Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 8:45 am until 2:30 pm
Greenfield Community College
A conference for educators exploring the risks and benefits of cell phone and social media technology on the developing brain and the learning environment. Experts will address community norms around tech use, digital media literacy, and discuss how to promote healthy relationships with technology to foster engaged learners. Educators will share their experiences of considering and implementing bell-to-bell policies in schools.
Geared towards:
First 100 registrants receive a free copy of “The Mediatrician’s Guide: A Joyful Approach to Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Kids in a Screen-Saturated World” By Michael Rich, MD, MPH
The cost is $35, includes light breakfast and lunch, payable by check, credit card, or purchase order. Follow the link to register. When the conference fills, registration site closes.
For more information: Laurie Loisel, Director of Communication and Community Engagement, Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, at laurie.loisel@mass.gov or (413) 437-5736.
Presented by the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hampshire County and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Franklin County and North Quabbin.
Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Humans in the Age of Social Media and AI
Michael Rich, pediatrician, director of the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital, founder of the Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders, and associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard University.
Mindfulness and Youth-Generated Approaches to Digital Pitfalls
Susan Reynolds, M. ED, academic technology expert and founder of Look Up, an organization dedicated to empowering young people to think critically about their relationship to technology.
Panels
Educator and youth panels talking about
technology, social media, and school
culture.
Data and Policy
A presentation on what the local data suggests, and policy implications going forward, featuring Communities that Care and SPIFFY coalition leaders.