{"id":190,"date":"2009-11-24T14:54:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T18:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:17:18","slug":"the-childrens-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/the-childrens-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The Children’s Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia A. Walter’s article, “The Children We Serve<\/a>.” <\/p>\n

The examples of different types of children who should be served: <\/p>\n

the child as reader
\nthe child in the information age
\nthe child in the community
\nthe global child
\nthe empowered child <\/p>\n

what about the gamer child..
\n“In everything bad is good for you” (Riverhead, 2005), Steven Berlin Johnson contends that video game players create new skills. In fact, many experience high levels of virtual decision-making that improve cognitive abilities. <\/p>\n

Each child should have access to a myriad of learning spaces – blended with books, computers, notes, cell phones and calculators. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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