Children and Computer Technology : Analysis and Recommendations

Feeding children’s passion for computers, billions of dollars in both public and private funds are being spent to give children access in school, at home, and in the community. Nearly every school is now equipped with computers,1 and over two-thirds of our nation’s children have access at home.2 But is computer technology improving children’s lives? This journal issue examines how children are affected by the emerging world of computers. It explores how computer use is affecting children’s development physically, intellectually, socially, and psychologically; whether computers are increasing or decreasing the disparities between rich and poor; and whether computers are being used effectively to enhance classroom instruction.

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