| Kids’ computer use can be great equalizer or divider, study reveals |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| A child who uses a computer regularly has a better chance of excelling in the workforce as an adult than a child who doesn’t, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham study. Shelia Cotten, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in the UAB College of Arts & Sciences, says exposure to computers may give young people the technological attitudes and skills they need to do well in this technology-driven society in the June issue of Information, Communication & Society. Cotten and a team of researchers surveyed 1,202 fourth- and fifth-graders in the Birmingham City School System who participated in the nation’s largest distribution of XO laptop computers during the 2008-09 academic year. The XO laptop is a child-friendly computer system created by the One Laptop Per Child organization, which typically provides computers to disadvantaged youth in third-world countries. |
| Source: UAB News (AL-USA) | Published: July 26th, 2011 |
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