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PG PARENTAL G
UIDANCE ADVISE
D digital
media & child de
velopment
Presentati
on by: Eri
n Sugar
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Digital Natives “the first generations of children growing up fluent in the language of computers, videos games, and
other technologies.” – Marx Prensky
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Pim Fijneman
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“As technology becomes ubiquitous in our lives,
American parents are becoming MORE, not less, wary of what it might be doing to their children.”
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Andrew Becraft
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“Children between the ages of two and 18 spend an average of almost five-and-a-half hours a day at home watching television, playing video games, surfing the Web or using some other form of media.” Source: Rebecca A. Clay Photo: LaserGuided (flickr)
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“By 2010, two thirds of children ages 4 to 7 had used an iPhone.”
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Gonzalo Baeza
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Children can learn both POSITIVE and NEGATIVE behaviours from technology…
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TECH & LEARNING Instructors praise the iPad for its apps
which “teach and reinforce fundamental literacy concepts and skills, are engaging, interactive and provide children with immediate
feedback.”
TECH & LEARNING
Photo: Thomas Haws Source:Jillian
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present a hard to grasp connec8
on between what is
happening on the screen and what the child is
performing with their mouse.
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Keef Andrew
Computers on the other hand…
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Photo: Keef andrew
“The connection between touch and screen when using the iPad is obvious…
the child swipes and something immediately
happens.”
Source: Hanna Rosen
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“Kindergartner students using iPads scored better on literacy tests than students that didn’t use the device.”
According to a recent research study conducted in Auburn Maine
Source: Jillian Photo : Brendan Lynch
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“The math scores of students using iPads jumped 20 percent compared with classrooms that used traditional paper
textbooks.” According to a pilot program in California.
Source: Joe Aimonetti Photo: Yutaka Tsutano
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“Roughly 75 percent of 2,462 teachers surveyed said that the Internet and search engines had a “mostly positive”
impact on student research skills.” Source: Matt Richtel Photo: Zane Hollingsworth
According to a survey of teachers, many reported
“technology could
be a useful educational tool.”
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Parenthood fears
“On the one hand, parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate all their lives; on the other hand, they fear that too much digital media, too early, will sink them.” Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Kat Kauer
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Parents fear that frequent screen time will
have brain numbing effects such as…
Photo by: Hurleygurley (flickr)
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The
“ZOMBIE EFFECT”
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Children become glued to the screen, unable to tear their eyes away from what they are viewing and become unresponsive to vocal cues.
ZOMBIE EFFECT:
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Jeremy Fernsler
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Photo: Tony Tran
Parents worry their children will no longer play outdoors, but will be inside their faces inches from the screen…
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Fearing a correlation between technology use and laziness.
Photo: Laurence Simon
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Source: Matt Richtel Photo: Nick Perla
According to two surveys of teachers,
“students’ constant use of digital
technology is hampering their attention spans…
and ability to persevere in the face of challenging tasks.”
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“Spending time with devices instead of interacting with people may hinder communication skills.”
Source: Nick Bilton Photo by: George Eastman House (flickr)
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“Children who do not learn REAL INTERACTIONS, which often have flaws and imperfections, will come to know a world where perfect, shiny screens give them a
FALSE sense of
intimacy without risk.”
Source: Nick Bilton Photo: Thomas Hawk
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Despite these concerns, parents may use technology to their advantage…
Photo: Lisa Rosario
Source: Hanna Rosen
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“PASS-BACK EFFECT” parents deny and give their technological devices to their children in order to pacify them.
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Thomas (flickr)
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effects of digital media and childhood
development?
So what exactly are the GOOD, the BAD, & the UGLY
Photo: Andrew Becraft
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Photo:Margot Trudell
Truth is, we’re still figuring them out.
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But what we do know is that like any other addictive activity…
Everything is safer in
moderation.
Photo: Jenny Downing
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Verdict?
Parents must BALANCE their child's technology use with social interaction in the real world.
VERDICT:
Photo:SalFalko (flickr)
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SOURCES • hGp://www.padgadget.com/2012/02/17/ipad-‐makes-‐
kindergarteners-‐smarter/ • hGp://reviews.cnet.com/8301-‐31747_7-‐57363113-‐243/ipads-‐in-‐
classroom-‐provide-‐20-‐percent-‐jump-‐in-‐math-‐scores-‐study-‐says/?part=rss&subj=latest-‐news&tag=8tle
• hGp://bits.blogs.ny8mes.com/2013/03/31/disrup8ons-‐what-‐does-‐a-‐tablet-‐do-‐to-‐the-‐childs-‐mind/
• hGp://www.theatlan8c.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/the-‐touch-‐screen-‐genera8on/309250/3/
• hGp://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/unraveling.aspx • hGp://www.ny8mes.com/2012/11/01/educa8on/technology-‐is-‐
changing-‐how-‐students-‐learn-‐teachers-‐say.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1368820917-‐fikxbNMk6/eC76pDE/6lLA