Sunday, March 22, 2009

Texting for Toddlers-when is too young?

So I'm working on my paper on texting for toddlers. I mentioned several articles on gadgets for toddlers and young children and the launch of the new leapfrog texting device in past posts. The NY Times wrote an article in June of 2008 which listed Piaget's stages in the context of technological devices.

What's interesting is when you think of literacy Barton mentioned the social, psychological and historical. Barton argued that they needed to be interwoven to get an overview of what is involved with literacy and I agree if you consider culture as part of the social and historical aspects of literacy, which I think Barton would agree with. **Here it would be interesting to get your comments on my reading of Barton** Barton outlined his approach under eight headings (2007, p. 34-5) grouped within social, psychological and historical categories. I mention Barton and literacy because all of the discussions around toddlers and texting seem to focus heavily on the psychological with some mention of the social and historical aspects.

I really resonated with the comments in the NY Times June 2008 article regarding children mimicing their parents when they use technology. I watched a toddler "play" with her parents cell phone today and it was interesting in that she played with the cell phone in much the same way I see children play with parents other devices. The toddler could have been playing with her Mom's makeup case or her book.

Well enough for this post. Thanks for reading.

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