I was interested to come across a promulgation of Blogs about this topic this week. Links are here and here and finally here provide some entry points.
Maybe it was a slow week, maybe people just want to forget about oil and food prices.
It is an interesting idea and I think the jury is still well and truly out on this. I was listening to a debate on national radio late this afternoon where an Australian psychologist, Andrew Campbell has been using computer games with paediatric ADHD patients and finding that they can improve their attention spans. Admittedly, only one type of game and Google is not the same. Campbell made the point that there is a lot of research evidence to support both sides of the story but one of the panelists in the discussion made the assertion that he would not like to see any kid deprived of access to computers as it "would severely compromise their career options" .
Makes you think a) what qualifications some of these people have to make such statements: Answer: well none - he was a media commentator
b) what effect this might have on the audience for the talk show Answer: they will all probably think they are being bad parents if they don't have a new shiny box available for the little ones to play with.
I have repeatedly called for more informed debate on this issue and this(sadly) illustrates why.
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