The document discusses children's use of technology and its impact on their development. Some key points include: - The average age for a child to have their first smartphone is now 10.3 years. Children have almost universal access to the internet from a young age. - Elementary aged children use an average of 7.5 hours per day of screen time for entertainment. Many parents allow TVs in children's bedrooms and keep them on all day. - Technology is changing how children think by making them less adept at remembering information and more skilled at finding information online. It also stimulates imagination and curiosity. - Both children and parents see benefits to technology for learning and connecting, but some studies show excessive use can

1.  Technology & Children
By Adelina Rashiti
“Digital Natives”

2. Technology has
become an
inseparable part of
our kids daily life.

3. The average age for
a child to have their
first smartphone is
now 10.3 years.

4. Two to four years old
watch an average of 2.5-3
hours of tv.

5. Generation Einstein’ is growing up
in and being shaped by
24/7commercialized information
society’(Boschma & Groen, 2007).

6. Children have access to internet almost
from birth now.
Children have access to internet
almost from birth now.

7. According to comScore,
Canadians among the biggest
online addicts, spending more
time on the internet than
anyone else in the world.

8. Today 99% of all students have
access to the internet outside of
school.
Only 6% rely on computers at
community centers or public
libraries.
& 39% of youth
sleep with their
cellphones.
Some study findings:

9. Media researchers more concerned about
children using smartphones, iPads etc. than
parents (Funk, Brouer, Curtiss, and McBroom
2009).

10. Parents expect their children
to use technology at school
and believe that they would
be at disadvantage if they do
not attain these skills.

11. Both teachers and students say
technology makes learning more
interesting and fun.

12. Cellphone and Smartphones are the
primary devices used to access the
internet by youth today.

13. Elementary aged children use an average of 7.5 hours per day of
entertainment technology.
75% of youth have the TV in their bedroom.
50% of North American homes have their TV on all day (Kaiser
Foundation 2010).

14. Most parents are happy to be able to “spy” on their
children via technology.
When asked about advantages and disadvantages of a
class website, many were pleased with the ability to
access homework assignments.

15. Yappy
Technology is changing how kids think and do
things; the ever present use of Internet search
engines is making children become less adept
at remembering things and more skilled at
remembering where to find things.

16. Digital media stimulates children to question about the
world and helps them develop their own narratives and
maginative responses.

17. Parents stricter with girls
being online than boys.
Girls more likely to search
online for health and
relationships.
.
60% of boys connect to the
Internet through a gaming
console.

18. Studies over the past decade have come
to conclusion that many adolescents
today are having difficulty identifying
emotions in people, causing difficulty to
feel empathy toward others who may be
feeling pain, sorrow, anger and other
emotions.

19. “Technology is a useful
servant but a dangerous
master.” – Christian Louis Lange

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