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ThoughtBytes explores how edufiction and narrative learning can support digital literacy and ethical thinking in a technology-shaped world.
ThoughtBytes is an ideas blog exploring how edufiction can be practically used to help children and young teens understand digital life.
It focuses on digital citizenship, media/AI literacy, and emerging technologies through an educational and parenting lens, using story and context rather than headlines or hype.
All content is created by Casper Pieters and may be shared non-commercially, unchanged, with attribution.
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WEEKEND — Cyberbullying Does Not Stop at the School Gate
And one more to cap off National Cyberbullying Week
FRIDAY — SMALL ACT #5: LEAVE ROOM FOR REPAIR
One post each day for the Australian Cyberbullying Week
THURSDAY — SMALL ACT #4: DON’T GIVE CRUELTY AN AUDIENCE
One post each day for the Australian Cyberbullying Week
WEDNESDAY — SMALL ACT #3: SAY SOMETHING TO SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP
One post each day for the Australian Cyberbullying Week
TUESDAY — SMALL ACT #2: MAKE ROOM FOR SOMEONE
One post each day for the Australian Cyberbullying Week
MONDAY — SMALL ACT #1: NOTICE THE PERSON WHO HAS GONE QUIET
One post each day for the Australian Cyberbullying Week
A Social Media Ban Was Never the Destination
What can replace social media and still fulfill its role?
AI as a Paintbrush: Helping Children Build a Right Relationship with Technology
Right relationship with technology makes all the diffrence.
Attention Is Earned: Why Children Still Need Stories Worth Getting Lost In
Capturing their attention is step 1. Then the learning can begin.
Cut the Noise, Find the Signal
With practical advice on how to reset your families attention.
Brain Rot! and the Battle for Attention
Attention is the new liquid gold. Everybody wants to capture it (including me).
Why Stories May Be One of the Best Tools for Helping Young People Decode Their Digital Lives
The relation between the tool and the user is that both are transformed by each other and often in unpredictable ways.
What Would Healthy Social Media Actually Look Like?
There is so much talk about the malign influence of social media. Today, I asked myself; What would healthy social media look like?
Why read Brain Rot!?
FREE DOWNLOAD - Practical advice for Parents on how to manage digital teenagers.
Reading in the Age of the Attention Thieves
Reading printed books counters the impacts of their online worlds.
Telling Kids “Don’t Be Mean Online” Is Failing — Here’s Why
Despite the social media ban cyberbullying is still rife in Australia.
When Technology Serves Learning
Technology will either magnify confusion or amplify clarity.
