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As Daddytypes notes , a writer at the NYTimes Magazine is apparently freaking over the impact television is having on his child.  Ok, so its not television the author fears but a Kindle loaded with Angry Birds (as well as a seperate television) but still, is this 1985 all over again ? Hey look , his kids are obsessed with technology.   To which I say: Good.  They better be.  Because their jobs, livelihoods, leisure time and life will likely be technology focused. I will say there is probably a big difference between his daughter playing Angry Birds and his son watching cartoons.  This is often part of the problem with “riffs” like this: they conflate technology into one big puddle when in reality each raindrop in that puddle is different and unique.  Angry Birds , for the two people out there who don’t know, is a nifty game involving thinking and physics and problem solving.  Television is more passive.  I’d take my kids playing Ang...

I saw an article at http://www.slate.com/ about the impact on technology in our schools. The article , approached the issue mostly from a "will it be good for our schools/kids and will it lower costs?  The column ran in "Future Tense," and so this administrative and technology point of view makes some sense.  However, it makes almost no sense for the majority of readers, Moms and Dads, or anyone who cares about children's education. That is because technology, whether in the form of computers or the internet or e-books or whatever is next, is only a tool.  All the e-books and internet access in the world won't change a thing in the majority of U.S. schools.  Most students already have internet access in one form or another, whether at home, on their phones or at a library or school. Further, access to the wide-range of information available on the internet will not help students in any appreciable way.  In reality, students already have access to all...