When school librarians began to disappear in this Camarillo, California school district, Jay Greenlinger, the district’s director of instructional technology, found a way for students to find books and information online.
California Administrator Creates Digital Stopgap After School Librarian Cuts
By on August 5, 2014 9 Comments
Are Today’s Kids All Thumbs? Touch Matters. Researchers Bring Tactile Learning into Digital Realm.
By on July 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
Using our hands is critical to learning, and the rise of digital use by young children potentially limits their opportunities to learn about the world around them through touch. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has found that young children have trouble using toys and blocks because of their overuse of touch-screen devices.
Why I’m Taking My Fourth Grader to See ‘The Hunger Games’
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Lauren Barack, a regular contributor to the Digital Shift, writes this time as a mother.
