The Upside of Digital Devices: How to Make Your Child More Screen Smart, Literate, and Emotionally Intelligent

Nicole Dreiske

May 2018 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Your #1 Resource to Improve Remote Learning

Help your children thrive and avoid the "COVID slide" by setting them up for focused and engaged learning at home. Yes, it is possible to bring the energy and enthusiasm of the classroom into your living room through your child's computer screen. With techniques endorsed by educators nationwide, The Upside of Digital Devices is a comprehensive guide for parents, teachers, and home-schoolers. It shares quick exercises, techniques, and tips that have been PROVEN to boost focus and learning within 60 seconds. By engaging both the brain and the body, the ideas and activities in the book help children of every age to develop the skills they need to succeed in e-learning. E-Learning expert and author Nicole Dreiske is the founder and director of the International Children's Media Center, a non-profit pioneer in transforming the way kids view, use, and engage electronic screens for positive learning outcomes. She will help you discover:

• Brain/body exercises and articulation activities that instantly boost energy, self-regulation and concentration.
• Handplay movements to keep kids calm and focused.
• Tips to instill children with empathy, patience, and compassion while viewing digital media.
• Evidence-based activities that channel students’ energy into positive learning outcomes.
• Fun ways to improve literacy, vocabulary, and critical thinking. And more!

About the author

Nicole Dreiske (Chicago, IL) is an educational innovator and one of the country's leaders in the development of screen-based programs for educating children. As the Executive Director of the International Children's Media Center, Dreiske works with 5,000 students each year, and develops groundbreaking approaches for integrating technology and media for 21st-century classrooms in ways that empower children. ICMC's acclaimed Screen Smart® program uses neuroscience-based techniques to improve literacy skills, critical thinking, and social emotional learning. Dreiske has conducted numerous workshops and seminars focusing on media and education. Her landmark methodologies and pedagogies for early childhood have been presented to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and numerous other organizations. She founded the first and largest international children's film festival in the U.S., the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Dreiske consults with arts, education, and civic organizations on strategic and intentional arts programming and has launched numerous festivals nationally and internationally.