Jane Healy on video games
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In an Australian article on video games (and on Steven Johnson's
pro-video-game book which has just come out in Australia), there are three paragraphs on
Jane Healy, who spoke at the HSC conference a few years back. That was the
same year (wasn't it?) that Dan Vilter and Kathy Ward and I did a
pro-video-gaming presentation. The article itself is interesting (and somewhat
irritating), but I wanted to bring this passage here for examination.
Jane Healy, an educational psychologist in Colorado, is much more wary.
Healy isn't against video games but she is concerned about overuse and an
increasing reliance on computers in schools. The author of Failure to
Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds, she argues that
children have to be supervised properly both at home and at school to make
sure they are, indeed, learning and don't fall into dangerous territory.
"The bottom line is parents have to be on top of this. This is not a benign
technology. You are sending your kids out into what is a potentially bad
neighbourhood when you let them use a computer, and it is up to you to make
sure they don't wander into the wrong places and do the wrong things," she
says.
"These are questions that have never before been considered by parents.
Today's parents are the pioneers. The kids are the ones that are going to
suffer the outcome. There is a cardinal rule to be developed here: it's to
be cautious - this could be dangerous stuff; it can also be useful. It is
up to you to try to draw the line."
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PFfffffffth is my first comment.
Sandra
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pro-video-game book which has just come out in Australia), there are three paragraphs on
Jane Healy, who spoke at the HSC conference a few years back. That was the
same year (wasn't it?) that Dan Vilter and Kathy Ward and I did a
pro-video-gaming presentation. The article itself is interesting (and somewhat
irritating), but I wanted to bring this passage here for examination.
Jane Healy, an educational psychologist in Colorado, is much more wary.
Healy isn't against video games but she is concerned about overuse and an
increasing reliance on computers in schools. The author of Failure to
Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds, she argues that
children have to be supervised properly both at home and at school to make
sure they are, indeed, learning and don't fall into dangerous territory.
"The bottom line is parents have to be on top of this. This is not a benign
technology. You are sending your kids out into what is a potentially bad
neighbourhood when you let them use a computer, and it is up to you to make
sure they don't wander into the wrong places and do the wrong things," she
says.
"These are questions that have never before been considered by parents.
Today's parents are the pioneers. The kids are the ones that are going to
suffer the outcome. There is a cardinal rule to be developed here: it's to
be cautious - this could be dangerous stuff; it can also be useful. It is
up to you to try to draw the line."
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PFfffffffth is my first comment.
Sandra
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Gold Standard
>>"You are sending your kids out into what is a potentially badmake
>>neighbourhood when you let them use a computer, and it is up to you to
>>sure they don't wander into the wrong places and do the wrong things," sheOh No! Hold on! I have to go look for my kids! Did they go into a bad
>>says.<<
neighborhood? Oh, there they are. In my home, on the computer, chatting and
laughing together. Phew. That was a close one.
>>"Today's parents are the pioneers. The kids are the ones that are going toI LOVE fortune-tellers! Especially the ones steeped in evidence and science.
>>suffer the outcome..."<<
>>"There is a cardinal rule to be developed here: it's toI just saw a cardinal flying outside my window! Cardinal rules are good by
>>be cautious - this could be dangerous stuff;<<
me. Fly with the instinctual caution given to you. My kids have that! I do
too! Good thing, because we could fly into a bad neighborhood.
>>"It is up to you to try to draw the line."<<Oh heck, okay. I'm drawing the line to stand behind to safely watch the
gamer without conking heads. I'm glad she gave this advise!
Jacki, feeling thankful that she saw the truth about video gaming before
saving her kids from the dangers of it.
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In a message dated 8/29/05 9:07:23 AM, jacki@... writes:
("The kids are the ones that are going to suffer the outcome...")
Wherever and whatever she studied, she did NOT study video games.
I met her and we corresponded a teensy bit after that conference, but I think
she's out of touch with the very IDEA of freedom and chidren all in one
thought. She had never met any homeschoolers until the weekend she spoke at a
homeschooling conference. Unschooled teens picked her up at the airport. She
was very pleasantly surprised by them. No doubt she expected a three-eyed
fish or something. (Well, not *that* exactly, because she wouldn't get the
reference and couldn't have the vision...)
Sandra
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>YES. And foretelling doom.
> I LOVE fortune-tellers! Especially the ones steeped in evidence and science.
>
("The kids are the ones that are going to suffer the outcome...")
Wherever and whatever she studied, she did NOT study video games.
I met her and we corresponded a teensy bit after that conference, but I think
she's out of touch with the very IDEA of freedom and chidren all in one
thought. She had never met any homeschoolers until the weekend she spoke at a
homeschooling conference. Unschooled teens picked her up at the airport. She
was very pleasantly surprised by them. No doubt she expected a three-eyed
fish or something. (Well, not *that* exactly, because she wouldn't get the
reference and couldn't have the vision...)
Sandra
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Betsy Hill
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No doubt she expected a three-eyed
fish or something. (Well, not *that* exactly, because she wouldn't get the
reference and couldn't have the vision...) **
Well, many unschooled kids could discourse knowledgeably about The Simpsons for hours, but maybe Ms. Healy couldn't?
Betsy
No doubt she expected a three-eyed
fish or something. (Well, not *that* exactly, because she wouldn't get the
reference and couldn't have the vision...) **
Well, many unschooled kids could discourse knowledgeably about The Simpsons for hours, but maybe Ms. Healy couldn't?
Betsy