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"The study, conducted by Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, and Harrison Group, a leading marketing and strategic research consulting firm, found that from age 6 - 17, the time kids spend reading books for fun declines while the time kids spend going online for fun and using a cell phone to text or talk increases. Parents express concern that the use of electronic and digital devices negatively affects the time kids spend reading books (41%), doing physical activities (40%), and engaging with family (33%)."

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but to a student struggling with a writing prompt, six may be more like it. :( How do we help kids learn how to investigate / decode / explore a photograph or image, thinking critically, documenting their work along the way, ultimately drawing conclusions of their own? Well, thanks to the Center for Children and Technology / Education Development Center, we have a tool to do just that. It's called Image Detective

Check this out!