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Grantmakers for Education Remarks
…abs, we developed a pilot study in Oakland, California looking at how cell phones could be used to encourage children’s emergent literacy skills. Parents who participated agreed to take a call from Sesame Street’s Maria introducing a new letter every day for a month. After the call, they were asked to hand the cell phone to their child who would then see a short video message about that letter from Elmo. At the conclusion of the study, 75% of lowe…
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Meet the National STEM Video Game Challenge Winners: Angel Acevedo-Martinez
…ing up and down celebrating, but when Angel heard the news, his end of the phone went completely silent. Was Angel speechless in shock? Nope – he was still half asleep! “I had to explain to my teacher when school started again that I really was excited!” says Angel, a soon to be 13 year-old night owl who LOVES to stay up late at night (especially in the summer!) and wasn’t expecting an 8am phone call that day. Angel Acevedo-Martinez started creati…
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A Blizzard of Digital Content for Latino Children and Families
…Latino parents with annual household incomes over $50,000 now own a smart phone, compared with just two-fifths (40%) of Latino parents earning under $30,000 yearly. Similarly, 69% of parents in Spanish-dominant households owned a laptop or personal computer in 4, relative to 82% in English-speaking Latino households. Heavier reliance on electronic media for entertainment among Latino children, not for educational purposes, manifests a second disp…
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Study Reveals Next Digital Divide Challenge: the “Under-Connected”
…t their data limits in the past year, one quarter (24%) say they had their phone service cut off in the past year due to lack of payment, and one fifth (21%) say too many people share the same phone for them to get the time on it they need. The main reason some families do not have home computers or Internet access is because they cannot afford it, but discounted Internet programs are reaching very few. Only 6% of those with incomes below 185% of…
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Families and Pokémon GO
…ause games like this can change the way we think about “screen time.” Smartphones, tablets, and even smart watches are just about everywhere today, among adults, teens, and children. Screen time is a hot topic for families. Often the very concept of screen time causes worry and guilt for parents: “Is it okay to give my phone to my toddler for 15 minutes so I can drink my coffee in peace?” “This app is supposed to be educational, so that’s okay, ri…
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Playing together: Using Apps to Augment Relationships Between Adults and Children
…ds. His aunt is visiting, and he asked her to download the game on her own phone so he could teach her how to use it, and catch Pokemons together while they are out spending time together.Scenario 2Ana’s 11-year-old daughter loves to play Candy Crush Saga and is constantly talking about it with her friends. Ana decided to download the game on her phone and start playing as an opportunity to bond and connect with her daughter. She sometimes asks he…
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How Latino children in the U.S. engage in collaborative online information problem solving with their families
…was with her [daughter] and I wanted to view videos. She needed to use the phone to do her homework … Then she said: ‘Wait mom, I will help you. You will see what you want on this side of the screen and I’ll be on the other half of the screen.’ Figure 1. A mother and her daughter working simultaneously on their cell-phone A new form of searching: intergenerational, bilingual co-searching. By examining how this community searches the internet for i…
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Into the Digital Future: Finding Balance in the Digital Future with Sonia Livingstone
…together and sharing something on the telly, but people might be on their phone as well. So different kinds of balance. What I’ve learned from yoga is: balancing is hard. Balancing is a constant effort, adjusting this way, adjusting that way. It’s not just doing the thing in the middle. Parents are always kind of watching their kids, wondering ‘has that been too long. Is this okay? Are they coping with that? Should I do a bit more of the other?’…
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Into the Digital Future: Navigating Mental Health, Diversity, and Technology with Dr. Erlanger Turner
…lot of states in the US right now, schools are actually banning access to phones or social media throughout the school day. And I definitely understand the need to do that. I grew up in a time frame where we didn’t have phones in school. I think that’s important because you want to focus on the learning, but also, I think you’re potentially creating some additional problems because now teens are going to be thinking about these phones and are sti…
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Reading Rockets in Your Pocket
…en how to read and helping those who struggle are available on your mobile phone. You’ll also find daily news headlines about reading, the latest articles and research, recommended reading lists of children’s books, Q&A with literacy experts, and access to Reading Rockets’ extensive video catalog featuring exclusive interviews from award-winning children’s book authors and prominent professionals in the field of teaching reading and writing, as we…