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More than three-quarters of children in Europe have a profile on one or more social networking sites, and about 1 in 5 under the age of thirteen have a Facebook profile despite age restrictions, according to a new survey released Monday by the European Commission (EC). The EC poll found that 43 percent of young [...]
Cellphones and driving don’t mix. According to the National Safety Council, an estimated 200,000 crashes a year are caused by drivers who are texting. And that doesn’t include the near-misses. Added to that, a recent Car & Driver Magazine study found that texting and driving was more hazardous than drinking and driving, with texting drivers [...]
A 10-year experiment that began with Indian slum children being given computer access has thrown up a new concept for education, an Indian-origin researcher told a conference. Professor Sugata Mitra first made hole in the wall computers available to children in a Delhi slum in 1999. Since then he has seen children learn and teach [...]
A leading UK expert has urged schools to ban children under the age of nine from using computers because the technology is damaging their brains, The (London) Sunday Telegraph reported. Speaking at a conference of childcare specialists, Dr Aric Sigman, a psychologist and author, said technology affects children’s attention spans and is harmful to their [...]