Latest Medialiteracy Podcast Episodes
25: Is tech ruining Generation Z?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - April 18, 2021 23:00 - 40 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Robert Wigley, author of Born Digital, The Story of a Distracted Generation, about what he sees as the damaging effects of tech on young people. Talking points: - Is tech really eroding empathy among the young? - If young people are so damaged by tech, how come mos...
Student Perspectives: Judas and the Black Messiah (dir. Shaka King)
Reel Review - April 16, 2021 20:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsDuring our recent episode on Judas and the Black Messiah, Professor Bill Resh spoke about using the film as part of his course on citizenship. We thought it would be great to revisit the film and see how well this worked. So, today we're revisiting Judas and the Black Messiah with students fro...
24: Digital poverty: it’s not all about money
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - April 11, 2021 23:37 - 46 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Ellen Helsper, Professor of Digital Inequalities at LSE, about why giving children laptops isn’t enough. Talking points: - Why does social disadvantage so often turn into into digital disadvantage? - Will the gap between the digital haves and have-nots widen, stay ...
23: Can design make the internet safer?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - April 04, 2021 23:15 - 50 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Sarah Drummond of design agency Snook about baking safety into the design of tech products and services. Talking points: How far can designers affect our online experiences? The internet - as designed so far - doesn’t always seem to be in our best interests so why ...
22: Surveillance capitalism - an idea that won’t stand up?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 28, 2021 23:02 - 52 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Sam Gilbert, fintech entrepreneur, Cambridge researcher, and author of the radical new book, Good Data, about why he takes issue with the fashionable idea of surveillance capitalism. Talking points: How much does it matter that ‘our data’ is being collected? Is dat...
21: True or False?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 22, 2021 00:44 - 30 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Nicola Aitken of Full Fact about misinformation - and how we can possibly tell what’s true online. Talking points: Who is attracted to misinformation? What psychological needs do conspiracy theories meet? Can small fact-checking organisations such as Full Fact pus...
Podcast476: The Power of Choice by Claude Larson
Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts - March 16, 2021 21:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWelcome to a special Spring Break episode of Moving at the Speed of Creativity, for March 16, 2021! This podcast episode features an interview with Claude Larson, the author of "The Power of Choice: A Teen's Guide to Finding Personal Success." The audience for this book is not only teenagers, but...
20: Bot Detectives
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 15, 2021 00:44 - 37 minutesCan machines make the online world a better place? Vicki and Geraldine talk to Ian Stevenson, CEO of OSTIA (the Online Safety Tech Industry Association) about whether a British innovation success can solve the problems of the internet. Talking points: - Will online safety tech inevitably compr...
19: Addicted!
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 08, 2021 00:47 - 43 minutesWhy are we facing a gambling - and now gaming - addiction crisis? Vicki and Geraldine talk to Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, founder of the first NHS gambling disorders clinic and also the first NHS gaming disorders clinic. Talking points: Are there links between gambling and gaming? How c...
18: What about the rest of the world?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 01, 2021 00:21 - 31 minutesThe UK is trying to regulate the internet - but much will depend on what happens globally. Vicki and Geraldine talk to Max Beverton-Palmer of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change about how much we can seriously do by ourselves. Talking points: Why is 2021 the year of rethinking the inter...
Judas and the Black Messiah (dir. Shaka King)
Reel Review - February 26, 2021 00:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsUnder the threat of prison, Bill O'Neal infiltrated the Black Panther Party in Chicago. Judas and the Black Messiah looks at the last three years of the Black Panther Party Chairman, Fred Hampton's life. While Hampton was falling in love , taking care of his people, and leading the city revolu...
17: How can we rescue education post-pandemic?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 22, 2021 00:01 - 36 minutesLockdown learning has deepened and sharpened inequality. Vicki and Geraldine talk to Rebecca Montacute of the Sutton Trust about whether we can fix that. Talking points: Why do so many children still not have devices? Why are they still not connected? Will there be more blended learning in f...
16: How can we balance children’s right to be online with their right to be safe?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 15, 2021 00:20 - 43 minutesAs the UNHCR announces that children’s rights apply online, Vicki and Geraldine talk to Tony Stower of 5Rights about what that means for for tech companies, policymakers and parents. Talking points: - How is it helpful to view online harms through the lens of children’s rights? - How do you m...
16: How can we balance children’s right to be online with their right to be safe?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 15, 2021 00:20 - 43 minutesAs the UNHCR announces that children’s rights apply online, Vicki and Geraldine talk to Tony Stower of 5Rights about what that means for for tech companies, policymakers and parents. Talking points: - How is it helpful to view online harms through the lens of children’s rights? - How do you m...
15: Video games: the best thing that ever happened to family life?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 08, 2021 00:51 - 41 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Andy Robertson, author of Taming Gaming. Talking points: - Should parents stop worrying about the time children spend gaming? - Can parents learn to love video games? - Should games provide endless opportunities for spending? - Does publishing the odds of loot boxes...
Hillbilly Elegy & Between the World and Me
Reel Review - February 04, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday we’ll be doing something a bit different. We’re looking at two memoirs made into films in 2020: Between the World and Me, from HBO, based on the book of the same name written by Ta’Nehasi Coates. The film is directed by Kamilah Forbes, and the screenplay adaptation is by David Teague. ...
14: Reasons to be Cheerful
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 01, 2021 00:01 - 50 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Dave Coplin, self proclaimed pragmatic optimist, about why we shouldn’t be scared of tech. Talking points: What to do about big data? Can we solve algorithmic bias? Are old ways of thinking stopping us from making the most of the digital future? How can human beings...
13: Whatever happened to Digital Inclusion?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - January 25, 2021 00:39 - 23 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Chi Onwurah, Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Digital about digital poverty, the impact of social media on democracy, and whether we should feel positive about Britain’s tech future. Talking points: - Should we be treating laptops like textbooks and data as...
12: Remote Learning - How could we be doing it better?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - January 18, 2021 00:19 - 35 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Tom Rose of Oak National Academy about what we need to do next to ensure children get the best online learning. Talking points Should we have been doing blended learning sooner? What can we do about digital poverty and lack of devices? What is the latest news on g...
Podcast475: Lessons Learned Teaching During the Pandemic
Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts - January 04, 2021 00:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWelcome to the first episode of Moving at the Speed of Creativity for 2021, now starting its 16th year as an educational podcast! This podcast episode features a conversation with Shelly and Wesley Fryer on January 3, 2021, reflecting on some of their lessons learned teaching elementary and middl...
11: The Year of the Screen
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - December 28, 2020 00:27 - 18 minutesVicki and Geraldine round up a digital year like no other and look at the government’s end-of-year proposals for regulating the internet. Talking points: What have been the big issues for families online in 2020? The government has announced its latest proposals for regulating tech companies ...
10: Are The Anti-vaxxers Winning?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - December 21, 2020 00:11 - 26 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Professor Helen Bedford of Great Ormond Street about online anti-vaccination campaigns and what they mean for the Covid vaccination rollout. Talking points: Has there always been resistance to vaccination? Why does social media make things so much worse? Has vacci...
The Queen's Gambit (Netflix, created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott)
Reel Review - December 18, 2020 22:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOdds are that you know someone raving about the new Netflix coming of age limited series, The Queen's Gambit. Lifted from the novel of the same title, the series is a seven episode tale of a little orphan girl entering the competitive, very masculine, and very adult world of chess. From pawn t...
9: What Can Be Done About Online Hate?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - December 14, 2020 00:56 - 32 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Joe Mulhall of 'Hope Not Hate' about the threat of the far-right online. Talking points: - are different types of platform are facilitating hate speech in different ways? - are there limits to free speech? - is it reasonable to expect platforms to design out hate,...
8: What kind of world will children face, and how can we prepare them?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - December 07, 2020 00:45 - 48 minutesThis week, Vicki and Geraldine talk to Professor Sonia Livingstone about her book, Parenting for a Digital Future. Talking points: Why do parents worry so much about screen time? Should children be learning to code? Parents are stuck in a giant digital parenting experiment - but is it the same...
8: What kind of world will children face, and how can we prepare them?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - December 07, 2020 00:45 - 48 minutesThis week, Vicki and Geraldine talk to Professor Sonia Livingstone about her book, Parenting for a Digital Future. Talking points: Why do parents worry so much about screen time? Should children be learning to code? Parents are stuck in a giant digital parenting experiment - but is it the same...
7: Should Parents Feel So Guilty?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - November 30, 2020 00:58 - 24 minutesThis week, Vicki and Geraldine talk about screen time and other guilt-inducing aspects of family life online. Talking points: Why is play not seen as play when it’s online? Is it just that the technology’s new? Has parenting itself changed in ways that make parents feel more guilty? Why do ...
On the Rocks (dir. Sophia Coppola)
Reel Review - November 24, 2020 18:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn the Rocks, the latest film from Sophia Coppola, like many of the director's films, relies on dialogue and character interaction. This time the central relationship is between father and daughter, played by Bill Murray and Rashida Jones. How relevant do our panel find this depiction of lives...
6: Are There Too Many Men on the Internet?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - November 23, 2020 00:26 - 39 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Casey Calista from Glitch, whose recent research found that online abuse of women and non-binary people increased during lockdown. Why is online abuse not seen as real abuse? Is the answer more women in STEM? What are the implications for democracy? And whose respons...
5: Can the Government Stop Internet Harms?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - November 16, 2020 00:52 - 45 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Will Perrin of Carnegie UK Trust about the upcoming (sometime soon!) Digital Harms Bill. What are the ideas behind the government’s proposals? Will they work? Talking points: Where does the idea of a ‘duty of care’ on which the legislation will be based come from? ...
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