Sentences with phrase «technology use with children»

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Just a few days ago, The Science Daily reported on a study conducted by the University of Michigan Health System, which concluded that «parents» use of mobile technology around young children may be causing internal tension, conflicts and negative interactions with their kids.»

Most kids are native technology users by the time they enter elementary school, with 8 out of 10 5 - to -8-year-olds using mobile devices, compared with only half of all children just two years ago.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The state attorney general announced settlements Tuesday with Viacom, Mattel, Hasbro and JumpStart Games to stop them from using or allowing tracking technology on their popular children's websites.

With a pre-applied opening using Micro Injection Moulding technology, the package can be opened entirely by pulling the tab, making it easy for children and others to enjoy the frozen product.

In response to the express need of parents for information and guidance on their children's technology use, FOSI also used the conference platform to launch «Good Digital Parenting,» a new initiative that seeks to empower parents to confidently navigate the online world with their kids.

If your child is faced with cyber bullying, whether it be the use of cell phone or computer or other kind of technology, the important thing is, not to respond.

Through our patented smart sensor technology we empower parents with information they can use to improve the health and wellness of their children.

The Family Online Safety Institute's newest research is featured in this article on how parents are dealing with their children's technology use.

The ring base of the seat is also made with the same technology so that the seat does not move while your child is using it.

Edwin uses SQUACK technology to connect and interacts with your child through an animated Edwin on your smartphone or tablet, while the toy acts as a controller and guide.

However, like with everything else in life, there really isn't anything wrong with children using technology in moderation.

WIth Britax's Click & Go technology, you can use either their Chaperone or B - Safe car seats to create a travel system, going from car to stroller in a snap and the toddler seats can hold up to 50 pounds per child.

This innovative way to use mobile technology provides access to knowledge, including for those with low literacy levels, about common childhood diseases, pregnancy, nutrition, childbirth, the first year of life, child survival, growth, learning, development and protection, and empower women to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families.

Forensic anthropology, innovative genetic testing, statistical analysis and geospatial technology are some of the tools scientists use to collect evidence of mass executions, reunite children separated from their families, and track the destruction of cultural heritage sites in partnerships with non-profit organizations and human rights organizations dealing with atrocities unfolding across the globe.

After surveying parents about their kids» technology and sleep habits, researchers found that using technology before bed was associated with less sleep, poorer sleep quality, more fatigue in the morning and — in the children that watched TV or used their cell phones before bed — higher body mass indexes (BMI).

Researchers are using eye - tracking technology to learn more about children afflicted with specific language impairment

Using HUNT, a Norwegian population - based health cohort study based in a rural county with 130,000 residents, the Bristol Medical School team, with co-workers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, were able to see how mortality in the parents related to both their own BMI (the conventional approach) and to the BMI of their adult children.

Children with a variety of learning styles will be able to see the imagery and hear the text read to them using «read aloud» technology when they touch the audio icon at the bottom of each screen.

«With this breakthrough we now have a working technology whereby anyone can pass on their genes to a child by using just a few skin cells,» he says.

The Helen DeVos Children's Hospital team worked with the Mimics ® Innovation Suite software from Materialise, a provider of 3D printing software and services based in Belgium, which printed the model using its HeartPrint ® Flex technology.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

Computer scientists from the University of Lincoln, UK, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and University College Cork, Ireland, worked with a leading special needs school in Lincoln to examine whether new motion - based gaming technologies and interactive design approaches could make video games more accessible and appealing for children who use powered wheelchairs.

«Traditional ways we have of assessing kids can only tell you the end product of a very complicated process,» says Courtenay Norbury, a professor of developmental language and communication disorders at University College London who has used Tobii eye - tracking technology to study children with language development disorders, including SLI and autism.

«Tracking devices may improve quality of life for parents of children with autism: National study suggests trackers using radio, Bluetooth or global positioning system technology help ease anxiety for parents of children who wander.»

In last week's issue of Science, Andrew Zucker, a senior researcher with the Concord Consortium, a Concord, Mass., nonprofit that studies the use of technology in schools, and Daniel Light, a senior scientist at New York City — based Education Development Center, Inc.'s Center for Children & Technology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is stiltechnology in schools, and Daniel Light, a senior scientist at New York City — based Education Development Center, Inc.'s Center for Children & Technology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is stilTechnology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is stiltechnology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is still unknown.

«The Rapid DNA technology can be used in the field to confirm kinship between a parent and a child with 99.5 percent likelihood of relationship in 90 minutes.»

Along with fellow researchers from Sweden, Iceland and Finland, Ylva Bjereld has studied the use of text messaging, telephone communication and Internet — so - called technology mediated communication (TMC)-- among children in the Nordic countries during 2001 - 2010.

In a new study, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital used stem cell technology to create cerebellar cells known as Purkinje cells from patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a genetic syndrome that often includes ASD - like features.

Researchers used innovative head - mounted eye - tracking technology that records the views of those wearing it, like Google Glass, and has never been used before with young children.

Poster Presentations Allison Schreiber — «CHD7 Variants in Two Families with Evidence of Parent - to - Child Transmission of CHARGE Syndrome» Patty Arscott — «Genetic Counseling Dilemma: Multiple Gene Variants Identified Through Genetic Testing for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy» Christina Rigelsky — «Clinical Features of Three Patients with Vascular Ehlers - Danlos Syndrome as the Result of COL3A1 Functional Haploinsufficiency with Stable mRNA but Unstable Protein» Rebecca Cook — «Assessing the Utility of Four Educational Videos Concerning Alpha - 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency» and «Guidelines for Advocacy Organizations Considering Establishing a Registry or Biobank» Educational Breakout Session Presentations Meg Doerr — «Using Information Technology to Facilitate the Cancer Genetic Counseling Process»

We should be telling parents about ways to limit device usage (see Curbi Parental Controls for iOS), other than just the plain old every day discipline of taking a device away or sitting beside a student while they use technology (by the way, these two things are the best way to be proactive with our children).

Learning is social, so it's important that children engage with other people while using technology.

Within the classroom, schools can block certain sites and prevent content from being displayed, but with the increase in children using smartphone technology, there is still the possibility that they can access and share graphic or violent content.

When students have in their hands the suite of personal digital technologies that they use 24 hours, seven days a week, the way is opened for schools to readily harness that technology and benefit from the opportunities being opened in every area of learning; to further lower the school walls, to better individualise teaching and assessment, to interface with the apposite evermore powerful online learning facilities, to marry the «in» and «out» of school learning and teaching, and for the children to learn in context anywhere, anytime.

«However, with the No Child Left Behind legislation and its expectation of technology use by students, that expectation may be changing.»

Gallagher recommends that today's digital parents communicate often with teachers about how the school uses devices, how much exposure children have, how they are learning to use technology, and how devices should be used at home for school.

There are also benefits for children with behavioural problems, as Techknowledge for Schools has found the use of mobile technology made them more motivated to work.

Khan quit the hedge fund, moved to Silicon Valley, and in 2009, with funding from a constellation of technology stars (Bill Gates's children were using the videos), launched the nonprofit Khan Academy.

The project uses innovative distribution channels (schools) and technology (e.g. mobile banking and online banking) with the goal of financially empowering children and youth in a cost efficient way.

Through this platform, parents will have access to personalized information and resources on child development, as well as the opportunity to connect with a mentor or coach who can respond to the individualized needs of each family within their context through the use of video and other technologies.

The qualification has been designed specifically for schools, to help them improve the standards of e-safety amongst staff and young people, and follows a 2010 report2 by Ofsted that recommends that schools should: • audit the training needs of all staff and provide training to improve their knowledge of and expertise in the safe and appropriate use of new technologies • work closely with all families to help them ensure that their children use new technologies safely and responsibly both at home and at school • provide an age - related, comprehensive curriculum for e-safety which enables pupils to become safe and responsible users of new technologies.

With this is mind, we all have to agree what education should be like for the coming decade, but few could argue that any strategy that ignores the technology our children use every day and that permeates working lives, will risk failure.»

Debates over children and media use are nothing new, but the technologies by which children primarily interact with media have changed significantly.

They rarely quibble with the need for children to learn how to use computers, but find little evidence that making technology more available leads to higher student achievement in core subjects.

The survey also found that parents with children across different grade levels and with varying special needs are using the accounts for a wide range of services including braille and assistive technology, swimming therapy, and classes at the Arizona Science Center.

Guns sold with trigger locks can prevent children from using them, they say, and new technology now allows guns to be coded to recognize fingerprints so that the weapon can be discharged only by the owner.

A new study has unveiled that 2 in 3 children use technology every day in order to complete their homework, with technology costing parents # 802 throughout the duration of the child's primary and junior education.

Two - thirds (67 %) of parents felt the use of technology had improved their children's literacy skills as they now read more, while 46 % felt it has enhanced their language skills, with applications such as voice command and Siri now commonplace.

With this in mind, Lawrence Royston, managing director of Groupcall, an education communication specialist, explains how we can all actively play apart in safeguarding children using technology.

In addition to the international bent, Stanford emphasizes technology by helping students use computers for research, presentations, and videoconferencing with children in other countries.