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ERIC Number: EJ843379
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1552-3233
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Schools, Children, and Digital Technology: Building Better Relationships for a Better Tomorrow
van 't Hooft, Mark
Innovate: Journal of Online Education, v3 n4 Apr-May 2007
Given their comfort with and pervasive use of technology, today's students are undeniably different from those twenty, ten, or even five years ago. The prevalence of technological tools has clearly affected how the youth of today read, write, and communicate, which has, in turn, led to a technology-based generation divide. Mark van 't Hooft opens with an analysis of digital tools most often used by today's students and then discusses how schools are regulating student use of the Internet outside of school, banning digital tools from schools, and blaming technology for deeper-rooted problems such as youth alienation and bullying. While van 't Hooft agrees that technology use does raise issues involving child safety and learning distraction, he posits that the responses of many schools have not resolved these issues but have instead created additional problems regarding First Amendment rights and means of enforcement. Instead of regulating, punishing, and banning, van 't Hooft suggests that schools--and parents--should attempt to forge better relationships with children and technology in order to better educate our youngest generations for their undoubtedly digital futures.
Fischler School of Education and Human Services. Nova Southeastern University, 1750 NE 167th Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33162. Tel: 800-986-3223; e-mail: innovate@nova.edu; Web site: http://innovateonline.info
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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