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*D Is for Digital...and Disappointing*

/A new study says the potential educational benefits of interactive
technologies remain untapped./

*A REPORT FROM* the Joan Ganz Cooney Center
<http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org> at Sesame Workshop has mixed news
for the ed tech industry, finding that digital media is ever-present in
young children's lives, but is not being used to the fullest advantage
in their education.

The center, named after the pioneering founder of the Sesame Workshop
<http://www.sesameworkshop.org>, released "D Is for Digital" at the
first Sandbox Summit <http://www.sandboxsummit.org> last month in its
continuing effort to raise national awareness of the importance of
interactive technologies in accelerating children's learning.

The 50-page report, authored by educational toy marketing expert and
Cooney Fellow Carly Shuler, summarizes the center's analysis of the
current interactive media environment for preschool and elementary-age
children. The study grew out of the center's fall 2007 review of more
than 300 mass-market informal learning products for kids ages 3 to 11.
Michael Levine, executive director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, says
the results present cause for both optimism and concern.

full article <http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22011>

full report in pdf
<http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/pdf/DisforDigital.pdf>

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