What influence the latest digital equipment gives to children and how to deal with it

ByDevon Christopher Adams

Tablet PCs that have been rapidly popular since around 2010 can be said to be convenient tools that can easily obtain a lot of information. However, it is also a fact that the impact on human society is large due to convenience, in particularComment on the use of tablet PC by infants and children is divided among expertsIt is believed that the real impact on society will be revealed from now on.

Meanwhile, in the UKFaculty Instructor Association(Association of Teachers and Lecturers:ATLThe announcement tells about the negative impact of children's strong dependence on tablet devices and how to deal with it.

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◆ Influence of Tablet PC
According to what the ATL has revealed, children aged 3 to 4 who can use iPad for dexterity can swipe the screen with their fingers, but there is a marked decrease in the dexterity of the other fingertips about. And as for children of the upper age group too, the memory ability is greatly influenced by excessive contact with the tablet terminal, and it is often warned that cases of conventional paper and pencil can not be completed to the end It is issuing. According to a report from a doctor, it is also revealed that in 2013 the number of people who need treatment for impulsive behavior is increasing, including children just recently 4 years old It is.

ByThomas Ricker

In the contents announced by Colin Kenny, an elementary school teacher in Northern Ireland at the ATL conference, children who had been playing games on Tablet PC the night before the previous day are not very focused even if they come to school It has been clarified that it is becoming. Also, from the teachers in the field, even though it is possible to touch and operate the screen with dexterity, children who can not stack simple blocks are increasing, and parents of such children use the tablet terminal for dexterity We are clarifying that voices worried about the situation that they talk proudly of our children's abilities.

Also, Mr. Kinney said about the current danger "The convenience that Tablet PC gives results in a moment is to lower the ability to learn from children 's textbooks and to replace" genius computer skills " I am losing my ability to learn from paper and pencil. "

ByMichael Coghlan

Mr. Mark Montgomery, a teacher of Northern Ireland same as Kinney, excessively contacts the tablet terminal is caused by continuing to use the child for a long time, weight gain, aggressive behavior, fatigability, a mouse etc.Mouse syndromeWe can see the relevance to the announced.

◆ Approach to not let the tablet PC drown
ATL approved a plan to develop new guidelines for teachers and guardians to cope with children who are in addiction to tablet devices. Among them, we request that parents limit the use of children's tablet PCs and turn off their Wi-Fi at home to make efforts to not excessively depend on tablet devices I will.

Mr. Montgomery says, "It is our teacher's idea to use technology wisely and productively, not to have a bad influence on children, not to let it be addicted to tablet devices, and not to take aggressive and antisocial behavior It is a mission. " In addition, to exploit the technology well "If you have a brick at hand, you can use it to break the windowpane, but you can build a house on the other hand, the same is true of the latest digital technology We can also say that our teachers need to tell their children how to use good technology and to have positive experiences. "

There is no doubt that the latest digital equipment is convenient, but it is required to use wisely in one corner of the head that if you drown in its convenience it could lead to adverse reverse results.

ByAlexander Iwan