Title: Playing smarter in a digital world
Description: "A book to help parents to make their children's digital playtime educationalDigital play, when used appropriately, can be a powerful tool for learning skills such as planning, time management, cooperation, creativity, and digital literacy. The book's clearly articulated strategies help parents use digital media in a more effective manner and, at the same time, set effective limits and implement a healthy "play diet" for their children. A section devoted to exploring specific strategies for using digital media with children in specific populations--such as children affected by ADHD, autism spectrum and learning disorders, and other mental health and educational issues--is also featured, as is a list of specific games, apps, and tools to make game-based learning most effective"--
Subjects: Video games and children, Internet and children, Digital media, Parent and child, Child development, Psychology of Learning, Human information processing, Brain, Localization of functions, Education, Effect of technological innovations on, Educational technology, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, Play, Early childhood education, Education, parent participation