To loaf is to learn. The countless hours teens spend lazing in front of computer screens and video-game consoles are vital to their development into well-adjusted adults, according to a new multiyear, multimillion-dollar study by the MacArthur Foundation.
The report paints an unprecedented anthropological portrait of how teens use digital media. Dozens of researchers spent three years, $3.3-million (U.S.) and 5,000 hours interviewing more than 800 teens in the United States about their iPods, cellphones and computers.
KINSA founder Paul Gillespie is quoted in this interesting and provocative article. Read the complete article here:
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be Ludditesby Patrick WhiteThe Globe and MailNovember 25, 2008http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081125.wldigital25/BNStory/Technology/home
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