Goin' Digital Show

Episode 23 - Screenagers: Growing Up In The Digital Age   Date: September 20, 2016   Run Time: 55:01   Summary:   In this episode, award-winning documentary filmmaker Delaney Ruston provides insight on her latest project, Screenagers, a film that examines some of the pitfalls kids face today as a result of too much screen time in the midst of increasing peer pressure to find acceptance through social media and interactive games. Amber Heffner, Executive Director of the Illinois Computing Educators, also joins the conversation to discuss the benefits of tech tools in the classroom.   Guests:   Delaney Ruston   Delaney Ruston is a filmmaker, Stanford trained physician and mother of two. Through her company, MyDoc Productions, Delaney has made award-winning feature documentaries such as Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia, about her father, and Hidden Pictures, about global mental health, which was filmed in China, India, France, South Africa and the US. These films have screen