Allison Druin My Kid Doesn't Need A Computer... "714ykid doesn) need a computer. She} smart, likes to read, and does well in school. IJn not sure why so many parents are worried about getting computers fbr their kids. " (A parent o f an 8-year-old child enrolled in a public elementary school in N e w Mexico, 1997) I have heard similar words from m a n y parents of bright, happy children, ages 6-12. Generally, m y response to those parents has been to explain, that I am really happy to hear that, and I truly wish that was the case with all kids. Unfortunately, not all school children are doing so well. These thoughts always reminds me o f a poem that screen writer and Professor Digby Wolfe o f the University of New Mexico once wrote: constant repetition o f ideas, in ways they control as opposed to when an adult says it's time. There are some kids that need to make things before they can say they understand something. A n d then there are some kids that have a hard time communicating with other kids or teachers or parents. These are the kids
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My kid doesn't need a computer…
Druin, Allison
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, Volume 30 (1)
Association for Computing Machinery – Jan 1, 1998
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