My copy of last week’s Macleans arrived today, and it has an interesting article with a lot of relevance to the MET program and this course. The article “Dumbed Down: The troubling science of how technology is rewiring kids’ brains” can be found online at:

http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/11/07/dumbed-down/

In essence it discusses the pros and cons of overexposure to technology – in and out of the classroom – on childrens’ brains.