Hello friends and family! This week I worked on a couple of things in the background. More to come soon. If you haven’t already, please subscribe if you would like this newsletter to show up in your inbox. Feel free to reach out and say hey at hello@digitallyliterate.net. What Is Right To Repair? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTbrXiIzUt4 …
Hello All! This week I published the following: Annotated bibliography of research in the teaching of English – I grew up studying the Annotated Bibliography of Research in Teaching of English from NCTE. This year I was asked to help Candace Doerr-Stevens and Robin Jocius write up the section on Digital/Technology Tools. Repurpose and Reshare…
It’s Not About You Digitally Lit #243 – 4/25/2020 Hi all, welcome to issue #243 of Digitally Literate. I helped post the following this week: High Tech Means Missed Connections – I wrote up this post about the challenges of online learning in rural spaces. Taking Our Children to Work – In this episode of…
Baby steps to mental health Digitally Lit #192 – 4/6/2019 Hi all, my name is Ian O’Byrne and welcome to Digitally Literate. In this newsletter, I try to synthesize what happened this week so you can be digitally literate as well. I posted a couple of other things this week: The Technopanic Podcast – My…
Even before you download an app to help you meditate, or to manage your depression, it’s speaking to you. Apps’ marketing often implies that everyday stresses should be seen as mental health issues, and that you’re on your own (with the help of the app, of course) to fix whatever is wrong with you.
Research on 61 apps that were reviewed in a recent study led by Lisa Parker of the University of Sydney. The post from Lifehacker: Even before you download an app to help you meditate, or to manage your depression, it’s speaking to you. Apps’ marketing often implies that everyday stresses should be seen as mental health issues, and that…
Children raised in a rural environment, surrounded by animals and bacteria-laden dust, grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and might be at lower risk of mental illness than pet-free city dwellers.
The study, co-authored by researchers from the University of Ulm in Germany and CU Boulder, adds to mounting evidence supporting the “hygiene hypothesis,” which posits that overly sterile environments can breed health problems. Takeaways: Adult men who had grown up in the country with pets had a healthier immune response to stress than those who grew up…