Children of the

Tech-era

Understanding the use of technology for a child's developement

Topic 1

I am studying how children use and interact with digital devices because I want to examine if there is a new medium of interaction in order to explore the future influence on a child's developement

Annotated Bibliography

"Melvin Konner on the Evolution of Childhood." Smithsonian Magazine. Ed. Terence Monmaney. 1 Aug. 2010. Web. 16 June 2015. 

In one part of the interview, Konner mentions about how brain imaging affects infants and children. The effects of new technology involuntarily has had that effect that Konner's is talking about. The diversion of the mind from an agitated state to a submissive one with the involvement of a digital interface is one that is developed among the children of today.

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Is contact with nature important for healthy child development? State of the evidence  ANDREA FABER TAYLOR AND FRANCES E. KUO

How can communication change the way children interact with their surrounding ?

Melvin Konner

Anthropologist and Physician

His new book, The Evolution of Childhood, is a 2 decade long effort to explain why children everywhere develop, behave, mature and think as they do.

Melvin Konner, In an interview with Smithsonian Magazine

executive editor Terence Monmaney,

"Brain imaging has been difficult in infants and children because they don’t stay still, but new methods are beginning to compensate for that, and we will know much more about brain function in developing children in real time."

Hand eye coordination

Building blocks (LEGO)

Memory Games

Handwriting

Projected Outline

• Understand child development patterns
• Collect information used as medium of communication for children
• Create an interactive platform that is more engaging and comprehensive

"Technology and Young Children | National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC." Technology and Young Children | National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC. Web. 25 May 2015. 

 "The Four Negative Sides of Technology." The Four Negative Sides of Technology. Web. 26 May 2015.  

Citation

"Melvin Konner on the Evolution of Childhood." Smithsonian Magazine. Ed. Terence Monmaney. 1 Aug. 2010. Web. 16 June 2015. 

 "Hand Eye Coordination Activities For Kids." OT Mom Learning Activities. Web. 23 June 2015. <http://www.ot-mom-learning-activities.com/hand-eye-coordination.html>. 

Kids Technology Infographics. Digital image. Http://www.ipadinschools.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/kid-tech-infographic.jpg. 1 Sept. 2012. Web. 

 Rosin, Hanna. "The Touch-Screen Generation." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 20 Mar. 2013. Web. 29 June 2015.  

Spencer, Christopher. "Is Contact with Nature Important for Healthy Child Development? State of the Evidence." Children and Their Environments: Learning, Using, and Designing Spaces. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2006. 124. Print. 

Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Topic 2

I am studying the evolution of wearable technology because I want to examine the ease of communication in order to explore its speculative future in healthcare

Annotated Citation

 "The History of Wearable Technology –raconteur.net." Raconteur. Ed. Paul Lampkin. 25 Sept. 2014. Web. 23 June 2015. .

Wearable technology has a long history but had not been explored until recent times. There's a lot of tech gadgets being pushed into the market irrespective of the need for it, but its necessary to understand that the need is driven through availability. Apart from the demand and supply aspect, these wearables have and will continue to create medium to quantify numbers and stats of personal and quantum by nature. Its not a fluke by chief scientist at XEROX Parc, Matt Wieser to coin the term Ubiquitous Computing' considering the growing age of technology is now and wearable playing a key role in it. 

Evolution of Wearables

In the late-1980s, Mark Weiser, chief scientist at Xerox PARC, was credited with coining the phrase “ubiquitous computing”. He suggested that a third wave of computing was beginning to take shape; a movement that would see personal technology escaping the confines of the desktop and receding into the backgrounds of our lives.

An excerpt from the article The history of wearable technology by Paul Lamkin

Future Wearable Tech

Athos

Aspects of Future Wearable Tech

Personalized

Intuitive

Efficient

Accurate

Multi-point

Seamless

Projected Outline

• Collect information about past and current advancements in Healthcare
• Analyze collected data between wearable and healthcare
• And record prospective outcomes

Over the holidays, I watched my 5- and 9-year-old nieces navigate iPhones and iPads with ease, using the devices better than some CEOs I know. Today's children and teenagers will never know a world without social media or handheld technology.

Samantha Owens Pyle

Blogger, The impact of social media on the next generation

Behavioural Change

Instinctual Response - Kids know exactly what to do when they see a tablet or a smartphone - Swipe

Ability to grasp quick - Kids are constantly learning as they view something new on their devices and quickly grasp the information available to them.

Critical Thinking - The amount and diversity of information available on the Internet may foster critical thinking

"The emergence of a new kind of media...creates an opportunity to do it right this time--to really think at the outset about what kind of media we're going to create for children."

Kathryn Montgomery

PhD, President of the Center for Media Education, Washington D.C

Instead of realizing what is good and bad, I want to create a new media that will change the manner in which children interact with both the digital and physical surrounding.

The Idea - Augmented Reality Excercise

Interactivity with between digital and physical environment

Citations/ Bibliography

 1. Pyle, Samantha. "The Impact of Social Media on the next Generation - Nashville Business Journal." Widgets RSS. 13 Jan. 2014. Web. 2 June 2015.  

2. "Digital Devices and Children." Parents.com. Web. 9 June 2015. 

3. CARPENTER, SIRI. "In the Digital Age, Experts Pause to Examine Effects on Kids." Http://www.apa.org. 1 Dec. 2000. Web. 9 June 2015.  

4. Beyerle, Chris. "The Augmented Reality for Education Shelf | Edshelf." Edshelf. Web. 9 June 2015.