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PG PARENTAL G
UIDANCE ADVISE
D digital
media & child de
velopment
Presentati
on by: Eri
n Sugar
Digital Natives “the first generations of children growing up fluent in the language of computers, videos games, and
other technologies.” – Marx Prensky
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Pim Fijneman
“As technology becomes ubiquitous in our lives,
American parents are becoming MORE, not less, wary of what it might be doing to their children.”
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Andrew Becraft
“Children between the ages of two and 18 spend an average of almost five-and-a-half hours a day at home watching television, playing video games, surfing the Web or using some other form of media.” Source: Rebecca A. Clay Photo: LaserGuided (flickr)
“By 2010, two thirds of children ages 4 to 7 had used an iPhone.”
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Gonzalo Baeza
Children can learn both POSITIVE and NEGATIVE behaviours from technology…
TECH & LEARNING Instructors praise the iPad for its apps
which “teach and reinforce fundamental literacy concepts and skills, are engaging, interactive and provide children with immediate
feedback.”
TECH & LEARNING
Photo: Thomas Haws Source:Jillian
present a hard to grasp connec8
on between what is
happening on the screen and what the child is
performing with their mouse.
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Keef Andrew
Computers on the other hand…
Photo: Keef andrew
“The connection between touch and screen when using the iPad is obvious…
the child swipes and something immediately
happens.”
Source: Hanna Rosen
“Kindergartner students using iPads scored better on literacy tests than students that didn’t use the device.”
According to a recent research study conducted in Auburn Maine
Source: Jillian Photo : Brendan Lynch
“The math scores of students using iPads jumped 20 percent compared with classrooms that used traditional paper
textbooks.” According to a pilot program in California.
Source: Joe Aimonetti Photo: Yutaka Tsutano
“Roughly 75 percent of 2,462 teachers surveyed said that the Internet and search engines had a “mostly positive”
impact on student research skills.” Source: Matt Richtel Photo: Zane Hollingsworth
According to a survey of teachers, many reported
“technology could
be a useful educational tool.”
Parenthood fears
“On the one hand, parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate all their lives; on the other hand, they fear that too much digital media, too early, will sink them.” Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Kat Kauer
Parents fear that frequent screen time will
have brain numbing effects such as…
Photo by: Hurleygurley (flickr)
The
“ZOMBIE EFFECT”
Children become glued to the screen, unable to tear their eyes away from what they are viewing and become unresponsive to vocal cues.
ZOMBIE EFFECT:
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Jeremy Fernsler
Photo: Tony Tran
Parents worry their children will no longer play outdoors, but will be inside their faces inches from the screen…
Fearing a correlation between technology use and laziness.
Photo: Laurence Simon
Source: Matt Richtel Photo: Nick Perla
According to two surveys of teachers,
“students’ constant use of digital
technology is hampering their attention spans…
and ability to persevere in the face of challenging tasks.”
“Spending time with devices instead of interacting with people may hinder communication skills.”
Source: Nick Bilton Photo by: George Eastman House (flickr)
“Children who do not learn REAL INTERACTIONS, which often have flaws and imperfections, will come to know a world where perfect, shiny screens give them a
FALSE sense of
intimacy without risk.”
Source: Nick Bilton Photo: Thomas Hawk
Despite these concerns, parents may use technology to their advantage…
Photo: Lisa Rosario
Source: Hanna Rosen
“PASS-BACK EFFECT” parents deny and give their technological devices to their children in order to pacify them.
Source: Hanna Rosen Photo: Thomas (flickr)
effects of digital media and childhood
development?
So what exactly are the GOOD, the BAD, & the UGLY
Photo: Andrew Becraft
Photo:Margot Trudell
Truth is, we’re still figuring them out.
But what we do know is that like any other addictive activity…
Everything is safer in
moderation.
Photo: Jenny Downing
Verdict?
Parents must BALANCE their child's technology use with social interaction in the real world.
VERDICT:
Photo:SalFalko (flickr)
SOURCES • hGp://www.padgadget.com/2012/02/17/ipad-‐makes-‐
kindergarteners-‐smarter/ • hGp://reviews.cnet.com/8301-‐31747_7-‐57363113-‐243/ipads-‐in-‐
classroom-‐provide-‐20-‐percent-‐jump-‐in-‐math-‐scores-‐study-‐says/?part=rss&subj=latest-‐news&tag=8tle
• hGp://bits.blogs.ny8mes.com/2013/03/31/disrup8ons-‐what-‐does-‐a-‐tablet-‐do-‐to-‐the-‐childs-‐mind/
• hGp://www.theatlan8c.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/the-‐touch-‐screen-‐genera8on/309250/3/
• hGp://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/unraveling.aspx • hGp://www.ny8mes.com/2012/11/01/educa8on/technology-‐is-‐
changing-‐how-‐students-‐learn-‐teachers-‐say.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1368820917-‐fikxbNMk6/eC76pDE/6lLA
