Comments on: Digital boundaries are few and far between in Technopoly

By: Marla

Marla — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:35:31 +0000

Love this post and thanks for elevating the San Diego show featuring the family that unplugged for a day. I was also interested to hear Tony Schwartz confirm that families who set limits really do impact their children’s time on digital gadgets. I’d come up with some related conclusions about all of us needing to set boundaries in a blog post:
http://beyondnetiquette.com/drawing-the-line-setting-digital-boundaries/

I’d go a step beyond Mr. Schwartz’s comment about teaching kids ADHD. I think we’re suffering from cultural ADHD.

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By: Lesley

Lesley — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:42:59 +0000

I really enjoyed reading your post about boundaries around digital technology. I really believe that most families do not create any boundaries for their children or even themselves. It seems the younger and even older generations have fixations with their gadgets. How many times do you see someone on the phone, computer, or using any other gadget. I feel that technology is a great and need in education, however technology can be very distracting and allow the society to think less. In the education field, Kindle or any E-books and Interactive whiteboards are very useful/effective. What are your thoughts on both SMART boards and E-books?

By: Wesley Fryer

Wesley Fryer — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:24:23 +0000

Jim: Those are all good questions. Thanks for sharing the link to Postman’s 1990 speech. I used the free Stanza for Mac program to convert that webpage (which I first saved as a PDF from Chrome) into ePub format so I can read it on my Stanza for iPhone app as an eBook. I shared this to my MobileMe public folder, if you or others want to grab it feel free – it’s in the “ebooks” directory.

http://public.me.com/wfryer

By: Jim Burke

Jim Burke — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:50:54 +0000

Thanks, Wes. This is a very important issue.

Do we control technology or does it control us?
Will we be enslaved by techology or are we to be its master?
Is ethics involved in the use of technology?
Is there an etiquette that needs to be considered?
Will our humanity be enhanced or diminished by our use of technology?
Will constant distraction keep us from thinking deeply or inhibit our ability to focus on important issues?

I think Neil Postman’s 1990 speech, Informing Ourselves to Death, is still worthy of discussion. http://www.mat.upm.es/~jcm/postman-informing.html

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By: Ian Snyder

Ian Snyder — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:08:24 +0000

This was a much needed post. I had a friend who was going to unplug for a month. He only lasted a day until he had to use his cellphone to connect with friends and find something to do. Boredom set in. I love reading your blog.