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Tomoko Matsukawa

Balancing your child's time spent with technology - Orlando Sentinel - 0 views

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t561 children technology

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  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 11 Sep 12
     
    - as technology become more available everywhere, how to deal with its use among children in informal setting is a topic under discussion - for now, it seems like individual parents are providing their own guidance to their children (or no guidance) with no common understanding of what is best for the children of certain age - the pessimistic view in this article claims for the risk of ''the Nobody Scenario'' and seem to believe that there would be many negative cognitive consequences for the children if heavy-used (the definition of 'children' and 'technology' here is not clearly defined) Understanding and cooperation from children's parents would be very important in the process of implementing emerging technologies in school settings thus this type of controversy is interesting to watch.
Yang Jiang

Apps to Amuse Children for Miles and Miles - NYTimes.com - 0 views

gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/...se-kiddies-for-miles-and-miles

I-phone young children apps Technology

shared by Yang Jiang on 21 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Yang Jiang on 21 Nov 10
     
    A child as young as 9 months can set goals when playing the apps in iphone. More and more parents let children play with their iphones. I-phones, which consist of many interesting apps and colorful designs, are easy to catch children's attention. Easy apps which can help children develop their basic skills (such as counting skills), do have great market and should be developed and improved.
Jennifer Chen

With Apps, Children Can Play the Game of Math - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...can-play-the-game-of-math.html

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shared by Jennifer Chen on 15 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Chen on 15 Nov 13
     
    Good math apps for children
Chris Dede

Screen Time Higher Than Ever for Children, Study Finds - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...-for-children-study-finds.html

children exposure media

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  • Chris Dede on 25 Oct 11
     
    concerns about how much time children spend interacting with media
Lin Pang

Screen Time Higher Than Ever for Children, Study Finds - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...-for-children-study-finds.html

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shared by Lin Pang on 26 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Lin Pang on 26 Oct 11
     
    There's an emerging "app gap" in which affluent children are likely to use mobile educational games while those in low-income families are the most likely to have televisions in their bedrooms. Parents are increasingly allowing their young children to use IPads and IPhones apps for learning and entertaining.
Maung Nyeu

GoGoNews Delivers Universal News Content to One Laptop Per Child Computers Promoting Ed... - 0 views

www.marketwatch.com/...nd-global-awareness-2011-12-14

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  • Maung Nyeu on 14 Dec 11
     
    GoGoNews, an online news resource for children, announced that OLPC XO laptops will feature GoGoNews App in the collection of default applications. Through GoGoNews app, children can read filtered headline news, as well as art, cultural science, or fun topics, and play online games.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

U.S. Students' Math Skills Sharpen, but Reading Lags - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...-sharpen-but-reading-lags.html

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shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 04 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • “Children spend five times as much time outside the classroom as they do in school, and our country has 30 million parents or caregivers who are not good readers themselves, so they pass illiteracy down to their children.”
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 04 Nov 11
     
    "Children spend five times as much time outside the classroom as they do in school, and our country has 30 million parents or caregivers who are not good readers themselves, so they pass illiteracy down to their children."
Amanda Bowen

Regulators Say Social Network Violated Child Privacy Law - NYTimes.com - 0 views

bits.blogs.nytimes.com/...ork-violated-child-privacy-law

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  • Amanda Bowen on 09 Nov 11
     
    "Skid-e-Kids says it offers children help with homework and parents a dashboard to keep tabs on what their kids are up to. "Skid-e-Kids is the only social network that is truly committed to not only keeping our children safe, but also making sure that they are systematically learning while they are having fun," the site promises."
Eric Kattwinkel

Testing, the Chinese Way - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...12rosenthal.html

shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • In Asia, such a march of tests for young children was regarded as normal, and not evil or particularly anxiety provoking.
  • Professor Cizek, who started his career as a second-grade teacher, said the prevailing philosophy of offering young children unconditional praise and support was probably not the best prescription for successful education. “What’s best for kids is frequent testing, where even if they do badly, they can get help and improve and have the satisfaction of doing better,” he said. “Kids don’t get self-esteem by people just telling them they are wonderful.”
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10
     
    A mother from New York who raised young children in China argues that the high-pressure testing that made them "feel bad" about themselves at the time was a good thing in the long run.
Maung Nyeu

Reforming education: The great schools revolution | The Economist - 2 views

www.economist.com/21529014

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shared by Maung Nyeu on 16 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Uma natarajan on 18 Sep 11
     
    Great Schools Revolution
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  • Maung Nyeu on 19 Sep 11
     
    Technology made difference in educating children.
  • Maung Nyeu on 19 Sep 11
     
    A timely article. Technology and internet made real difference in educating children.
  • Maung Nyeu on 19 Sep 11
     
    A timely article in the Economist. It states that technology and internet made a difference in educating children.
Jennifer Hern

How to Provide Parental Guidance on Web Video for Children - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...08basics.html

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  • Jennifer Hern on 14 Oct 09
     
    Parents discovering web videos as potential platforms to teach their children.
Tomoko Matsukawa

Digital Passport For Children Encourages Responsible Online Behavior - 0 views

mashable.com/...children-online-behavior

t561 children online ethic HGSE Common Sense Media

shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 01 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 01 Oct 12
     
    A NPO called Common Sense Media is working with HGSE. They have launched a new web-based interactive tool for 3-5h grade to encourage responsible online behavior
Chris Dede

Tech companies warn privacy rules will kill innovation - The Hill's Hillicon Valley - 0 views

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shared by Chris Dede on 02 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 02 Oct 12
     
    This speaks to the issues we have discussed in class about people who have naive ideas about protecting children from digital threats
Seema Marwaha

Media Use by Children Younger Than 2 Years - 1 views

www.pediatricsdigest.mobi/...1040.full

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  • Seema Marwaha on 01 Oct 12
     
    American society of paediatrics policy statement on media exposure in very young children
Tomoko Matsukawa

Japan's LINE social network could challenge global competitors | The Japan Times Online - 0 views

www.japantimes.co.jp/...nc20120718aa.html

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shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 05 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 05 Dec 12
     
    Do any of you know 'LINE'? as of last months, 80mn users globally (36mn users in Japan) and its pace of growth is exceeding that of any other types of social media in the country (Facebook, Twitter, etc). They target 1) users who have smartphones but not PC, 2) those who are interested in communication emotions effectively through ''emoticons'. If some people are concerned about how twitter/facebook/texting would have adverse impact on children language skill, let's talk about the implication of this thing if kids learn to communicate just by selecting emoticons (whose designs and variety are great by the way) and sending that to each other. I still have LINE on my PC but seeing this rapid growth in my home country concerns me a bit. 
Heather French

Article on Rugged Taplets for OLPC that Lindsey Dunn posted on the discussion board - 7 views

www.technologyreview.com/...pian-children-teach-themselves

shared by Heather French on 30 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 31 Oct 12
     
    This is mind-blowing, Jeff. It certainly speaks to the natural curiosity of children and the human capacity to learn, given resources and opportunities. Although I agree with the NETP about developing a strategic approach to tech implementation, I guess we should keep an open mind to the possibility that the technology can precede the strategy (and definitive research data) and still add value to a learning environment. After all, some inventions go on to serve unintended purposes that sometimes prove more useful than its original intended purpose. Who would have thought Ethiopian children could figure out how to hack tablets? Major props to them because I still have yet to figure it out. Thanks for sharing the article, Jeff.
  • Chip Linehan on 07 Nov 12
     
    Sugata Mitra would be proud!
Angela Nelson

Guess who's winning the brains race, with 100% of first graders learning to code? | Ven... - 1 views

venturebeat.com/...estonia-code-academy

Writing Code Tech Literacy K-12

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  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    Program in Estonia designed to have all students age 7 to 16 learn to write code in a drive to turn children from consumers to developers of technology.
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  • Heather French on 05 Sep 12
     
    I just posted an article from Wired onto twitter about this! http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/estonia-reprograms-first-graders-as-web-coders/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru I wonder how deeply the program goes in coding or if it is more in line with applications like "Move the Turtle".
  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    I am very curious, as well, and trying to find more information. I think it would necessarily be a program that expands with their comprehension and maturity... starting with very basic "Move the Turtle" applications and then grown with the student, hopefully to real world application, as they go until age 16!
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 06 Sep 12
     
    Who initiated this ProgreTiiger program? The Estonian government? Local IT companies? Concerned parents who disparately wanted their children to learn to code? Estonia is very wired country and it's economy has found a niche in IT services, so much so that it's even been dubbed "eStonia" (http://e-estonia.com/). This program seems to be an example of market forces guiding educational policy since there are clear incentives for it's population to be technologically literate to ensure it's competitiveness and dominance in the tech sector (see: The Many Reasons Estonia Is a Tech Start-Up Nation (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577464343888754210.html) A little blurb on how "plug-in" Estonia actually is: "The geeks have triumphed in this country of 1.3 million. Some 40 percent read a newspaper online daily, more than 90 percent of bank transactions are done over the Internet, and the government has embraced online voting. The country is saturated in free Wi-Fi, cell phones can be used to pay for parking or buy lunch, and Skype is taking over the international phone business from its headquarters on the outskirts of Tallinn. In other words, Estonia - or eStonia, as some citizens prefer - is like a window into the future. Someday, the rest of the world will be as wired as this tiny Baltic nation." (http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia) p.s. I hate sensational titles like "Guess Who's Winning the Brain's Race" Learning coding doesn't automatically make your brain bigger or necessarily increase your intelligence. Sure, it's a very useful skill, but I wonder what classes will be cut out to make time in the school day for coding. Coding vs recess: Tough call.
  • Irina Uk on 06 Sep 12
     
    Hmmm.... I read about Estonia being very plugged in as well. I wonder if there is research on whether the kids are actually learning better as a result. I think that you have a point Jeffrey. It depends what the cost is. If kids are missing some critical lesson because they are coding at such a young age, there may be a trade-off. On the other hand, maybe the skills they are obtaining from coding are more critical. I wonder...
  • Angela Nelson on 06 Sep 12
     
    Ideally, the tech skills would be used to enhance and deepen some of the other curriculum areas. But, yes, 7 years old may be young.
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