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:. Books for Parents & Educators
The list below highlights books recommended by teachers and parents. We have linked each title to a review or synopsis from a resource like Barnes & Noble or Amazoncom. We hope to continue providing a wider variety of perspectives and are interested in your recommendations for good book review sites. You may also want to use democracy.org, Amazon.com, Publisher's Weekly, Library Spot, U.S. Constitution materials, and Civil Rights materials.
    Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds, and What We Can Do about It by Jane M. Healy Review

    Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas by Seymour A. Papert Review

    Homework Help on the Internets by Marianne J. Dyson Review

    Points of Viewing Children's Thinking: A Digital Ethnographer's Journey by Ricki Goldman-Segall Review

    Children's Journeys through the Information Age by Sandra L. Calvert Review

The Connected Family: Bridging the Digital Generation Gap by Seymour A. Papert Review

Digital Divide: Computers and Our Children's Future by David B. Bolt,Ray Crawford Review

Times Of Technoculture by Kevin Robins, Frank Webster Review

Watch It by Nicholas Burbules Review

Read any good books lately? Send your recommendations to Laurel Davis and Eva Horeis, editors of the Books & Links pages.
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