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Parenting.com: Technology in the Classroom: The Good and Bad - 0 views

  • For a child, technology plays many roles: teacher, babysitter, playmate and pacifier
  • More than half of all children ages 8 and younger have access to a mobile device at home, either a smartphone (41 percent), a video iPod (21 percent), or an iPad or other tablet (8 percent), according to a recent study by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization dedicated to aiding and educating families about media and technology. More than a quarter (29 percent) of all parents have downloaded apps for their children.
  • "Every app is developed based on the curriculum goal we're trying to hit," says Brooks.
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  • Research has shown that kids engaged in interactive media appear to retain information better than their peers who passively watch.
  • Technology never ceases to show us new -- and amazing -- ways to solve some very real social and developmental problems.
  • Nine out of ten parents with children under 2 years old report that their kids use some form of electronic media. Toddler/preschooler is the most popular age category in the education section of the iTunes app store, a venue with more than 550,000 downloadable brain testers, time killers, and layover fillers.
  • "There's never been a better time to be a teacher," he says, "or a curious kid."
  • A whopping 72 percent of iTunes' top-selling education apps are designed for preschoolers and elementary school children
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    The Good and Bad of Technology in the Classroom
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    Talks about the good and bad of technology.
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