Early Childhood
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How to Implement a Successful STEAM Program
By Dr. Azi Jamalian, head of education strategy at littleBits According to the Department of Labor, more than 65 percent of today’s students will ... -
Why Should Your Child Learn to Code? Here’s Why
I have been championing coding as the language of the future for quite some time now. Surprisingly, many people believe that the idea is ... -
Reading with your children: proper books vs tablets
Nicola Yuill, University of Sussex Most of us have an opinion about whether we prefer reading on screen or paper: but what difference does ... -
How Games Can Hook Students With Short Attention Spans
Craig Blewett, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Ebrahim Adam, University of KwaZulu-Natal Modern human beings have a shorter attention span than goldfish: ours is, on ... -
How Should We Teach Our Kids to Use Digital Media?
Jenny Radesky, University of Michigan Any time a new technology is introduced, it disrupts values, routines and behaviors. This goes back well before the ... -
Tablets at the Table Can Influence Child Development, Not Always in a Good Way
Joanne Orlando, Western Sydney University Do you “i-Pad your child” when you go to a restaurant? I couldn’t help but notice the one-year-old at ... -
Parents express concerns as more toddlers switch on tablet computers
Natalia Kucirkova, Manchester Metropolitan University Most parents have profound concerns about their children reading digital books on tablets. In a new survey of 1,500 ... -
Why It’s Wrong for Pediatricians to Eliminate Daily Screen Time Recommendations
Brigitte Vittrup, Texas Woman’s University This month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced a disappointing decision. Sixteen years after they published their formal ... -
Two-Hour Screen Limit for Kids is Virtually Impossible to Enforce
Andrew Plumb/Flickr, CC BY-NC-S Michael Rosenberg, University of Western Australia; Simon Hunter, Strathclyde University, and Stephen Houghton, University of Western Australia It’s almost universally ... -
Kids Learn Better When Playing with Robots
For many students, math and science have always been boring subjects, too bogged down with technical details to ever be fun or exciting. Teachers ...
