Preserving the Landscape of Childhood in Spite of Computers - The Diigo Meta page

• 02 Nov 10
  

  Ashley Clarke
  • game
• 02 Aug 10
  

  Chloe Kendall
  • I got a perspective  on the after-school situation from talking with an environmental educator who  works with a group of fourth graders in Keene, NH, our small city surrounded by  parks and woods. This past spring she read the children Alice McLaren's  Roxaboxen, a book about children creating a fantasy town while growing up  in the American West in the 1930's. It is a simple portrait of independent,  imaginative play. "Oh, those children are so lucky. I wish we could do that,"  was the children's response. My friend was surprised. She had assumed the  children would easily identify with the children in the story, so she asked them  what they did after school. Of the 16 children in the class, two of the children  were not allowed to go outside, four said they watched TV or talked on the  phone, six went to the recreation center to play video games, and four played  outside. If this is a representative sample, then only 25% of nine-year old  children in our safe, all-American city are out playing in the neighborhood  after school.
• 13 Oct 08
  

  Hanna Wiszniewska

  This is an interesting article, as it offers a counter-argument to technology integration in all facets of the school experience, as least in the early years. The author makes a good point about young children being over-exposed to computer generated stimuli at such an early age, and he postulates the problems that ensue because of it. He refers to the "erosion" of childhood for marketing/money making purposes that benefit technology companies. He doesn't think software should replace good, interactive teaching.

  tech-int education

• 12 Oct 08
  

  Mark Caponigro

  This is an interesting article, as it offers a counter-argument to technology integration in all facets of the school experience, as least in the early years. The author makes a good point about young children being over-exposed to computer generated stimuli at such an early age, and he postulates the problems that ensue because of it. He refers to the "erosion" of childhood for marketing/money making purposes that benefit technology companies. He doesn't think software should replace good, interactive teaching.

  tech-int education

• 13 Aug 08
  

  Donna Keenan

  we need to focus on creating learning environments and educational challenges that are equally as engaging, interactive and sophisticated as good software

  technology education

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