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by Jane M. Ph.D. Healy

Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds--For Better and Worse eBook

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Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds--For Better and Worse eBook

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Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds--For Better and Worse Summary

Few parents and educators stop to consider that computers, used incorrectly, may do far more harm than good to a child's growing brain and social/emotional development. In this comprehensive and practical guide to kids and computers, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., author of the groundbreaking bestseller Endangered Minds, examines the advantages and drawbacks of computer use for kids at home and school, exploring its effects on their health, mental development, and creativity.

When should children start using computers?
How should schools incorporate computer use into their curriculum?
Which types of computer software programs should be avoided?
Are children who don't have computers in class and at home doomed to fall behind their peers?

In addition, this timely and eye-opening book presents:

Concrete examples of how to develop a technology plan and use computers successfully with children of different age groups as supplements to classroom curricula, as research tools, or in family projects
Resources for reliable reviews of child-oriented software
Questions parents should ask when their children are using computers in school
Advice on how to manage computer use at home

This invaluable resource, the first comprehensive guide to children's development in a technological age, challenges widely accepted theories about computers as learning tools. Although the drive to teach our children to use computers as early as possible has been fueled by everyone from the computer industry to the federal government, Jane M. Healy argues that the rush into new technology has turned our attention from the basics of education and risks damaging children's bodies and minds. Calling for essential reforms and rethinking, Healy explains how computer use interacts with brain development at different ages and outlines positive steps educators and parents can take. She explains, for example, why most children under age seven are better off without computers, how to evaluate school computer use, and how parents can monitor on-line time for youngsters of all ages. She offers a primer for parents and a blueprint for program planning as well as helpful criteria for good quality educational software and Internet use.

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