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Infants 'unable to use toy building blocks' due to iPad addiction
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers warn that rising numbers of children are unable to perform simple tasks such as using building blocks because of overexposure to iPads
By Graeme Paton, Education Editor
3:38PM BST 15 Apr 2014
Rising numbers of infants lack the motor skills needed to play with building blocks because of an ?addiction? to tablet computers and smartphones, according to teachers.
Many children aged just three or four can ?swipe a screen? but have little or no dexterity in their fingers after spending hours glued to iPads, it was claimed.
Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers also warned how some older children were unable to complete traditional pen and paper exams because their memory had been eroded by overexposure to screen-based technology...
Infants 'unable to use toy building blocks' due to iPad addiction
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers warn that rising numbers of children are unable to perform simple tasks such as using building blocks because of overexposure to iPads
By Graeme Paton, Education Editor
3:38PM BST 15 Apr 2014
Rising numbers of infants lack the motor skills needed to play with building blocks because of an ?addiction? to tablet computers and smartphones, according to teachers.
Many children aged just three or four can ?swipe a screen? but have little or no dexterity in their fingers after spending hours glued to iPads, it was claimed.
Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers also warned how some older children were unable to complete traditional pen and paper exams because their memory had been eroded by overexposure to screen-based technology...