Education News – Julia Lawrence
“Although logic would suggest that this would make them more sophisticated users, when it comes to search, the overwhelming consensus of researchers seems to be that recognizing credible information is a skill that so-called “digital natives” haven’t mastered quite yet.”(more)
Education News – Julia Lawrence
“Parents who give their young children too much access to digital technology tools like the iPad run the risk of their kids developing an addiction to the gadgets, The Daily Telegraph reports.”(more)
BBC – Philippa Roxby
“Even if parents enjoy the momentary peace that comes with handing a small child a gadget to play with, parents secretly worry that this screen time is damaging their brains.”(more)
The Telegraph – Staff Writer
“The study, published in the Emerging Adulthood journal, found that heavy use of mobile phones, social networking websites, magazines, and film and television were linked to a decline in academic performance.”(more)
Education Next – Joshua Dunn and Martha Derthick
“In a recent wave of cases, lower federal courts have reached contradictory conclusions about school officials’ authority to punish students’ speech in social media, raising difficult questions about the applicability of today’s First Amendment doctrine to online speech.”(more)
The New York Times Nicole Perlroth
“So she needs her own hackers — 600, the agency estimates. But potential recruits with the right skills have too often been heading for business, and those who do choose government work often go to the National Security Agency, where they work on offensive digital strategies. At Homeland Security, the emphasis is on keeping hackers out, or playing defense.”(more)
USA Today Staff Writer
” Relieved your kids aren’t posting embarrassing messages and goofy self-portraits on Facebook? They’re probably doing it on Instagram and Snapchat instead.”(more)
New York Daily News Leonie Haimson
“inBloom is a service used to store all education data of the city’s students and make it available on a computing cloud, though it could be accessible to unwanted parties.”(more)
The Sydney Morning Herald – Cosima Marriner
“Schools must weave creativity through their teaching to produce students who will thrive in the digital world where any fact can be Googled in an instant, educators warn.”(more)
The Telegraph- Graeme Paton
“A generation of internet-obsessed schoolchildren is losing the ability to concentrate in lessons and make proper conversation with friends, according to a leading headmaster.”(more)
