Doctoral student Meryl Alper, an Annenberg Ph.D. student, was interviewed about the role of technology in child development on Wired.

"I think that how we construct what we mean by 'technology' is just as important as the way we construct images of children’s technology use," Alper said. "How we determine which uses of technology are 'appropriate' has implications for how children are allowed to experiment with technologies. If we downplay the mistakes and the wrong-ended scissors grasping within the technological proficiency process, then we might not allow children the experiences of the messy failures and theory testing that are crucial for deep learning."

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