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Episode Summary:
Join host Josh Ochs on the SmartSocial.com Podcast as he talks with Ignacio Ruiz, Superintendent of Las Cruces Public Schools, about screen time, AI, student wellbeing, and how families can help kids build healthier habits with technology. Ruiz explains why kids need opportunities to simply be kids, including time to play, have conversations, experience boredom, and build meaningful relationships without feeling like they have to be on all the time.
The conversation also covers bullying, inappropriate filming, global screen time concerns, and why AI is already becoming part of the future students will enter. Ruiz shares how Las Cruces Public Schools is thinking about AI policy zones, responsible use, privacy, data protection, misinformation, bias, and real-world AI opportunities such as translation tools, assessment support, communication, and data analysis. The episode closes with practical ways parents, schools, and the community can work together through digital citizenship, device-free family time, healthy alternatives, and ongoing conversations about online safety.
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