Schools
of the New Millennium
Technology Overuse or
Management?
It's time to face the
facts!
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 The 21st century has borne
witness to nothing short of an explosion in use of
electronic technologies, both at home and in school
settings. Education systems have joined the race to
stock their schools with the latest and greatest new
technologies, striving to provide their students with up
to date learning tools and techniques. Unfortunately,
there is limited research regarding the actual
effectiveness of these electronic devices to facilitate
learning, empirical evidence the education systems once
used as the gold standard to determine teaching methods.
More worrisome is the existing research regarding the
long term effects of technology overuse on the
developing child shows detrimental effects on physical,
mental, social and academic performance. Keep
reading
here. |
| Government Consultation
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On May 3, 2010 Cris Rowan,
pediatric occupational therapist and CEO of Zone'in
Programs Inc. was invited to give a seminar to 18
representatives from British Columbia's Health,
Education and Children and Family Ministries on the
following topics:
1. Research regarding the
impact of technology overuse on child health and
academic performance.
2. Balanced Technology Management
initiatives to ensure sustainable futures for all
children.
3. The Zone'in Program concept
and application in home and school
settings.
Feedback from seminar participants
indicated an interest in passing this information onto
their Ministry colleagues, and therefore Cris will be
providing this seminar titled "The Impact of Technology
on the Developing Child" in a free webinar format for
government staff on Wednesday June 16, 2010 from 1-2:30
PM Pacific Standard Time.
Subsequent to this
presentation, Cris has formalized her Balanced Technology Management
Consultative Service profiles for parents, teachers, health professionals, government, researchers and technology production corporations .
Please refer to Consultation section of Zone'in website
for additional
information.
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| News |
New!
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2010/11 Foundation Series Workshop Schedule Posted
OnlineZone'in Programs Inc. offers ten
workshops designed for education and health
professionals who work with children. These
workshops are available in three formats: live, webinar
or DVD. Webinar space is limited, so register now
to ensure attendance. Click here to sign up!Monitoring
kids' computersBy Lou Guest, on April
30, 2010, Letter to the Editor of Coast Reporter in
response to original article written by Cris Rowan on
the escalating use of computers in schools. http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20100430/SECHELT0303/304309991/-1/sechelt0303/monitoring-kids-computersToddler
TV linked to low math scores: studyMay
4, 2010, The Canadian Press Too much time in front of
the tube as a two-year-old can predict some negative
consequences at the age of 10, a new study
suggests. http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/04/tech-television-children.htmlAntisocial
Networking?By Hilary Stout on April
30, 2010 for NY Times Research indicates electronic
communication makes teens less interested in face to
face communication with their friends. One half of
American teens send 50 texts per day, one third send 100
texts per day. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/02BEST.html?emc=eta1Anatomy
of an epidemic - the hidden damage of psychiatric
drugsBy Jed Lipinski, on April 27,
2010, Salon An award-winning science reporter looks
at the history of mental illness in America -- with
disturbing results. http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/04/27/interview_whitaker_anatomy_of_an_epidemic?source=newsletter The
Mother-Baby BondExcellent coverage by
Scientific American of the beautiful and intricate
interactions between mother and baby, from utero to
toddler stages. Be sure to read the article on the
effects of tactile (touch) input on stress and cortisol
levels. http://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=mother-child-bond&sc=CAT_MB_20100505Couple's
baby dies while they raise internet
child.By Lylah M. Alphonse for Boston
Globe, March 8, 2010 Parents arrested in South Korea
for neglecting their new born child due to video game
addictions. Think this doesn't happen in North
America? Read next article. http://www.boston.com/community/moms/blogs/child_caring/2010/03/couples_baby_dies_while_they_raise_virtual_child.html Hey,
parents! Leave online gaming to the kids...you
know, the ones you're supposed to be
raising!By Helen A.S. Popkin for
MSNBC, July 19, 2007 Parents arrested in Reno, Nevada
for neglecting their 1 and 2 year old children due to
online video game addiction. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19855372/ |
| Research |
Unplug
- Don't Drug: A Critical Look at the Influence of
Technology on Child Behavior With an Alternative Way of
Responding Other Than Evaluation and
Drugging
By Cris Rowan, Volume 12, No.
1, 2010, Ethical Human Psychology and
Psychiatry.
This article profiles the trend to
medicate child behavior associated with technology
addictions, and proposes a preliminary "unplug" trial
prior to prescription of psychotropic medication.
http://www.zonein.ca/files/articles/ICSPP_Article.pdf
Standardized screening to
help identify suicidal adolescents
By
Laura Barclay, on April 15, 2010, Medscape CME Clinical
Briefs
While screening will likely procure useful
information, will results open the floodgates for wide
scale use of antidepressant medication for
adolescents? When mental health resources for
therapeutic counseling for adolescents is minimal to
none, will the default therapy be medication?
http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/720300?src=cmenews&
uac=142977HT
Effects of Stimulant
Medication on Growth Rates Across 3 Years in the MTA
Follow-up
By Swanson J et al, Vol 46
issue 8 August 2007, Journal of American Academy of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Study shows stimulant-related decreases in
growth rates after initiation of stimulant
medication.
http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)61552-5/abstract
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FREE
'No Technology' sign
For those of you who want
to restrict the use of technology during meetings, try
our new 'No Technology Allowed' sign!
Click here to print a sign.
FREE
'Technology Screen'
Designed by Cris Rowan for
parents, teachers, health professionals, government,
researchers and technology production corporations for
the purpose of determining children's technology usage
statistics.
Click here to print the Tech
Screen.
Early Childhood Learning
Knowledge Centre
The Early Childhood
Learning Knowledge Centre, in collaboration with Invest
in Kids, created tools specifically designed for parents
of children from zero to five years of age.
http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/AboutCCL/KnowledgeCentres
/EarlyChildhoodLearning/OurProducts/toolsforparents.htm?
Language=EN
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| Education |
Video:
Where America Stands on Autism
April 17,
2010
A CBC documentary on the escalating incidence of
Autism in the US.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6406784n
Video:
Greatest Freakout Over World of Warcraft :: Mom Cancels
Crazy Kid's WoW Account
Interesting to note
not only the intensity of aggression and self abuse, but
also the sheer volume of repressed energy and subsequent
"need to move" resulting from videogame use.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jM2BMW_WVo&feature=related
Video: Stuart Brown says play
is more than fun
A pioneer in research
on play, Dr. Stuart Brown says humor, games,
roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just
fun in this TED podcast. Plenty of play in childhood
makes for happy, smart adults -- and keeping it up can
make us smarter at any age.
http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_
says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital.html
Video: Too much too
young
How early should formal education
begin and can we learn from those countries who start
much later than we do? What is the role of play and
creativity when set against the drive for standards. Is
there too much pressure on children too early? In
this one hour debate on www.teachers.tv, Jonathan
Dimbleby and a distinguished panel examine the issues
around the state of today's Early Years and primary
education.
http://www.teachers.tv/videos/too-much-too-young
Newsletter: Dynamic
Maturational Model
May 2010
issue
The international association for the study of
attachment
Read
the newsletter here
Information:
Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre
The
Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre, in
collaboration with Invest in Kids, created tools
specifically designed for parents of children from zero
to five years of age.
http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/AboutCCL/KnowledgeCentres
/EarlyChildhoodLearning/OurProducts/toolsforparents.htm?
Language=EN
Video: Hyper Parents Coddled
Kids
CBC TV Doc Zone episode profiles
the devastating results of "helicopter parenting'.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/Doc_Zone/ID=1405930535
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Training
Instructor training for
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Consultation
Innovative team-based
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| Cris Rowan |
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Cris Rowan is a Pediatric
Occupational Therapist, author, speaker and champion of
easing the job of learning for all children.
Click here for
complete
bio.
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