This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Schools

Multitasking and Your Tween/Teen: How Technology Affects Intellectual and Social Growth

Are you concerned about heavy use of video and communication technologies, including the use of many technologies at one time?

There is a great deal of evidence that this heavy use of technology is not only affecting our tween/teen while they are using media. Instead, the constant use of media, including many media at once, has lingering effects on children's thinking process, learning, and social relationships. Come hear possible solutions. 

Clifford Nass is a professor at Stanford University and a renowned authority on Human Computer Interaction. He is the author of three books, including The Man Who Lied to His Laptop, The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Televisions, and New Media Like Real People and Places, and Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates and Advances the Human-Computer Relationship. He has appointments in Communication; Computer Science; Education; Law; Science, Technology, and Society; Sociology; and Symbolic Systems. 

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?