Article #9

Summary: 

How much time should children be spending on the computer at home? A University of Maryland researcher has conducted a study to answer that question. The study was done to see if test scores improved or decreased based on a child's time on the computer. The research found that African American boy's scores increased by several points, and Caucasian girls also improved their scores. The group of students whose scores decreased were Caucasian boys. Computer and internet time is different than video games, because when students are on the internet they are having to read and problem solve. Overall, computer screen is better than video games and television time.


Reflection:
I enjoyed reading about the study, but I do question some of its variables. Who were the children? Where did they live? What were they exactly doing on the computer? I do agree that computer time is better than video games in most cases. I am not against internet time at home, but it needs to be censored by the parents. There are plenty of good educational websites that children can be using before they go to the games on the internet. If I were a parent, then I would allow my child to play games after they did so many minutes on an educational website. Like all things, computer time is not bad it just needs to be limited.