RCL Blog 8
- Carson, Valerie, and Nicholas Kuzik. “The Association between Parent–child Technology Interference and Cognitive and Social–emotional Development in Preschool‐aged Children.” Child: Care, Health & Development, vol. 47, no. 4, July 2021, pp. 477–83. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/10.1111/cch.12859.
- Ching-Ting Hsin, et al. “The Influence of Young Children’s Use of Technology on Their Learning: A Review.” Journal of Educational Technology & Society, vol. 17, no. 4, 2014, pp. 85–99. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/jeductechsoci.17.4.85.
- Donohue, Chip, and Roberta Schomburg. “Technology and Interactive Media in Early Childhood Programs: What We’ve Learned from Five Years of Research, Policy, and Practice.” YC Young Children, vol. 72, no. 4, 2017, pp. 72–78. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/90013713.
I was going to use these articles as some of the basis for my understanding of how technology affects the development of children.
- Frost, Joe L., and John A. Sutterby. “Outdoor Play Is Essential to Whole Child Development.” YC Young Children, vol. 72, no. 3, 2017, pp. 82–85. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/90013690.
I used this source as the reasoning behind my described need for outdoor play, as an alternative to electronics for young children.
- Hutton, JS, Dudley, J, Horowitz-Kraus, T, DeWitt, T, Holland, SK. Associations between home literacy environment, brain white matter integrity and cognitive abilities in preschool-age children. Acta Paediatr. 2020; 109: 1376– 1386. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15124
- LaMotte, Sandee. “This Is Your Child’s Brain on Books: Scans Show Benefit of Reading vs. Screen Time.” CNN, Cable News Network, 16 Jan. 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/health/child-brain-reading-books-wellness/index.html.
These are an article by CNN as well as the accompanying research for a good visualization of developmental drawbacks to electronics exposure at a young age.
For the TED talk, it’s important to have citations for the visuals as well as the research used to come to a conclusions. In the essay, there won’t be any visuals to worry about citing, but it’s important to have in text citations to go along with a special citations page for the research done, and any quotes used.