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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Found this interesting article which is relevant to the discussion on DCI's heavy use of chromebooks

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/opinion/can-students-have-too-much-tech.html?_r=1[/quote]

That is really an eye-opening Op Ed... and the picture continues to get cloudier and stormier the more info I read on it.  Main question is: how much are the DCI founders/staff willing to consider these concerns and consider (not automatically implement, just even seriously consider) revising their model?  What if in 5 years there's abundant evidence that there is a tipping point of age and hours of exposure at which learning declines?  That's the direction a lot of what I've read is pointing in - I'd hope they'd be committed to being vigilant about the data and studies as they come out and consider tweaks to their model.

No, not suggesting that every time a new study comes out, they revamp the model.  Just that this is a big issue, a serious issue, and the model they are currently implementing already goes against some of the growing bodies of research that indicate negative outcomes for kids of especially the younger ages (middle school for DCI) and a large degree of screentime.  If 90+ % of your coursework is on the tablet/internet, right there you are in very tricky territory and the research is growing.[/quote]

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