Tech Tots: Early ideas on parenting in a digital age
Tech Tots: Early ideas on parenting in a digital age
Podcast Description
A podcast to help you navigate the coming wave of big tech changes for little people. Welcome to TechTots, a podcast designed to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of digital technologies impacting pre-schoolers.Brought to you by playTandem.com and the team at EarlyIdeas.org, this series digs into how the crucial intersection of early childhood development and the digital revolution. Join us as we explore the effects of technology on the next generation, offering insights, expert opinions, and practical advice for parents and caregivers. Whether you’re a tech-savvy parent or just starting to grapple with what screens and AI mean for early childhoods, our podcast aims to eqip you with the knowledge and tools needed to help your little one to thrive in an increasingly digital age.Brought to you by playTandem.com and the team at EarlyIdeas.org
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The podcast focuses on the intersection of early childhood development and digital technology, with themes including the science of early childhood, technology's impact on young lives, and actionable parenting strategies. Episodes such as the one discussing the foundational aspects of early childhood development highlight the crucial periods of growth amidst emerging tech trends, while others reflect on the need to critically assess the influence of technology on toddlers.
A podcast to help you navigate the coming wave of big tech changes for little people.
Welcome to TechTots, a podcast designed to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of digital technologies impacting pre-schoolers.
Brought to you by playTandem.com and the team at EarlyIdeas.org, this series digs into how the crucial intersection of early childhood development and the digital revolution.
Join us as we explore the effects of technology on the next generation, offering insights, expert opinions, and practical advice for parents and caregivers.
Whether you’re a tech-savvy parent or just starting to grapple with what screens and AI mean for early childhoods, our podcast aims to eqip you with the knowledge and tools needed to help your little one to thrive in an increasingly digital age.
Brought to you by playTandem.com and the team at EarlyIdeas.org
What does a healthy digital life look like for a child? As AI and algorithm-driven content reshape our world at a dizzying pace, parents are left wondering how to keep up. In this episode, host Rob Hughes sits down with Michael Preston, Executive Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, for a wide-ranging conversation recorded recently in Abu Dhabi.
Michael shares insights from his career at the intersection of education and technology, drawing on the foundational principles of Sesame Street—where every product is built on a ”whole child” perspective. They explore what it means to design technology with kids, not just for them, and why the best feedback often comes from unexpected ”aha” moments during co-design.
Join them as they tackle the big questions: How do we balance the attention economy with a child's well-being? What are the real risks and rewards of AI in education? And what is the single most important thing parents can do to navigate this new digital reality with their children? This is an essential conversation for anyone invested in shaping a future where technology serves, rather than replaces, our humanity.
Produced by Early Ideas Limited, who are building Tandem.
Podcast music by Tibor Miklos.
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