Remote learning and eye strain

Many wabash valley schools are using at least "some" remot learning right now.

We know vigo county will go fully remote on thursday.

That likely means more screen time for your student.

News 10's porsha williams is in the newsroom to talk about how you can protect your family's eye health.

Many students are learning virtually on one of these... a tablet... or maybe even a computer.

The constant glare from the screen can be harmful.

I talked with an eye doctor today... she told me it's important to give your eyes a break.

Doctor amanda judson works at j.f.

Vision care... she says that you should look away from the screen every 20 minutes.

She also adds that you should look at least 20 feet away when doing so.

Judson says staring too long at the screen can cause..

Headaches..

Eye strain and lack of sleep.

She told me a few hacks you can do to elimante the blue ray that screens give off.

"and also a big thing that they need to do is to be able to use the night filter on their chrome books i believe on the chrome book its called night shift and it's right below the wi-fi option on their chrome books.

Or in other communities not just vigo county that's going to remote learning, they have i-pads..

Theres a night-shift mode that's on their.

" judson tells me there are eye-glasses me there are judson tells " that's on their.

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" judson tells me there are eye-glasses specifically for eliminating blue light from devices.

You can find them at many stores... in the newsroom im porsha williams back over