Inventory your devices

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February 2, 2016
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Delaney Ruston, MD
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Welcome to our first Tech Talk Tuesday!

This week, how about a tech inventory? Ask each other about what you are doing on your devices on a given day. It could be fun to have everyone write on a piece of paper their estimated use on things like email, Twitter, Snapchat, games, or Instagram. Then have the other family members guess what they think the person wrote down.

The reason a tech inventory is good is that one of the key things we should be fostering in ourselves and our kids is a consciousness about tech in our lives--call it mindfulness, awareness, it is all the same thing. We all know it is easier said then done--our tech lives can get very automatic.

Let us know what you learned doing your tech inventory by using the form above. Any surprises

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Welcome to our first Tech Talk Tuesday!

This week, how about a tech inventory? Ask each other about what you are doing on your devices on a given day. It could be fun to have everyone write on a piece of paper their estimated use on things like email, Twitter, Snapchat, games, or Instagram. Then have the other family members guess what they think the person wrote down.

The reason a tech inventory is good is that one of the key things we should be fostering in ourselves and our kids is a consciousness about tech in our lives--call it mindfulness, awareness, it is all the same thing. We all know it is easier said then done--our tech lives can get very automatic.

Let us know what you learned doing your tech inventory by using the form above. Any surprises

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Inventory your devices

Delaney Ruston, MD
February 2, 2016
Black and white photo of 5 older teenagers leaning against a wall, staring at their phones

Welcome to our first Tech Talk Tuesday!

This week, how about a tech inventory? Ask each other about what you are doing on your devices on a given day. It could be fun to have everyone write on a piece of paper their estimated use on things like email, Twitter, Snapchat, games, or Instagram. Then have the other family members guess what they think the person wrote down.

The reason a tech inventory is good is that one of the key things we should be fostering in ourselves and our kids is a consciousness about tech in our lives--call it mindfulness, awareness, it is all the same thing. We all know it is easier said then done--our tech lives can get very automatic.

Let us know what you learned doing your tech inventory by using the form above. Any surprises

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