Sara DeWitt: 3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true
萨拉·德威特: 关于孩子整天对着屏幕的3种担忧 —— 为什么它们并没那么可怕
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.
就有这么一部手机。
check their phones
查看他们的手机。
of waking up every morning.
another 50 times during the day.
还会再看50次。
to be a necessity.
in the hands of a three-year-old,
如果这部手机在三岁小孩的手里,
their children's social growth;
from getting up and moving;
a preschooler interacting with a screen.
与屏幕进行互动。
up and moving even more.
更多地起来活动。
about what a child is learning
更能向我们反映出
have the power
an unlikely champion for this cause.
也许没什么发言权。
with kids and books.
about preschoolers and websites.
是关于学龄前儿童和网站的。
a three-year-old named Maria.
3岁的孩子,叫玛丽亚。
a computer before.
was teach her how to use the mouse,
she moved it across the screen,
她在屏幕上移动光标,
named X the Owl.
”猫头鹰X“的角色上面。
把自己推离桌子,跳下椅子
pushed back from the table, leaped up
frantically back at him.
for a three-year-old.
是非常合适的。
for more than 15 years,
工作15年多了,
harnessing the power of technology
we're missing a big opportunity.
我们正在错失一个巨大的机会。
their potential
is nothing new;
并不是新事物,
about the newly dominant media:
关于一种新兴的、占主导地位的媒体:
from one another.
from the outside world.
《罗杰斯先生的邻居们》的主持人,
of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,"
to look at television as a tool,
emotional growth.
and he held a conversation,
to each child individually
across the media landscape today,
随处可见,
in the eyes of children.
在儿童成长中起的作用。
this feeling of anxiety.
我理解这种焦虑的心情。
at three common fears
最常见的3种担忧,
其中可能出现的机会上面。
from getting up and moving."
are zoologist brothers
俩兄弟都是动物学家,
called "Wild Kratts."
叫“野生克拉特”。
a very natural kid play pattern --
孩子们玩耍的动作
on-screen with wings.
长出翅膀的样子特别开心。
and we turned off the screens?
to catch mosquitoes.
and fold their wings in.
up and moving.
differently than I flew
embodied learning
is just a waste of time.
from their education."
about a player's skill
before they found the right answer?
直到找到正确答案?
and apply it to academic learning.
用在学校教育上。
制作人,
80 preschoolers play these games.
学龄前儿童玩了这些游戏。
of those preschoolers
were actually helping kids
wanted us to dig deeper.
合作者想要我们研究得更深入一些。
and student assessment.
that back-end game-play data
后端数据,
to predict a child's math scores.
孩子的数学考试分数。
they essentially trained the computer
简单来说就是训练计算机
standardized math scores.
标准化数学测试的分数。
of each child's score,
的游戏数据,
some Curious George games.
that these games weren't built
这些游戏,
believes that games like these
这样的游戏
about a child's cognitive learning
关于孩子认知能力学习的信息。
testing time in the classroom?
坐在教室里考试的时间?
snapshots of insight
让老师更直观的察觉,
their individualized learning?
更加个性化的学习策略?
is often the biggest.
from my child."
让我和我的孩子疏远了。”
of uninterrupted time
you hand a tablet to your three-year-old.
你把平板电脑递给了3岁的孩子。
where you probably feel very guilty
你会觉得非常愧疚,
you receive a text message.
that's always within arm's reach.
five rhyming words.
刚刚填对了5个押韵的词。
that rhymes with 'cat'?
simple tips like these,
如果父母收到这样的小提示,
at the dinner table with their kids.
that their parents knew
自己刚刚在玩什么,
with their parents.
about their media
这件事情本身
published a study
公布了一项研究结果,
Neighborhood" could promote
catch to this study:
when parents talked to kids
他们所看的节目时,
actually talk to kids about the content
几乎很少跟孩子们讨论
and what they're watching.
with my four-year-old.
earlier today?"
玩了一个汽车的游戏啊?”
that I made my car out of a pickle?
做的汽车了吗?
about what was fun in the game
怎么才能做得更好,
to school that morning.
that all digital media is great for kids.
所有的电子媒体对孩子都好。
for us to be concerned
of children's content
to be thinking about balance:
against all the other things
to learn and to grow?
in the same world that we live in,
check their phones
生活的一部分。
how and why to use them.
使用它们的原因和方法。
for the positive impacts
in our children's lives?
can become a reality.
才能得以实现。
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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