In Casa Crazy we have a plethora of screens and and an excessive level of access to the internet.
Each family member has an eyepad, Gill being the last to join the fold.
The four teen/adults also have eyephones and some of us have laptops too.
We also have a smart TV which we rarely use and a sk.y box which talks to the internet.
Heather has an eyepod.
So screens play a daily part in our lives.
To locate family members there is the Find Frie.nds app.
To message them there are many apps and built in functions.
Fac.etime and the like allow me to chat face to face which I rarely do. My daughter, however often uses it. We have a courtesy in the house which asks that any virtual visitors be made known to us to avoid embarrassing conversations being overheard.
The TV screen serves only as a playback,catchup device for favourite series and is usually off. It can access the internet via browsers and apps but we only played with these when we first bought it.
This level of access is of course backed up by the children understanding Internet Safety. They can tell me how little information they give out. The older ones know that a few photos rather than one of a new “friend” are a better indicator of them actually being real rather than a 25 stone guy with a beard pretending to be “Emily”.
They know they have to screen their contacts. Can you see what I did there? No? Oh well.
The future will see these apps embedded in households. Screens will be fixed to walls and used as info and contact points. Watch the glass technology videos on Yout.ube for a feel of what’s possible soon.
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