I found this article to be accurate and frightening. Check it out for yourself here. The article points to what else is loosing out--free play, exercise, reading, imaginative scenarios and play with siblings, neighbors and parents. Here are some recent quotes from some of my students while journaling: "This is a movie about chipmunks. This is the boy chipmunk, he loves one of the boy chipmunks." "This is the movie the Princess and The Frog, the princess kisses the frog and then there are two frogs" "This is showing how many lives I have because I keep getting killed" (refering to a video game) "This town isn't big enough for the both of us" (to other student!) "This is my light saber" (using a fork). I don't find any of this particularly distressing--they can use their imaginations, they can retell stories. What is scary is these are the richest and most frequent forms of communication--with their peers, with their drawing, with their imagination.
What can we as educators do to better address the use of technology with families? How can we provide very real alternatives to busy parents? What are legitimate competitors to interested children?
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