts."
"האחים קראט הפראיים."
עם המצלמות האלו
a very natural kid play pattern --
תבנית מאוד טבעית של משחק ילדים --
on-screen with wings.
and we turned off the screens?
to catch mosquitoes.
and fold their wings in.
ומקפלים את הכנפיים שלהם פנימה.
up and moving.
differently than I flew
embodied learning
is just a waste of time.
זה רק בזבוז של זמן.
from their education."
מהחינוך שלהם."
about a player's skill
before they found the right answer?
לפני שהם מצאו את התשובה הנכונה?
and apply it to academic learning.
וליישם אותו ללמידה אקדמית.
80 preschoolers play these games.
לשחק את המשחקים האלו.
of those preschoolers
were actually helping kids
wanted us to dig deeper.
רצו שנבדוק עמוק יותר.
and student assessment.
that back-end game-play data
to predict a child's math scores.
בשביל לחזות את הציונים של הילד במתמטיקה.
they essentially trained the computer
הם למעשה אימנו את המחשב
standardized math scores.
במבחן המתוקנן במתמטיקה.
of each child's score,
some Curious George games.
במשחקי ג'ורג' הסקרן.
לא פותחו בשביל הערכה.
that these games weren't built
believes that games like these
מאמין שמשחקים כמו זה
about a child's cognitive learning
על יכולת הלמידה הקוגנטיבית של הילד
testing time in the classroom?
יכולים לצמצם זמני בחינות בכיתה?
snapshots of insight
רגעים של תבונה
their individualized learning?
is often the biggest.
from my child."
of uninterrupted time
you hand a tablet to your three-year-old.
אתם מגישים טאבלט לבן השלוש שלכם.
where you probably feel very guilty
you receive a text message.
אתם מקבלים הודעת טקסט.
that's always within arm's reach.
five rhyming words.
חמישה חרוזי מילים.
that rhymes with 'cat'?
simple tips like these,
טיפים פשוטים כאלו,
at the dinner table with their kids.
בזמן ארוחת הערב עם הילדים שלהם.
that their parents knew
with their parents.
about their media
published a study
פרסמה מחקר
Neighborhood" could promote
יכולה לקדם
catch to this study:
when parents talked to kids
רק כשההורים דיברו עם הילדים
לא היו מספיקים;
actually talk to kids about the content
באמת מדברים עם הילדים שלהם על התוכן
and what they're watching.
with my four-year-old.
earlier today?"
מוקדם יותר היום?"
that I made my car out of a pickle?
about what was fun in the game
to school that morning.
that all digital media is great for kids.
שכל המדיה הדיגיטלית מעולה לילדים.
for us to be concerned
of children's content
to be thinking about balance:
against all the other things
to learn and to grow?
על הפחדים שלנו לגבי זה,
in the same world that we live in,
באותו העולם שאנחנו חיים בו,
check their phones
בודקים את הטלפון שלהם
how and why to use them.
איך ולמה להשתמש בזה.
for the positive impacts
in our children's lives?
בחיי הילדים שלנו?
יכול להפוך למציאות.
can become a reality.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sara DeWitt - Children’s media expertInspired by Mister Rogers, Sara DeWitt strives to make every child feel special by charting the forefront of new digital mediums where kids spend their time.
Why you should listen
Sara DeWitt's work in the children's digital space was first inspired by Mister Rogers's approach to television. Just as he strove to make every child feel special through that new medium, her vision is to make each interaction with a game, stream and view an opportunity for children, parents, and teachers to learn and delight in new discoveries.
Over the last 18 years, DeWitt has worked at the forefront of new platforms, in an effort to be everywhere kids are: from websites and mobiles apps to streaming video, augmented reality, 3D-rendered experiences, and wearable technologies. She oversees the Kidscreen- and Webby-award winning pbskids.org website, PBS KIDS streaming video services and the PBS KIDS portfolio of educational apps for children. In 2014, she was named one of the top 42 Women Leading in Education by the USC Rossier School of Education and one of the Top Women in Digital by Cynopsis Media in 2016.
Before her career in public media, DeWitt worked as a preschool teacher, a management researcher and studied media habits of children in rural areas of the United States. She is a military spouse who has moved with her husband and two young sons four times in the last five years. They currently live in Alexandria, Virginia.
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