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PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users

The Hechinger Report

A new study suggests that this sort of technology overuse doesn’t just pop up during adolescence. The study focused on fifth graders who said they were playing online video games, using social media or texting “many times” a day and their characteristics and behavior in kindergarten. “We

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Education in a World of Social and Technological Change #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

Social media has become central to their (and our) everyday lives. The Digital Tipping Point - moment in a young person''s life when they migrate to the digital world. Was inspired by the concept of digital divide - technology rich vs. technology poor. What happens when we block social media in schools?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. Um, they do.)

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