Hi colleagues, today I browsed through Reading Rockets and found it to be a quite educational and interesting site. Reading Rockets is national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. I was interested in the term widgets and was informed that they provide webmasters with a quick and easy way to provide new content to users. As usual I was heavily distracted and almost forgot that I still had a few lesson plans to complete. For a moment I reflected on the challenges of keeping our students focussed when they use the computer. I am aware of the article in the New York Times that discussed whether when kids get on the computer, do they spend more time surfing the internet and less time doing assignments and studying. The data from students in North Carolina and Texas (two different studies) suggest that Internet access had a negative effect on student test scores, and ended up "widening achievement gaps between socioeconomic groups." I am of the view that apart from managing screen time students must be held accountable for misuse of time. Values related to trust and respect must be emphasised since they can guide actions in times when screen time is not managed.
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