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Are Computers Hurting Reading Abilities?

March 22, 2008

There is disagreement over a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) study that makes a case that people are reading less and kids are in trouble as a result. The NEA study is ignoring online reading, according to Steven Johnson in his article Dawn of the Digital Natives. He contends, “if you actually read the [...]

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Should I Teach My 5-Year-Old .NET Programming?

December 5, 2007

How much technology is “too much, too soon”? Opinions on this vary so much and most parents make their decisions from the gut anyways, or they just leave it up to the kids to decide. If the kids like computers, video games and gadgets, they just let them have at it. My friend Brett (Dadtalk) [...]

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School Laptop Programs: Success Lies with Educators, Not the Machines

November 12, 2007

The Kansas City, KS School District enthusiastically drops $6.4 millon into a project to give 5000 students laptops. Meanwhile in upstate NY, a similar laptop project is declared a failure. Are those in charge of the KC project aware of these other failures? If so, what are they going to do differently that’s going to [...]

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“A Vision of Students Today”

November 10, 2007

In my previous post, I mentioned my daughter’s desire for a laptop and how I’m currently just saying “no”. Here is a thought provoking video created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University which illustrates the changing landscape in education. It’s a very different world now. The older generation has [...]

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