September 22nd, 2006
Accusing the entertainment and consumer electronics industry of complicity, the letter says that children need “real play (as opposed to sedentary, screen-based entertainment), first-hand experience of the world they live in”. The letter also says that “children’s brains are still developing, they cannot adjust… to the effects of ever more rapid technological and cultural change”. 12 September 2006
September 22nd, 2006
“In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, 110 teachers, psychologists, children’s authors and other experts call on the Government to act to prevent the death of childhood.”
“They still need what developing human beings have always needed, including real food (as opposed to processed “junk”), real play (as opposed to sedentary, screen-based entertainment), first-hand experience of the world they live in and regular interaction with the real-life significant adults in their lives.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/12/njunk12.xml
September 22nd, 2006
This article by Professor Lowell Monke of Wittenburg University, offers insightful views on the role of technology in education. He raises questions on go anywhere, anytime, and how it has eroded children’s sense of belonging anywhere.