Educational Technology

August 11, 2011

High-tech classrooms increase focus on kids’ eye problems

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

 

by Kris Wartelle, the Advertiser

Austin Credeur is like a lot of other 10-year-old kids. He loves his computer, video games and other electronic devices. But one thing he can’t stand is 3D movies. “When I put on those glasses,” he says, “it hurts my eyes.” Austin can’t see 3D movies because he suffers from strabismus, crossing of the eyes, and amblyopia, when the eyes aren’t perfectly aligned or “lazy eye.” Austin was born with the afflictions and some types of technology can exacerbate those problems. His mother, Shannon Credeur, says she really worries about him in the classroom. “I have to make sure he is facing the screen or the board straight-on and doesn’t have to turn his head,” she said. “He had surgery at a young age to correct the problems, but, like he said, he still can’t use the 3D glasses.”

http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20110730/NEWS01/107300325/High-tech-classrooms-increase-focus-kids-eye-problems?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE

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