Social media, #AI & more continue to impact students’ lives. Learn how to prepare them to contextualize it all at #DigLitCon (Sept. 12-13, online & at NIU Naperville). 🐦 Save $10 during early bird to hear from this year’s keynote Devorah Heitner 🔗 ltcillinois.org/diglitcon/

Thank you! Looking forward to listening.

What’s it like growing up online? Problematic content, unhealthy habits…the list goes on 😓 Learn how you can go from monitoring to mentoring these digital citizens + teaching digital regulation during Devorah Heitner's #DigLitCon keynote ⚖️ 🔗 ltcillinois.org/diglitcon/

When we began location sharing, it was about me knowing where the kids were. I did not consider the ramifications of them also knowing where I am at all times.

At one school, dozens of students need bilingual services--but 1 teacher and 2 custodians translate for the whole building. At others, students have to rely on translation apps. “I want to learn,” one of the students said. Deeply reported story by Mina Bloom & Reema Amin:

I hate media fearmongering, so here’s some sanity and measured discourse on social media from my favorite kids and tech expert, Devorah Heitner, for Newsweek newsweek.com/everyone-wants…

" Making social media better for everyone is the best way to make it better for kids." Yes Devorah Heitner ! newsweek.com/everyone-wants…

Important article by Jo-Ann Finkelstein, PhD !

Navigating Kids’ Privacy in the Digital Age parentmap.com/article/kids-o…

SUPER THRILLED that my spouse Ori Fienberg is on this stellar list of must-reads for September, from Chicago Review of Books 😍 "dazzling and eccentric" yes agree 100% chireviewofbooks.com/2024/09/03/12-…

„Dorastanie w sieci" dr Devorah Heitner dlalejdis.pl/artykuly/doras… #devorah #heitner #TalkwalkerAlerts via @talkwalker

My book is 1.99 today! amazon.com/Growing-Up-Pub… @TarcherPerigee #kindlesale

Employers added 254,000 jobs in September, blowing away forecasts and reversing a slowdown in hiring that had prompted the Federal Reserve to make a jumbo rate cut at its meeting last month. The unemployment rate also inched down to 4.1%.

I’ve lost track of how many people like Mary I’ve seen in the ED with serious illness who wouldn’t have been as sick - or sick at all - if they’d had access to the right care earlier. Prevention, early diagnosis, investigations, timely specialist care, treatment before a crisis.

School-related anxiety isn't just common—it's expected. When 83% of teens blame school for their stress, we're not facing a mental health crisis. We're facing an education crisis. #KidsMentalHealth nirandfar.com/?p=24229 via Nir Eyal

Listen to @devorahheitner, author of #GrowingUpInPublic, talk about how parents, teachers, and mentors can support kids as they navigate the digital world, with plenty of empathy along the way, with Sharon McMahon. buff.ly/08yWXyY

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Back to school phone bans linkedin.com/pulse/back-sch… via LinkedIn

It's back to school time! Expert Devorah Heitner recommends doing a tech check in with your kids before classes begin. Qs to ask: - Do you know your school's cell phone policy? - How does social media make you feel? - Can I post a FDOS picture online? wuwm.com/education/2025…