recent research, including a University of Munich study of 174,000 students in thirty-one countries, indicates that students who frequently use computers perform worse academically than those who use them rarely or not at all. (Orion Magazine)
Why I, a computer programmer, am not going to let my (now 20-month-old) daughter use a computer until she absolutely must.
2 comments:
Have you ever read Clifford Stoll? He had a lot to say on that topic in "High-Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian." You've gotta start with "The Cuckoo's Egg," though, to get the back story. It's a fascinating read.
No, I haven't. Sounds like my kind of guy! I love this quote of his:
"Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?"
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/29858.html
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