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Michael Mercier, President of Screen Education, delivered a talk today to teachers and students at Woodland Middle School in Taylor Mill, KY. The talk was held on "meet the teacher" night, and focused on the the problem of tech addiction among teens, the toxic social media environment they live within while online, and how to mitigate these problems.
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Screen Education today delivered seminars to student at Crestwood Middle School and High School in Mantua, OH.
Crestwood is implementing a no-phone policy during the 2019/2020 academic year, and it engaged Screen Education to assist it in preparing all stakeholder groups --- teachers, parents, and students --- to implement the policy. The purpose of Crestwood's phone ban is to address the distraction caused by students continuously using their phones throughout the day, as well as the toxic social environment this can foster. On August 22 Screen Education delivered seminars to teachers and parents, and today they delivered seminars to 800 students. Screen Education provided individual seminars to each grade level at the high school, and then delivered one seminar to all 3 grade levels at the middle school. Screen Education's goal was to help each group understand at a deeper level the rationale behind the policy, to understand the challenges of implementing such a policy, and to show each stakeholder group how to work with other stakeholders to ensure the policy's success. Screen Education also made suggestions for using the policy as a foundation for creating a comprehensive digital wellness culture at Crestwood. In an article published today about Crestwood High School's new smartphone ban, the Record-Courier, based in Kent, OH, also covered Screen Education's research on tech addiction among teens, and the seminars it delivered to Crestwood parents and teachers.
The seminars were designed to support Crestwood High School in the rollout of the smartphone ban for the 2019/2020 school year by helping parents and teachers better understand the reason for the smartphone ban, and to assist them in understand their role in making the ban a success. Screen Education will deliver similar seminars to Crestwood High School students on August 26th. The full article can be read here. Screen Education today delivered 2 seminars --- one for teachers, and one for parents --- at Crestwood High School in Mantua, OH.
Crestwood is implementing a no-phone policy during the 2019/2020 academic year, and it engaged Screen Education to assist it in preparing both stakeholder groups to implement the policy. The purpose of Crestwood's phone ban is to address the distraction caused by students continuously using their phones throughout the day, as well as the toxic social environment this can foster. Screen Education's goal was to help each group understand at a deeper level the rationale behind the policy, to understand the challenges of implementing such a policy, and to show each stakeholder group how to work with other stakeholders to ensure the policy's success. Screen Education also made suggestions for using the policy as a foundation for creating a comprehensive digital wellness culture at Crestwood. Screen Education is to return next week to speak to Crestwood students. |
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