by Tim Ellis, Suite 101
Technology is an increasing asset when it comes to children’s education. This is especially true when it enhances and encourages reading. It is almost indisputable that reading with children proactively – especially reading with them in a dialogic environment – can enhance their literacy skills, open up their understanding of the world and even influence their future career direction. As the world gets faster, there are more sophisticated ways of doing this. Technology has now become mainstream for both adult and child, although it is often seen or portrayed as a threat in the media. In a new survey commissioned by VTech, the world leader in age-appropriate electronic learning products, over a third of adults found it difficult to explain the meaning of words and five per cent ignored their child’s question completely.
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