What's the average amount of time we each spend on our digital devices per day?

We’re living in the digital age. An age of drones and clones, of big data, of constant screens and technology and social media playing an ever-present and pervasive role in our everyday lives and work.

Technology is not a bad thing. In fact, technological advancements have enabled huge leaps in healthcare, transit and communication delivery across the planet, changing lives every day.

But technology also has a dark side.

Have a think about your relationship with the devices in your life.📲💻⌚️🖥

New statistics on screen time and digital addiction reveal that the global average time spent on smartphones is 261 minutes a day (4hrs 33mins).

And the average user spends 76 minutes a day (1hr 16mins) on the top 5 social media apps.

Countries including China and South Korea have recognised internet addiction as a new disease (Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) and now publicly fund internet and gaming addiction treatment centres across the country.

It’s time to take charge of your usage and stay in control of your devices.

Be aware of your screen time, and try a few stints where you do a digital detox this week.

You just might feel a whole lot better for it. :) 🙏🏼

IN SEARCH OF SELFIE

girledworld joins the Melbourne Writers Festival Schools Program 2019 in a public forum with 200 students and teachers to unpack the strange and rule-ridden world of selfie culture.

#girledworld Cofounders and authors of #youarenotyourface@madeleinegrummet and Edwina Kolomanski @edwinamani will facilitate a youth-led discussion exploring the role of #socialmedia and #selfies in teenage personal narrative and identity development.

Plenty to debate, share - and unpack!💥

‘In Search of Selfie’
Facilitated Q&A Teen Forum
Thursday September 5, 2019.
State Library Victoria
Isabella Fraser Room

Book early to avoid missing out. All deets @melbwritersfest or go to website here for bookings.

Teenage anxiety is an epidemic. Why?

We hang out with and hear from lots of teenagers, and what keeps coming up is that anxiety is an epidemic right now.😬😞

In fact it’s estimated that worldwide up to 20% of teenagers experience anxiety, and in Australia alone one in 14 young Australians (6.9%) aged 4-17 have experienced an anxiety disorder - equivalent to about 278,000 young people.

Social media pressure?

Technology?

More complicated lives?

Nutrition?

There are many theories as to why. .

If you, or someone you know is experiencing anxiety, getting help is the best first step anyone can make.
The second is to try and take tiny steps every day to ground yourself.

Try this little 5-step practice above and see how you go.
1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣5️⃣ 🙏🏼

#youarenotyourface READ MORE HERE.
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Welcome to the future.

🔟 things you should know about where technology is taking us.

The #internetofthings is transforming and connecting the world around us at an exponential rate with billions of new devices connecting each year. (IoT is the network of physical devices, vehicles, and buildings embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and actuators designed to communicate with users as well as other devices.) Here’s what you can expect in the IoT galaxy we’re in very soon: .

1️⃣ 3D printed makeup. Just insert a person’s face and the machine will apply the exact makeup pattern requested by the user.

2️⃣ 3D printed replacement teeth, printed inside the mouth.

3️⃣ Swarmbot drone printing systems used to produce large buildings and physical structures, working 24/7 until they’re rapidly completed.

4️⃣ Sensor-laced, enviro-responsive clothing scanned and custom-printed instore.

5️⃣ Smart plates, bowls and cups to keep track of what we eat and drink.

6️⃣ Ingestible data collectors, filled with sensors, to give daily internal health scans and reports, plus hyper-personalized, precision-based pharmaceuticals produced by 3D pill printers.

7️⃣ Self-retrieving shoes where you call them by name through your smartphone, and your shoes will come to you.

8️⃣ Scan and print custom-designed clothing at retail clothing stores.

9️⃣ Physical and psychological therapy done through #virtualreality.

🔟 Implanted 'mind mesh' creating AI and human cognitive interface so we can communicate data and with each other wirelessly, and store our memories in the cloud. #blackmirror .

For more on this and to dive deeper see @google's Top Rated futurist Thomas Frey at www.futuristspeaker.com

Meet James. Part human, part machine.

It’s predicted that humanity will change more in the next 20 years than it has in the last 300.

Meet James, a 25-year-old biological scientist who has an advanced cybernetic prosthetic arm with a built-in drone and flashlight.

Humans like James will be commonplace by 2030.

In fact, research and advancements in cybernetics will increasingly give humans super-powers, and we will move to an age of trans-humanism where augmentation, cognitive acceleration and the use of science and technology will evolve the human race beyond its current physical and mental limitations to a new era of advanced intellect and physiology.

Are you ready for it?

Read more about developments in STEM and cybernetics, and how your future job pathway just might be in this space here.

How do we prepare today's students for tomorrow's workforce?

A recent future of jobs report by the @worldeconomicforum shows that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is currently interacting with multiple socio-economic and demographic factors to create a perfect storm of business model change in all industries, resulting in major disruptions to traditional labour and employment markets.

New categories of jobs are emerging, partly or wholly displacing others, and the skill sets required in both old and new occupations is changing in most industries and transforming how, where and why people work.

What is clear is that given the #futureofwork is radically reshaping itself, today’s students are preparing for an uncertain tomorrow where #technology, #automation and #globalisation are driving a new marketplace, requiring new skill sets, mindsets and employment capabilities.

That’s why @girledworld we’re working with high schools all over Australia in 2019 delivering #FutureOfWork 21st Century Career Workshops!💡

Our workshops, led by #girledworld co-founders and expert #innovation facilitators, allow students to be inspired, expand their knowledge and upskill in 21st Century, #entrepreneurship #innovation #teamwork and #STEM capabilities through real world, industry-backed learning contexts so they’re ready and equipped for tomorrow’s world of work, today.

To find out more about our workshops click here.