EduCast #57: Navigating Tech in the Hands of Kids

Smart Phones, Social Media and Artificial Intelligence are apart of daily lives and educators are working to find ways to maximize growing and emerging technologies for students. Heidi discusses with Dr. Stacy Hawthorne, a Board Director with CoSN: Education Technology Leadership Association and Dr. Kelly May-Volmar who is with the Desert Sands Unified School District in Southern California.Technology is a broad reaching topic, that includes bothrisks but also benefits with lots of nuance within each.  Heidi, Stacy and Kelly unravel what can be a rubber band ball and share insight into what education leaders are aimingfor.They also explain why simply “banning” tech in schools doesn’t help move the discussion forward for teenagers. #technologyintheclassroom #educationtechnology #teensandtech#socialmediaandteens  #risksoftechnology#benefitsoftechnology  #educationpodcast  #podcastrecommendations