Technology in Children Education
higher thinking, basic skills, or the
child‟s ability to evaluate, analyze,
and synthesize ideas. This ways,
you‟ll ensure that it is used for more
than its novelty.
Looking Ahead
Technology
may
be
changing
the
experience of education, but the role of
teachers and parents grow increasingly
kids in conversation, which builds language
important as they become the experts and
development and social skills. If your child is
guides for new learning resources. Teachers
fiddling with his phone or playing games by
remain the constants in an ever-changing
himself, there is little opportunity for learning.
classroom environment, which will continue
The key to turning downtime into learning time
to shift with the technological tides. Vinca
is joint attention, which is when two people are
agrees. “However technology is used in
focused on the same thing, such as a parent and
class, it has the opportunity to be a game
child using a tech toy together.
changer.
“We know that by two to three months, babies
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Digital Distraction: 8 Ways
are sensitive to when others are sharing attention
with them,” says Tricia Striano, Ph. D,
psychology
researcher
and
founder
“they look
more
of
to Turn Downtime into
HowBabiesLearn.com
at
learning Time
to those objects. This kind of attention and
objects in the world when others have attended
engagement helps babies learn language.”
Quality family time used to mean lively
conversation and group games with all ages
playing together. But for many families, digital
devices dominate downtime.
The trouble with high-tech activities is they
To put it simply, your child needs you-no matter
how many high-tech
distractions there are.
Here are some tips on
seldom give parents a chance to engage their
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