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The App Gap
December 6, 2011
How we spend our days, is, of course, how we spend our lives.
-Annie Dillard
New research by Common Sense Media indicates a growing disparity in high-tech access.  As reported in Education Week (November 2, 2011), the research indicates, on the one hand, that more than half of young children now have access at home to new mobile devices such as smart phones and iPad type tablets and more than a quarter of parents have downloaded apps for their children to use.  On the other hand, only 14 percent of low-income parents have ever downloaded a mobile application for their children, compared with 47 percent of wealthier parents. 

The Common Sense Media research points out that television is still the media format most used by children.  Two-thirds of children 8 and younger watch television at least once a day, and 42 percent have a TV in their bedroom.




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Kirsten Haugen · December 06, 2011
World Forum Foundation
Eugene, OR, United States


Interesting to see today's technology focus right on the heels of yesterday's wonderful toy list of sticks, strings and dirt. The "app gap" is a huge concern, but it doesn't stop there. We need to really consider what kids are actually doing with these gadgets. Like sticks and mud, they can be used for good or bad, and young kids need nurturing environments and caring adults to learn the difference.



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