by Ellen Ciurczak, Hattiesburg American
Kids in grades as low as kindergarten now are using devices such iPod Touches to learn math skills and practice reading. “(Technology) is current, and it relates to the society the children live in,” said Carrie Hornsby, principal of Thames Elementary School in the Hattiesburg Public School District. A new study by the children’s research group Common Sense Media bears out what Hornsby is saying. In “Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America,” the group found a substantial proportion of the time that young children spend with screen media is spent with computers, video game players, cellphones, video iPods, and iPad-style tablet devices. In fact, the study found 52 percent of children now have access to one of the newer mobile devices at home. The group reported 41 percent of children in the study had access to a smartphone.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20120115/OPINION/201150311
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