In your blog, write a paragraph (or two) about your disagreements with each article
Arguments: Although the 2007 article is not that old, I would argue that Zevenberg’s theories are neither new or interesting. He fails to mention much different from Prensky’s original theory other than transferring it to younger children than Prensky suggests. My own experience of working with pre-school children also suggests that use of technologies (particularly computers, as Zevenberg focuses on) Is in fact part of most pre-school children’s play; his ideas are hardly revolutionary. Finally, he suggests that use of computers has been shown to improve social interaction. This seems contradictory of many more recent theories which suggest too much computer use has the opposite effect of this: the article fails to account for such reports.
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I think you'll find that "computers stifle socialisation" isn't current thinking -rather it was 1990s thinking based upon poor research. Wellman was a good source on this. Putnam's famous book was not really about the computer, and large-scale research was conducted on early-adopters (who, as I've often said, are not to be extrapolated from without great care)
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