What are appropriate and useful school, district and state-level policies to guide cell phone use in schools?
Goals & Outcomes
Join the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, part of the NC State College of Education, for a thought-provoking event focused on supporting students, educators and families navigating real-world digital challenges. Experts will explore the impact of cell phone use on students, encouraging responsible digital habits and promoting healthy balance through state and local guidance and policy.
The event will discuss:
- youth development and social considerations
- youth engagement and empowerment
- parent and educator perspectives
This session is ideal for educators, administrators and policymakers at the school, district and state levels who are involved in shaping and implementing technology policies. It is also highly beneficial for parents and community stakeholders interested in understanding and promoting responsible digital habits and effective engagement with youth in the digital age. Don’t miss this chance to join the conversation with these thought leaders on cell phones in schools.
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Event Details
- Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024
- Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
- Venue: Friday Institute for Educational Innovation (1890 Main Campus Dr. Raleigh, NC)
Agenda
- 10 a.m. l Welcome and Introductions
- 10:20 a.m. l Perspectives from students, educators, districts and parents
- 11:00 a.m. l Panel: Youth developmental and social considerations
- 12 p.m. l Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. l State of the State: Models and trends
- 1:15 p.m. l Panel: Youth engagement and empowerment through cell phone access
- 2:10 p.m. l Educator reflections
- 2:50 p.m. l Wrap-up
Event Recordings
View full recordings from our Real Issues, Real Data series event Cell Phones, Students & Schools, including discussions with our invited panels and presenters.
Resources
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Guest Speakers
Mitch Prinstein
Mitch Prinstein is the chief science officer of the American Psychological Association and serves as the John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and the Co-Director of the Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. Mitch’s research has examined interpersonal models of internalizing symptoms and health risk behaviors among adolescents, with a specific focus on the unique role of off- and on-line peer relationships in the developmental psychopathology of depression and self-injury. He is a board-certified clinical psychologist and has published over 200 scientific manuscripts and 12 books.
Eva Telzer
Eva Telzer is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at UNC Chapel Hill and the co-director of the Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain and Psychological Development. Her research examines how social and cultural processes shape adolescent brain development, with a focus on both prosocial and risk-taking behaviors, family and peer relationships, and the role of social media in youth’s lives. She has authored over 200 publications and has received numerous awards for her work including an Association for Psychological Science Rising Star Award, an early career award from the Society of Research on Adolescence, a Young Investigator Award from the Flux Congress Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology. She is regularly featured as an expert in psychological science in consultation to government agencies and non-profit associations as well as media appearances in The New York Times, NPR, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC.
Henry Willis
Henry A. Willis is originally from Jackson, Mississippi and received his Ph.D. from
the clinical psychology program at UNC Chapel Hill. Willis is a faculty member in the clinical psychology program at the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park. He is the creator and director of the Cultural Resilience, Equity, and Technology (CREATE) Research Lab at UMD College Park. His program of research includes exploring the relationship between online and offline racial discrimination and mental health outcomes among African American youth and young adults, understanding sociocultural protective factors (i.e., racial identity) and how they impact psychopathology within African Americans, creating cultural adaptations of evidence-based treatments and utilizing mobile-health technologies to increase access to mental health treatments for underserved populations.
Mimi Ito
Mimi Ito is a cultural anthropologist, learning scientist, entrepreneur and an advocate for connected learning—learning that is equity-oriented, centered on youth interest and socially connected. Her work decodes digital youth culture for parents and educators, offering ways to tap interests and digital media to fuel learning that is engaging, relevant and social. She is Professor in Residence and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning at the University of California, Irvine, where she directs the Connected Learning Lab (CLL). The CLL stewards the Connected Learning Alliance, an expanding network of educators, experts and youth-serving organizations mobilizing new technology in the service of equity, access and opportunity for all young people. Mimi is also co-founder of Connected Camps, a non-profit providing online learning experiences for kids in all walks of life.
Mike Karlin
Mike Karlin is an assistant professor of STEM and the founding director of the Snap Inc. Institute for Technology and Education at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Additionally, Karlin is a former preK-12 teacher and technology coach with nearly two decades of expertise in education technology. He currently teaches preservice educators and conducts research on equity and broadening participation in STEM education.
Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich
Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich is the Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology, a professor of instructional systems technology within the School of Education and an adjunct professor of computer science at Indiana University-Bloomington. Leftwich’s expertise lies in the areas of the design of technology/computer science K-12 curriculum resources and development/implementation of professional development for teachers and teacher educators. She investigates ways to teach computer science and ways to prepare preservice and inservice teachers to teach CS. She is a co-PI for the ECEP alliance, which seeks to broaden participation in computing at the K-16 levels. Her research focuses on the adoption and implementation of technology and computer science at the K-12 levels.
This session is part of the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation’s series Real Issues, Real Data. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent. Explore more topics and register for events through the program page.
