21st century skills
“Screen time” advice for a new generation of “digital” parents
by Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross Department of Media & Communications, LSE While earning less than £15,000 per year from her work in a budget supermarket, single mother Cecilia Apau has bought a desktop computer, a laptop, two tablets and two smartphones for her three children over the past four years, for use alongside […]
What defines an effective community member in the 21st century?
Before the advent of social media, community engagement typically involved meetings and conversations in meetings, conferences, summits and rendezvous. Now much community activity happens online and there is considerable academic and practical effort to foster children’s effective understanding and safe and active involvement in online environments. Community engagement in the 21st century is therefore about […]
Children’s reading heroes of today
Many people feel that reading fast is the only way to keep up with the large volumes of text they encounter on a daily basis. For some people, to read fast is to follow in the footsteps of their favourite super (s)heroes – the latest of which is played by Scarlett Johansson in her new […]
