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Feel like your family always distracted by technology?
You’re not alone! Since the onset of the pandemic, millions of Christians, young and old, are spending more time in front of screens than ever. Juggling work and school online has heightened our awareness of the spiritual, relational and emotional struggles with always-on access to technology.
But beyond setting limits for screen time, how do parents and families learn how to truly connect, not just survive the new digital normal?
Help your family stay connected to each other and technology in healthy ways with practical solutions from Andy Crouch.
Enroll Now in Tech-Wise Family Course
Interested in using Tech-wise courses with your team or church? Check out our Tech-wise Team and Tech-wise Church courses.
Meet Your Instructor
Best-selling Author Andy Crouch
Andy Crouch–author, speaker, musician and dad to Amy–has shaped the way our generation sees culture, creativity and the gospel. In addition to his books The Tech-Wise Family, Culture Making, Playing God and Strong and Weak, his work has been featured in Time, the Wall Street Journal. the New York Times and Lecrae’s 2014 single “Non-Fiction.” He lives with his family in Pennsylvania.
Tech-Wise can help you and your family manage technology, address the struggles and flourish, even in the current reality.
The Tech-Wise journey is not another set of rules to follow. It’s about reimagining a different and better way to live real life…together.
MasterClass-style courses led by Andy Crouch.
Families can learn together at their own pace with this on-demand course.
Tech-Wise Family Sessions
Tech-Wise Core Curriculum
Introduction: What Tech-Wise Is About (21:26)
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Core Ideas, Part 1: Tools, Devices and “Easy Everywhere” (15:56)
Core Ideas, Part 2: Instruments (9:27)
Core Ideas, Part 3: Flourishing, Formation, and What Technology is “Good For” (16:29)
Core Practices, Part 1: Shaping Space (11:10)
Core Practices, Part 2: Structuring Time (12:02)
Tech-Wise Family Curriculum
Family Track Description
Session 1: What Is Family For? (18:36)
Session 2: The Rhythms of Our Days (40:57)
Session 3: The Limits of Leisure (19:44)
Session 4: Privacy and Secrets (16:06)
Session 5: The Big Picture (21:55)
Based on the best-selling books by Andy Crouch and his daughter, Amy.
Learn from their experiences what it looks like to thrive as a family in the new digital normal.
Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
Making good choices about technology is more than just using internet filters and limiting “screen time.” It’s about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media, rather than accepting technology’s promises of ease, instant gratification, and the world’s knowledge at our fingertips.
Drawing on in-depth original research from Barna Group, Andy Crouch helps readers ask deeper questions about tech and family life: Who do we want to be as a family? How does our use of a particular technology move us closer or farther away from that goal? This book is for anyone who has felt their family relationships suffer or their time slip away amid technology’s distractions, and wants to reclaim real life in a world of devices.
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Growing Up and Making Choices in a World of Devices
Amy Crouch is a rare 19-year-old. In an Instagramming, Instagram-influencing and digital native generation, she grew up with minimal technology. In My Tech-Wise Life, she and her father, Andy Crouch, share how intentional and controlled use of modern devices, apps, and services has helped her avoid many of the negative experiences of her peers and cultivate positive experiences interacting with the real world.
With writing that connects on a teen-to-teen level, Amy and Andy unpack tech temptations–such as the temptation to distract ourselves from any potentially boring or awkward situation, or to stay up-to-date with every notification and trend–and then offer antidotes that lead to more patience, wisdom, honesty and wonder in life.
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Tech-Wise has everything you need to put technology in its proper place, including:
A new way think about the role technology plays in our lives.
Actionable strategies for using technology wisely at home, school, work and even church.
How to stop technology from distracting us from the best moments in life.
Why technology actually leads to boredom instead of preventing it.
How to position devices to play a supporting role in our lives, instead of consuming our lives and driving us toward passivity.
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