Screens Versus Brains: Are We Robbing Our Children Of The Ability To Think?

Screens Versus Brains: Are We Robbing Our Children Of The Ability To Think?

Here’s an interesting article sent in by Richard Giles. It is written by Sue Palmer who writes and speaks about child
development and education in the modern world. Her concerns mirror those of of Baroness Susan Greenfield on IT’s impacts on children

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Have you been in a primary school classroom recently? Did you notice that a large white screen has replaced the old-fashioned blackboard? And have you any idea how much of the day the children spend staring at it? In the classrooms I’ve visited, the ‘interactive whiteboard’ features in almost every lesson. Children sit, with blank zoned-out faces, staring at brightly coloured shapes and figures zooming around the screen……”As children engage in more screen activity, they definitely read less – and the effect is likely to be permanent…..Ultimately, screen images render the printed word simply boring, at a crucial phase when the child’sbrain and mind are developing. SNIP

Read the post here.