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Not all screens are created equally!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is a profound difference between how parents use an iPad to quiet a toddler at a pancake house and how we advocate for using computers as an intellectual laboratory and vehicle for self-expression. We use computing to add colors to the crayon box, enhance the humanity and creativity of children, engage in invention, and solve problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than increase parental anxiety, we prefer to lower the temperature and offer constructive opportunities for knowledge construction.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

That’s why Gary Stager created a one-page handy-dandy list of recommendations<\/span> <\/a>for how parents and children can use computers to learn together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download this shareable set of recommendations here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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