Merve Lapus's guest appearances

Merve Lapus

The Beautiful Struggle

NGPF Podcast

Meb Faber

Paul Merriman

Adam Carroll

Warren Buffett

Jean Chatzky

Andy Rachleff

Ron Lieber

Rachel Schneider

Ted Benna

Doug Lynam

Bill Butler

Whitney Hansen

Alex Tabarrok

Kevin Matthews

Erin Lowry

OwlTail

As Senior Director of Education and Outreach, Merve leads Common Sense Education's efforts to improve digital citizenship for students in the tens of thousands of schools they serve. He describes the resources that Common Sense provides to support educators in this area and others, including a robust set of edtech reviews. On a personal note, Merve shares the story of this father's entrepreneurial journey which inspired him while also developing his work ethic. Enjoy! Details:  0:00~1:27 Introduction 1:27~2:17 Merve’s role at Common Sense Media 2:17~7:14 Early money lessons 7:14~10:34 What Common Sense Education does 10:34~15:56 Approach to teaching digital citizenship 15:56~18:00 Who uses the curriculum? 18:00~21:30 Algorithms behind what we see online 21:30~24:03 Media and the brain 24:03~24:26 A word from NGPF 24:26~26:43 The feeling of “FOMO” 26:43~30:22 What is Digital Bytes? 30:22~36:15 EdTech reviews and resources 36:15~43:51 How Common Sense Education helps teachers 43:51~46:14 Why digital citizenship matters 46:14~47:31 Conclusion    Resources:  Common Sense Media Common Sense Education  Truth About Tech Digital Bytes  EdTech Reviews and Resources  Firefox Lightbeam  Quotes:  “Media and technology are not going anywhere so demonizing it is not going to reach the ears of our kids because our kids are growing up with it. So we take a very balanced approach at the way that we look at media and technology. We are really about sanity not censorship and it’s not about making a ban but making a plan.” “Digital citizenship might not be core content but it is core to content especially in this day in age where media and technology are playing a huge role in not just the lives of our kids but in the way we are instructing and the way kids are learning.” 

As Senior Director of Education and Outreach, Merve leads Common Sense Education's efforts to improve digital citizenship for students in the tens of thousands of schools they serve. He describes the resources that Common Sense provides to support educators in this area and others, including a robust set of edtech reviews. On a personal note, Merve shares the story of this father's entrepreneurial journey which inspired him while also developing his work ethic. Enjoy! Details: <ul> <li>0:00~1:27 Introduction</li> <li>1:27~2:17 Merve’s role at Common Sense Media</li> <li>2:17~7:14 Early money lessons</li> <li>7:14~10:34 What Common Sense Education does</li> <li>10:34~15:56 Approach to teaching digital citizenship</li> <li>15:56~18:00 Who uses the curriculum?</li> <li>18:00~21:30 Algorithms behind what we see online</li> <li>21:30~24:03 Media and the brain</li> <li>24:03~24:26 A word from NGPF</li> <li>24:26~26:43 The feeling of “FOMO”</li> <li>26:43~30:22 What is Digital Bytes?</li> <li>30:22~36:15 EdTech reviews and resources</li> <li>36:15~43:51 How Common Sense Education helps teachers</li> <li>43:51~46:14 Why digital citizenship matters</li> <li>46:14~47:31 Conclusion  </li> </ul> Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Common Sense Media</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.commonsense.org/education/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Common Sense Education</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/the-truth-about-tech-how-tech-has-kids-hooked" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Truth About Tech</a></li> <li><a href="https://digitalbytes.commonsensemedia.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Bytes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.commonsense.org/education/edtech-reviews-resources" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> EdTech Reviews and Resources</a></li> <li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lightbeam/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Firefox Lightbeam</a></li> </ul> Quotes: <ul> <li>“Media and technology are not going anywhere so demonizing it is not going to reach the ears of our kids because our kids are growing up with it. So we take a very balanced approach at the way that we look at media and technology. We are really about sanity not censorship and it’s not about making a ban but making a plan.”</li> <li>“Digital citizenship might not be core content but it is core to content especially in this day in age where media and technology are playing a huge role in not just the lives of our kids but in the way we are instructing and the way kids are learning.”</li> </ul>

Tim Talks To: Merve Lapus of Common Sense Education

Today, our guest on our podcast is Merve Lapus, Western Regional Education Director of Common Sense Media (commonsensemedia.org). I got to know Merve a few years ago, as my school was implementing a digital citizenship program. CSM, goes way beyond from just being a program, to become a trusted resource for schools and parents on all things digital resources and media in education. Merve and I chat about his rise from humble, but amazing, beginnings to being a director of CSM where he connects with schools all over with digital resources and getting the mindset of being an upstanding (digital) citizen.

Today, our guest on our podcast is Merve Lapus, Western Regional Education Director of Common Sense Media (<a href="http://commonsensemedia.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">commonsensemedia.org</a>). I got to know Merve a few years ago, as my school was implementing a digital citizenship program. CSM, goes way beyond from just being a program, to become a trusted resource for schools and parents on all things digital resources and media in education. Merve and I chat about his rise from humble, but amazing, beginnings to being a director of CSM where he connects with schools all over with digital resources and getting the mindset of being an upstanding (digital) citizen.

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