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June 2010 Blog Posts (3)

Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world

Added by Reid Cornwell on June 30, 2010 at 9:45am — No Comments

Home Computer Technology and Student Achievement

Abstract:

Does differential access to computer technology at home compound the educational disparities between rich and poor? Would a program of government provision of computers to early secondary school students reduce these disparities? The authors use administrative data on North Carolina public school students to corroborate earlier surveys that document broad racial and socioeconomic gaps in home computer access and use. Using within‐student variation in home computer access, and… Continue

Added by Reid Cornwell on June 29, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Kids, Parents, and Technology: An Unexplored Space

After over a decade of increasing technology use by youth and parents, there has been no systematic effort to bring a comprehensive and practical tools to parents (see Pew and Kaiser Foundation studies.) While new devices and applications arrive in our homes in increasing speed, parents are still at a loss about organizing the mostly chaotic media lives of kids (see www.mydigitalfamily.org).

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Added by dr. eitan schwarz on June 6, 2010 at 9:14pm — 4 Comments