(iStock, 2014) The findings in this blog demonstrate that excessive digital technology use limits the amount of time early childhood aged children spend being physically active and in outdoor play, as well as disrupts their sleeping patterns. This has negative impacts on children’s physical development as physical activity, outdoor play, and sleep are all incredibly … Continue reading Conclusion: Findings and Future Research →

(Ulley, 2018) The points discussed in this blog hold many implications of how I should act as a future early childhood educator. In this field, I will highly likely that I will be working with children in the early childhood age range (0-6 years old), and it is important to understand how to deal with … Continue reading Practical Connections: Future Implications for Technology Use as a Future Early Childhood Educator →

Photo by Luna Lovegood on Pexels.com Outdoor play is extremely important to children’s physical development. Outdoor play has been shown to allow for more physical development including coordination and gross motor skill development than indoor play, possibly due to the diverse opportunities provided by an outdoor environment for physical development (climbing over boulders, crawling through … Continue reading Point 3: Effect of Excessive Digital Technology Use on Time Spent Outdoors in Young Children →

Photo by Alex Green on Pexels.com Adequate sleep is extremely important to the health, growth, and physical development of young children (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2019a). The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that during early childhood, children receive between 10-16 hours of sleep per day depending on the age of the child (American Academy of … Continue reading Point 2: Impact on Children’s Sleep by Excessive Technology Use →

Photo by Kamaji Ogino on Pexels.com The amount of physical activity that children partake in may be influenced by their digital media use. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, many children fail to meet the recommended minimum of 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day, while these children are instead spending … Continue reading Point 1: The Impact of Passive Digital Technology Use on Children’s Levels of Physical Activity →

Photo by Julia M Cameron on Pexels.com The effects of digital technology use on children raise many potential concerns for parents and child advocates. In a world where technology is ever evolving, and children are becoming more adept with technology usage, it raises questions about what impacts this increase in technological use may have on … Continue reading Introduction: Impact of Excessive Technology Use on Young Children’s Physical Development →

(Getty Images, 2013) The research question that I will be exploring in this blog is; What are the impacts of excessive use of passive digital technology on children’s physical development during early childhood? This question will help us to look into the fears surrounding digital technology use by children by specifically looking at the impacts … Continue reading Research Question: How Excessive Technology Use Impacts Physical Development in Early Childhood →

(Best Kids Tablet, 2018) The topic that I have chosen to focus on is the impacts of technology use on children’s physical development. I have chosen this topic because I feel that it is a very relevant concern for parents and educators in 2019. There is so much technology available now to children, more than … Continue reading Topic Overview: Digital Technology Use and Children’s Physical Development →