FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com THE COURIER SUN • JANUARY 26, 2017 39 kids & education FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM DECEMBER 29, 2016 • KIDS & EDUCATION • THE QUEENS COURIER 35 kids & education Experts agree digital education may help young kids learn For years, parents and pediatricians fretted over how much screen time was too much, especially for very young children. 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Bank is not responsible for typographical errors. © New York Community Bank- Member FDIC Equal Opportunity Lender is captain of the varsity girls soccer team, vice president of the multicultural club, a monitor in the College Office and a member of the Scholars. Regis helps Brian Greenspan in the student government office by keeping the room in order, tutors fellow students in algebra I and history, and tutors students who are in S.O.A.R., which is a counseling program located in MVB H.S. near the Scholars Office/ Lounge. She plans to study business administration at Baruch College. She is the first person in her family who speaks English and who is going to college. Photo by Bob Harris COMPILED BY HYEONJI OH COLLEGE Elmhurst students take a trip to college Shown are students from the Pan American International High School in the Elmhurst Educational Campus, Elmhurst, visiting Bart College, Hudson, New York. The school is composed of approximately 500 Hispanic students who have been in this country fewer than four years. They learn English to prepare for a job or for college yet retain their original culture. They learned about the BEOP program, which helps students who have difficulties going to college because of financial or immigration difficulties. Accompanying the on the trip were college adviser Shirley Torres and teachers Alexa Variano and Monica Causu. (Photo by Monica Causu) School Spotlight REGIS She’s getting ready to graduate Two years ago Riddlechy Regis came to our country from Haiti and is now ready to graduate from Martin Van Buren High School and study business administration in college. She has passed six Regents examinations and has maintained an 88 average during these past two years. In MVB H.S., Riddlechy Regis NICOLAS Graduate pays his alma mater a visit With the term over at Queens College, Kenley Nicolas came back to visit his favorite teachers at Martin Van Buren High School (MVB) just prior to their holiday vacation. In the Scholar’s room, he visited with the adviser Pamela Fried, whom he praised and who praised him. Nicholas praised the MVB guidance counselors, for whom he did service and who helped him in many ways. He spoke of the Scholar’s Program helping him “obtain a sense of time utilization and to do projects effectively within the time available.” BLOOD Giving the gift of life The New York Blood Center held a blood drive at Martin Van Buren High School, Queens Village, with 40 pints of blood collected from students and staff. This annual event was coordinated by Brian Greenspan. The donated blood can be used for transfusions or the globulin or platelets can be given to patients in need. The photo shows some of the Martin Van Buren High School students who donated blood. Sponsored by Many child health experts advised minimal screen time for elementary-aged kids and none at all for children younger than 2. New research, a revised policy from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the personal experience of millennial parents who grew up in the digital age, have changed the way parents view screen time for youngsters. “Research now shows us that not all screen time is equal,” says Barbara Peacock, managing director of School Zone Inc., a recognized leader in creating innovative multimedia learning tools to prepare children for a lifelong love of education who recently launched AnywhereTeacher.com, a “Digital Educational Playground” for kids 2-8. “Everyone agrees it’s important for children to maintain healthful levels of physical activity, but studies also show educational screen time can be an eff ective way to supplement children’s learning. As the American Academy of Pediatrics recently noted, ‘the eff ects of media use are multi-factorial and depend on the type of media, the type of use, the amount and extent of use, and the characteristics of the individual child.” New understanding Th e AAP and other child health experts have long counseled parents against allowing very young children to have much screen time. However, the AAP recently revised its stance, citing “evidence regarding health media use (that) does not support a one-size-fi ts-all approach” to media use by children. Rather than keeping young children off devices entirely, the AAP now advises parents to develop a Family Media Use Plan that takes into account children’s developmental stages, and uses that information to create an appropriate and individual balance for media usage by each child. Th e AAP encourages parents to establish boundaries for how and when children may use digital devices, ensure they understand the importance of not sharing personal information online, and openly talk with children about media use. In revising its recommendation, the AAP looked to a growing body of research that shows digital media use can help facilitate learning. Writing in the Hechinger Report, a highly regarded watchdog media outlet that covers inequality and innovation in education, Lisa Guernsey, director of New America’s H. Levine, founding director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, a nonprofi t literacy and digital media research organization, explained the shift in thinking. “Literacy rates and toddlers’ media use may seem unrelated, but they are inextricably tied,” the co-authors noted. “Th e important connections between media and reading must be brought to light in schools, households, and in the public’s imagination ... children at very young ages can gain important skills in literacy and language development if the content on the screen is designed for learning and if they have a parent or educator who talks with them about what they are doing and seeing.” Making media work for learning Parental involvement in media use is the key diff erence between programming that benefi ts children’s educational development, and valueless screen time, research shows. Th e National Head Start Association recently stressed that “family engagement is integral” to successful learning. Th e U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education agreed in a joint policy statement issued in May 2015: “Families are children’s fi rst and most important teachers, advocates and nurturers,” the statement said, calling family involvement in kids’ education “critical” to their long-term success. Busy tech-savvy parents recognize how easy technology can make it to access high-quality supplemental learning tools for their children, but fi nding a trusted source of curated content is not always easy. Speaking to her company’s newly launched site, Peacock comments, “AnywhereTeacher.com features content that has been developed exclusively by School Zone based on experience working with educators, dating back almost 40 years when our founders, James Hoff man, Ed.D and his wife Joan, MA, recognized the need for at-home learning materials.” Th e subscription based AnywhereTeacher.com is an easy to navigate site for youngsters that combines the power of video with traditional learning tools such as fl ash cards, games, interactive worksheets and printable activities. Original episodic programming like Charlie & Company engages children with educational messages in a fun, familiar way. Th e service, which starts at just $6.99 per month, allows parents to manage their children’s activities and view their progress, creating an opportunity to talk about learning goals and improvement. Th e service is compatible with most devices and you can buy a subscription through iTunes, Google Play or PayPal to gain access from any device. Th ere’s no limit on the number of devices families can simultaneously use to access the site. Visit AnywhereTeacher.com to learn more. (BPT)
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