EIGHT
EIGHT FIFTEEN ON OUR THURSDAY WE'LL DROP THE PHONE STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER. IT'S TIME TO
UNPLUG. JUST WAIT UNTIL AFTER
OUR SHOW ENDS IN FORTY FIVE
MINUTES AT LEAST TOMORROW AT
SUNDOWN NATIONAL DAY
OF UNPLUGGING OFFICIALLY
BEGINS. SHE'S AN EXPERT IN
TAKING A BREAK FROM TECHNOLOGY.
CLAUDIA ERICKSON IS JOINING US
TO SHARE SOME FUN ACTIVITIES
THAT WE CAN PARTAKE IN WITH NO
PHONES ALLOWED. GOOD MORNING,
CLAUDIA. GOOD MORNING. ALL
RIGHT. SO I WANT TO START OFF
BY YOU EXPLAINING TO US WHAT IS
NATIONAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING? IT
IS BASICALLY AN AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR
12 YEARS AND WE JUST TRY AND
GET PEOPLE TO TAKE STOCK IN
THEIR TECHNOLOGY USE, BREAK IT
OUTSIDE, CONNECT THEIR FRIENDS
JEALOUS NATURE KIND OF THING
AND I I'M SURE THIS IS
ESPECIALLY PREVALENT OVER THE
LAST YEAR OR SO WHILE THE KIDS
HAVE BEEN MAINLY GOING THROUGH
SCHOOL ON SCREENS AND USING
THEIR PHONES AND I FEEL LIKE
IT'S YOUNGER AND YOUNGER THAT
KIDS ARE GETTING CELL PHONES
AND AND TECHNOLOGY. SO IS THIS
GETTING TO BE A MORE PERTINENT
ISSUE DO YOU THINK? OH,
DEFINITELY. WE'VE SEEN A HUGE
INCREASE IN INTEREST AND I
THINK WE'RE ALL TECH HAS BEEN
WONDERFUL. IT'S BEEN A
LIFESAVER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME
YOU CAN GET TO TOO MUCH AND I
THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY SEEING
THAT. I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL
ZOOMED OUT. SO TELL US WHERE
YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT'S
GOING TO BE GOING ON. WHAT CAN
KIDS PARTAKE IN AS OPPOSED
SITTING AT HOME WATCHING TV
USING THE COMPUTER? WHAT DO YOU
HAVE AROUND YOU HERE? WE HAVE A
LITTLE FREE LIBRARY AND IF
YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT
THOSE ARE YOU SEEN LIBRARIES
AROUND TOWN USUALLY IN FRONT
OF SOMEBODY'S HOUSE BOOKSTORE
IN THERE AND THIS IS ONE KIND
OF A BIG ONE MY HOUSE AND IT'S
A LITTLE OUTHOUSE. WE STORE
BOOKS. IT'S THE TEXTBOOK LEGAL
CONCEPTS. SO IT'S LIKE A
LIBRARY. BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
RUN THIS EVEN DURING HOEBEN SO
IT'S KIND OF A NICE WAY TO
CONNECT. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
PUTTING UP ROOMS AT DIFFERENT
ONES AROUND TOWN SO WE HAVE
FIVE DIFFERENT PLANS GOING ON.
CLAREMONT, VORNADO, LA MESA,
SANTAE AND NORTH AND SOUTH PARK
AND YOU CAN REGISTER ON OUR
WEBSITE NATIONAL DAY
OF UNPLUGGING DOT COM AND FIND
OUT THE ADDRESS OF THE FIRST
ONE NEAR YOU AND YOU'LL GO
THERE AND YOU'LL GET A CUTE
LITTLE BAG WHAT YOU FOUND IF
YOU LIKE AND YOU'LL GET
INSTRUCTIONS AND YOU'LL GET A
MAP. THIS THING WE ALL USED TO
USE BEFORE GPS AND YOU CAN FIND
OUT WHERE THE DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS ARE AND YOU'LL COME
AND YOU'LL LOOK AT THE CLUE
IT'S A RIDDLE OR SOMETHING TO
SOLVE. YOU CAN AFTERWARDS GO
AND CHECK YOUR ANSWERS A LITTLE
BIT OF ONLINE TIME CHECK AT OUR
WEBSITE TO SEE IF WE GOT THEM
RIGHT. THEN YOU'LL GET A STORY
TIME WITH NOCTURNALS AUTHOR
THAT'S KIND OF OUR THEME THAT
NOCTURNALS CLUES ABOUT
CREATURES IN THE NIGHT BUT
YOU'LL FIND ALL THESE BIRDS I
LOVE IT THIS IS SUCH A COOL
ACTIVITY FOR THE KIDS TO BE
ABLE TO GET OFF OF THE COUCH
WATCHING TV OR ON THE COMPUTER.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS GROWING
UP WE WOULD DO THIS THING
CALLED TV TURN OFF WEEK WHERE
WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO USE OR
WATCH TV AT SO IT ACTUALLY
GIVES THE KIDS SOMETHING TO DO.
LIKE YOU MENTIONED THOSE
LOCATIONS THEY CAN DO A LITTLE
SCAVENGER HUNT. WHAT DO YOU
THINK THIS PROVIDES TO KIDS? I
MEAN BEYOND EVEN JUST THIS
SCAVENGER HUNT JUST GETTING
OUTSIDE. RIGHT. WHAT'S THE
BENEFIT OF IT? YEAH, THAT'S THE
GREAT THING. YOU GET EXERCISE,
YOU'RE GETTING LITERACY AND
YOU'RE GETTING THE COMMUNITY. I
THINK KIND OF THE NEAT THING
ABOUT THESE LITTLE FREE
LIBRARIES IS THEY REALLY GET A
SENSE OF COMMUNITY IF YOU LIKE,
YOU'RE EXPOSED NOW BUT YOU OPEN
ONE AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW
THE PERSON LIVING THERE CARING
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO A LOT
OF SWEET THINGS HAPPEN THERE.
BUT YOU'VE GOT KIDS LEARNING
HOW TO FIGURE WHICH IS NICE AND
REMIND US AGAIN IF PEOPLE WANT
TO GET INVOLVED, IF KIDS WANT
TO GET INVOLVED, WHAT'S THE
WEBSITE TO FIND MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THOSE
LOCATIONS ARE FOR THOSE LITTLE
PORTIONS OF THE SCAVENGER HUNT?
IT'S A NATIONAL DAY
OF UNPLUGGING DOTCOM PERFECT
AND THEY'LL FIND THE ADDRESS
HERE AND SO AND WE'LL HAVE
BOOKS BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE EXTRA
THINGS LIKE THERE'LL BE A
LITTLE GAMES AND THINGS THAT
WILL BE HITTING OUT FLAT BALL.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE BACK TO
BACK. SO WE'LL HAVE ACTIVITY IN
KIDS AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN
TAKE HOME TO KIND OF EXTEND IT
FURTHER AND WE'VE GOT 50 PLUS
WAYS YOU CAN UNPLUG IT THIS IS
NOT USING YOUR OTHER THINGS.
ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.
IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING
TO TALK ABOUT. I WITH ALL THE
KIDS THAT ARE SPENDING A LOT
OF TIME IN FRONT OF THE SCREENS
AND ADULTS DO THIS IS FOR
EVERYBODY EXACTLY. COME OUT
WHERE WE GO. IT'S LIKE A WHOLE
FAMILY ACTIVITY THAT YOU CAN
SUPER COOL. ALL RIGHT. AND
AGAIN, THAT WEBSITE NATIONAL
DAY OF UNPLUGGING DOTCOM.