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The Child and the Machine: How Computers Put Our Children’s Education at Riskreviewed by Debbie Denise Reese & John Burton - 2002 Title: The Child and the Machine: How Computers Put Our Children’s Education at Risk Author(s): Alison Armstrong and Charles Casement Publisher: Robins Lane Press, Beltsville ISBN: 0876592108, Pages: 254 , Year: 2000 Search for book at Amazon.com Alison Armstrong and Charles Casement use The Child and the
Machine: How Computers Put Our Children’s Education at
Risk to identify a number of very real issues and problems in
the use of computers with children. Unfortunately, the
authors’ lack of expertise, superficial interpretations of
the professional literature, and evident personal bias limit their
ability to analyze the issues and problems they have identified.
Computer technology is not inherently good or bad, just as print
technology is not inherently good or bad. We had the feeling that
Armstrong and Casement wanted to roll things back, so that
elementary-aged children would no longer be exposed to the computer
or the Internet in the school environment. But, is protecting
children as good as preparing them? If Armstrong and Casement are
really concerned about children and their interactions with
computers, perhaps they should support a curriculum that prepares
children (physically, psychologically, ethically and critically) to
use computers safely.
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