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2.12.10
Closer to home, now over a decade since Information and Communication Technology has permeated our homes big-time, junk media consumption by technology-soaked children has parents, pollsters, and others wringing their hands. And for good reason – according to the recent Kaiser family Foundation survey, 1/5 of kids spend 132 hours/week on media. Their grades are down and they are not happy.
So what is anyone doing about this? Too little, I am afraid. We need entrepreneurial innovation here desperately and leadership from industry. I was hoping that Microsoft Tabletop Computer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface was a beginning towards bringing families together. What happened?
So I wrote my book.
Technology at the Margins — Social Innovators and Innovations
Link to Original Article
2.12.10
Closer to home, now over a decade since Information and Communication Technology has permeated our homes big-time, junk media consumption by technology-soaked children has parents, pollsters, and others wringing their hands. And for good reason – according to the recent Kaiser family Foundation survey, 1/5 of kids spend 132 hours/week on media. Their grades are down and they are not happy.
So what is anyone doing about this? Too little, I am afraid. We need entrepreneurial innovation here desperately and leadership from industry. I was hoping that Microsoft Tabletop Computer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface was a beginning towards bringing families together. What happened?
So I wrote my book.