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How Young Children's Play Is Shaped through Common iPad Applications: A Study of 2 and 4-5 Year-Olds
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Direct linkRobin Samuelsson; Sara Price; Carey Jewitt – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
Digital devices such as iPads are prevalent in children's play from an early age. How this shapes young children's play is an area of considerable debate without any clear consensus on how different forms of play are brought into the iPad interaction. In this study, we examined 98 play activities of children in two preschool settings, featuring 2…
Descriptors: Play, Handheld Devices, Tablet Computers, Young Children
Jo B. Helgetun; Mathias Decuypere – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
This article analyses the smartphone application TeacherTapp that is used to collect and disseminate information on teachers' views on education and their classroom practices. The research takes as its object of analysis the use of TeacherTapp in England and Flanders. We analyze what TeacherTapp is, how it relates to a given localized community in…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices
Arantes, Janine; Buchanan, Rachel – Learning, Media and Technology, 2023
Commercial platforms are being increasingly used in classrooms as teaching and learning tools. Beyond shifts in practice to accommodate this, the teacher becomes a tool of the platform -- generating and collecting data for commercial entities. It is time to move from commercial platforms working through teachers to influence education, towards…
Descriptors: Data Use, Advocacy, Professional Autonomy, Ethics
Callaghan, Melissa N.; Reich, Stephanie M. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2018
Over half of educational apps on mobile-app markets are for preschoolers, but little research has examined whether the designs of preschool apps are truly educational. Preschoolers process information differently from older learners (i.e., shorter attention spans), so app designs should be guided by developmental science. This content analysis of…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Preschool Children
Junco, Reynol – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
Numerous studies have shown that college students use computers, the internet, and social networking websites (SNS) at high rates; however, all of these studies have relied on self-report measures of technology use. Research in other areas of human behavior has shown that self-report measures are considerably inaccurate when compared to actual…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Networks, Web Sites, Time on Task
