andrewducker | Interesting Links for 22-11-2023

The anxiety over children's screen usage I'm aware of is focused on children much younger than the study's 9-12 age group. Parents are handing screen devices (or not) to children as young as a few months, who are much more plastic and who are going through much more developmentally crucial stages.

Moreover, I don't think a one-of self-reported questionnaire session on the 9-12s is going to tell us very much without a long-term study and more objective assessment. It's a preliminary finding. It would be nice if there were studies from pre-screen-era cognitive development work to use as a baseline.

I can't remember when the kids started using tablets. I *think* it was around 2 1/2. Probably younger for him, as he'll have

So far as I can tell they use it for fun things when nothing more exciting is going on, or they're tired. Certainly, as soon as something actually fun is going on they're delighted to be involved in that instead.

That may change when they can read/write, of course.

To be blunt, these new-fangled tablets make it too easy to write, and are too forgiving of mistakes. The medium is the message. If writing requires little effort, and if errors can be wiped out and corrected with the swipe of a stylus, then children won't learn to organize their thoughts and take a moment to actually consider the value of their words. The first draft should be reviewed in your head, and mistakes (in logic, in grammar, and in spelling) corrected before the letters take physical form.

Students should learn the proper way, forming good habits with stone and chisel, before taking the lazy path with split reeds and clay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_tablet

Absolutely!

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