Technology Resource List
In addition to the resources listed below see chapter four of Tech Tonic, pages 110-114 for more resources. ArticlesGrading the Digital School: Questioning Our Mania for Education Technology In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores Is Technology Producing A Decline in Critical Thinking and Analysis? Toddlers' Favorite Toy: The iPhone DVDs Don’t Turn Toddlers into Vocabulary Einsteins Your Brain on Computers; Attached to Technology and Paying a Price Matt Richtel, New York Times TV for Toddlers Linked with Later Problems Tech Gets a Time-Out Unplugged Schools: Education can ameliorate, or exacerbate, society's ills. Which will it be? Less Screen Time, More Play Time: A new report challenges the trend for introducing advanced technology into early childhood classrooms Do Computers Hinder Young Children's Development PowerPoint Invades the Classroom Kids Need to Explore the Real World Technology Critic Takes On Computers in Schools Making the Most of the Internet's Potential for Education The Computer Delusion
Press ReleasesChild Advocates Challenge Current Ed Tech Standards, Sept. 30, 2004 New report says government and high-tech industry thrust expensive and unproven technology on schools, hurting children and undermining real technology literacy.
Killjoy Toys: Beware of Playthings That Snuff Out Play, Nov. 20, 2003 The Alliance for Childhood, in collaboration with TRUCE, issues a warning to parents about unhealthy products sold as toys that inhibit rather than promote imaginative, creative play.
Experts Call for Time-Out from Push for High-Tech Childhood, Sept. 12, 2000 Billions are being spent on computers in kindergarten and elementary schools with little indication that they are necessary for long-term learning.
Position Statements with SignersSeptember 2000 – A wide array of experts release a statement about the ways computers are reshaping children's lives, at home and at school, in profound and unexpected ways. Common sense suggests that we consider the potential harm, as well as the promised benefits, of this change and not rush forward with computer usage in childhood.
Testimony from the Alliance for Childhood on the Question of Web-Based Education |