Educational Technology

July 1, 2012

Are the benefits outweighing the downsides of potentially excessive use of these devices by younger and younger children?

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

by K. Walsh, Emerging Ed Tech

Digital devices are all the rage among young people today, across all ages. Tablets top the youngest student’s wish lists, pre-teens crave smart phones, and high school students would love to have both plus a laptop computer! MP3 players and other electronic devices are also widely used by many of today’s students. Are digital devices plugging our children into experiences that actually fuel their creativity and make them consider the world beyond their neighborhood or are they robbing our children of some of the joys of childhood?

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/06/pros-and-cons-of-digital-devices-in-the-hands-of-young-students/

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