Today in EDCI 336 was presentation day! My group and I studied the effects of screen usage on children’s learning and development. I was particularly interested in this topic because I have many little sisters who use screens everyday. I am also a big advocate for outdoor education and it feels like screen time is taking away from this.
I studied the balance between educational screen use (like Duolingo and Crash Course Kids) where kids are engaged and learning, versus non-educational screen use (like Roblox and YouTube Shorts) where kids are mindlessly engaged and doom-scrolling.
My group and I put a lot of time and research into this, so check out our slide deck below!