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Tech Shock - from Parent Zone6. Digital resilience, wellbeing and the online worldDigital resilience involves understanding possible risks online, knowing where to get help and having the support to recover when things go wrong, and learning from experiences.But some emerging harms can begin to shift online safety discussions away from digital resilience and more towards bans, regulation and abstinence – particularly when harms are considered to severely affect wellbeing and mental health. In this episode, Vicki is joined by professor of Human Behaviour and Technology at the University of Oxford, Andy Przybylski. They discuss the relevance of digital resilience today as well as what research actually say...
2024-12-1742 minTech Shock - from Parent Zone6. Is Chat GPT going to scupper online safety legislation before it’s even passed?Vicki and Geraldine talk to Andy Burrows, freelance tech policy consultant and expert on child safety through his work with NSPCC. They discuss whether generative AI like Chat GPT could disrupt not only how teachers mark homework, but also all the efforts we have put into keeping children safe onlineTalking points:Are we making the same mistakes all over again with generative AI that we made before, retrofitting child safety only when it’s too late?Is it possible to make the internet safe for children without making it much safer for adults?How have th...
2023-03-1351 min
Moving MattersEpisode 52: Moving Matters with Andy Shotbolt of Britannia ReevesIn this episode Andy Shotbolt, Managing Director of Britannia Reeves discusses how he began in the industry after a (non-working) 3 night trip away to Scotland at the tender age of 11 with his grandfather, who was a driver for White & Co, a company Andy joined, becoming a fourth generation remover for the company.
Andy spent approximately 18 years at White & Co, starting as a porter for Curtiss & Sons (a division of White & Co based in Portsmouth) before moving onto their Southampton branch and then head office in Botley. 24 years ago, Andy joined Britannia Reeves and today heads up the...
2022-08-2550 minTech Shock - from Parent Zone15: Video games: the best thing that ever happened to family life?Vicki 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 in video games make them any less like gambling?Tech Shock is a Parent Zone production. Follow Parent Zone on social media for all the latest on our work on helping families to thrive in the digital age. Presented by Vicki Shotbolt. Tech Shock...
2021-02-0841 min