Santa Clara American Medical Association Bulletin

   Shallow Minds: How the Internet and Wi-Fi in Schools Can Affect Learning 

   by Dr. Cindy Russell, VP Community Health, Santa Clara County Medical Association

    by Frank Clegg past President of Microsoft Canada

  

   Fort Lauderdale Environmental Examiner   

   The Internet, Harmful to our Health?

   by Jessica Ramer

    Huffington Post

   Cell Phones and Cell Biology: Are We Selling Out?

   by David Katz, M.D., Director Yale Prevention Research Center

   Ipads:  How Safe Are Our Children? 

We are glad to share this extensive collection and suggest starting with one of these featured articles:

January - December 2015   (In chronological order from most recent.)

14 September 2015

Bay of Plenty Times | New Zealand

Learning Unplugged: School Ditches Digital

by Dawn Picken

01 September 2015

The Washington Post

The Decline of Play in Preschoolers - and the Rise in Sensory Issues

by Valerie Strauss

30 August 2015

Khaleej Times | Albawaba Business

Stop Phubbing, the New Social Scourge

by (no author cited)

08 February 2015

The New York Times

Uncovering Security Flaws in Digital Education Products for School Children

by Natasha Singer

02 February 2015

The Guardian

Tablets and smartphones may affect social and emotional development, scientists speculate

Journal commentary warns that using a tablet or smart phone to divert a child's attention could be detrimental to "internal mechanisms of self-regulation".

by  Joanna Walters

30 January 2015

The New York Times | Opinion Pages

Can Students Have Too Much Tech?

by Susan Pinker

o8 January 2015

Daily Mail

Worrying rise of the iPad childminder: more and more parents admit using tablets to keep their children quiet

by Tanith Carey & Antonia Hoyle

January - December 2014  (In chronological order from most recent.)

26 September 2014

Newsweek

iPhone 6 Bendgate: Apple's Instructions Say Not to Keep Your Phone in Your Pocket Anyway

by Zoe Schlanger

25 September 2014

The Washington Post

Why a leading professor of new media just banned technology use in class

by Valerie Strauss

23 September 2014

The Kansas City Star | 816 Opinion

Emily Parnell: Thanks for those iPads, educators.  Now I've got another not-so-great idea...puppies for every kid

by Emily Parnell

16 September 2014

Seattle Refined

A "No Technology" School: The Waldorf Approach

by Tonya Mosley

15 September 2014

Infowars.com

Steve Jobs Didn't Let His Kids Use iPads

by Adan Salazar

15 September 2014

MARKETPLACE / Learning Curve

A day in the life of a data mined kid

by Adriene Hill

10 September 2014

The New York Times

Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent

by Nick Bilton

09 September 2014

Chicago Tribune | Life & Style

Limiting screen time critical for children's academic, emotional development

by Heidi Stevens

09 September 2014

90.9 wbur / Boston's NPR news station

Too Far?  Technology's Reach Into Our Classrooms and Our Students' Lives

by Carol Rose and Jessie Rossman

05 September 2014

Global News

Smartphones in the classroom: Technological tool or total distraction?

by Jennifer Palisoc

04 September 2014

Team Around the Child

Autism? ADHD? Dr. Toril Jelter offers a protocol for calming a child's behavior by reducing exposure to EMR

by Peter Limbrick

01 September 2014

Merctornet

Left to their own devices?

by Cris Rowan

Ten reasons not to use technology for learning in grade school.

21 August 2014

Network World | Opinion

Is Wi-Fi killing us...slowly?

by Mark Gibbs

29 July 2014

WNYC

Why Hoboken is Throwing Away All of It's Student Laptops

by Jill Barshay

25 July 2014

Huffington Post UK

Baby Sitting an Addict

Find out what happens when Deborah babysits a young child who is addicted to their iPad.

by Deborah Weitzmann

07 July 2014

Huffington Post

Public Health Impacts of Wireless Radiation -- Flying Blind

by Dr. Devra Davis

07 July 2014

Team Around the Child

'Eleven hard to reach chief execs & dangers to children of long-term exposure to EMR' Interconnections Appeal phase 3 report'

by Peter Limbrick

04 June 2014

Vox

Why you should take notes by hand - not on a laptop

by Joseph Stromberg

03 July 2014

NPR All Tech Considered

Surrounded by Digital Distractions, We Can't Even Stop to Think

by Gregory Barber

08 July 2014

The New Yorker

Will Computers Ever Replace Teachers?

by Justin Reich

19 June 2014

Psychology Today

"Mommy, Pretend I'm Playing a Game on My iPad!" 

by Chris Rowan (Appearing in Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D.'s Mental Wealth Blog)

Development expert notes alarming trend toward transhuman behavior in children.

22 May 2014

Metroland

Readin', Ritin', and Radiation 

by Michael Bielawski

Spring 2014

Renewal

Saying Good-bye to WiFi:  A Waldorf School Takes a Precautionary Step

by Ronald E. Koetzsch, PhD

14 April 2014

Financial Express London

Health risk from Wireless Technology Growing.

15 April 2014

The Telegraph

Infants 'unable to use toy building blocks due to iPad addiction

by Graeme Paton, Education Editor

15 April 2014

The London Evening Standard
Teachers call for parents to turn off the Wi-Fi
by Anna Davis

07 April 2014

New York Daily News  

Toddlers may be at risk from technology, warn experts as new study shows use soars by diaper set

by Heidi Evans

07 April 2014

The Wall Street Journal

AT&T's Plan for the Future:  No Landlines, Less Regulation

by Ryan Knutson

03 April 2014

Fort Lauderdale Environmental Examiner   

The Internet, Harmful to our Health?

24 March 2014

Children's Advocate

Digital Dementia, other health concerns caused by your cell phone

by Keren Perles

21 March 2014 

Cell Phone Radiation Label Bill Passes Maine Legislature Before Dying

by Dr. Joel Moskowitz

18 March 2014

The Register UK

What Kid Uses Wires?  FCC Supremo angry that US classrooms are filled with unused RJ45 ports

by Shaun Nichols

16 March 2014

The Seattle Times | Health & Fitness

'Digital dementia' for our screen addicted kids

Austin American - Statesman

06 March 2014

Huffington Post

10 Reasons Why Handheld Devices Should Be Banned for Children Under the Age of 12

by Cris Rowan

06 March 2014

The Truth About Children's Education:  The Children's Voices...

The Disturbing Transformation of Kindergarten

by Diane Marie

03 March 2014

Publisher Weekly

Amplify Debuts Digital Curriculum at SXSWedu

by Calvin Reid

27, Feb 2014
Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain
 by Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D. in Psychology Today

01 February 2014

by Frank Clegg past President of Microsoft Canada

01 January 2014

Huffington Post

10 Reasons to Bring Back Landlines in 2014 (Seriously)

by Brie Dyas

January - December 2013  (In Chronological order from most recent.)

15 December 2013

The New York Times

The Documented Life

by Sherry Turkle

14 December 2013

The Guardian

Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations

by John Vidal

12 December 2013

Huffington Post

Cell Phones and Cell Biology:  Are We Selling Out?

by David Katz, M.D., Director Yale Prevention Research Center

18 November 2013

Daily Mail UK

Toddlers who use tablets or smartphones may develop long-term problems with their hands & fingers, experts warn

by Emma Innes

16 November 2013

Anchorage Daily News

Smartphones move into classes - with school district's blessing

by Michelle Theriault Boots

November 2013

Scientific American

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age:  Why Paper Still Beats Screens 

**Summary only, must purchase 11/13 issue to view completely.

by Ferris Jabr

17 October 2013

Huffington Post

Here's What a Constantly Plugged-In Life Is Doing to Kids' Bodies

by Jessica Samakow and Lori Leibovich, graphic by Alissa Scheller

Santa Clara American Medical Association Bulletin  

Shallow Minds: How the Internet and Wi-Fi in Schools Can Affect Learning 

by Dr. Cindy Russell, VP Community Health, Santa Clara County Medical Association 

Sept/Oct 2013   

Green Gazette  (pages 8 &9)  

Cellphones and Health

by Dr. Joel  Moskowitz of UC Berkely Public Health

12 September 2013

The Atlantic

Discovering That Your 18-Month Old is Using an iPad in Preschool.  How to React?

by Holly Korbey

12 September 2013

The New York Times

No Child Left Untableted

by Carlo Rotella

02 September 2013

Scholastic Action, see pages 4-6

Give Up My Phone for Two Days?!

O2 September 2013

Joe For America

Bill Gates is Buying Your Children's Brains

by Mercedes Schneider

30 July 2013

USA Today

The eZombie at your table:  Column

by Dr. Devra Davis, Environmental Health Trust President

14 June 2013

Dail Mail UK

Back to elementary scrawl:  Teachers reintroduce cursive handwriting lessons to improve children's spelling and help them connect with the past

by Sadie Whitelocks

13 June 2013

Green Child Magazine

Children and Technology Addiction

by Amanda Hearn

29 May 2013

Huffington Post

The Impact of Technology on the Developing Child

by Cris Rowan

14 May 2013

Anchorage Daily News

Class of '13:  Service senior didn't let tumor define experience

by Michelle Theriault Boots

24 April 2013

Huffington Post

How Much Technology Should You Let Your Child Use?

by Dr. Larry Rosen

21 April 2013

Daily Mail UK

Four-year-old girl is Britain's Youngest iPad ADDICT:  Shocking rise in children hooked on using smartphones and tablets

by Rebecca Seales and Eleanor Harding

01 April 2013

Toddlers Obsessed with iPads:  Could It Hurt Their Development?

by JuJu Chang, Christine Rakowsky & Meredith Frost

31 March 2013

The New York Times

The Child, The Tablet and the Developing Mind

by Nick Bilton

20 March 2013

The Atlantic

The Touch Screen Generation ;  Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology.  What will it mean for their development?

by Hanna Rosin

11 November 2012  

​Daily Mail, United Kingdom

Yale Study Finds Cell Phone Radiation Does Harm Babies

29 October 2013

NPR,  all tech considered

How Video Games Are Getting Inside Your Head - and Wallet

by Steve Henn

28 October 2013

Huffington Post

One-Third of Children Under 2 Have Used Smart Phones, Study Says

by Lydia O'Connor

28 October 2013

National Post

Ban cell phones, Internet use in children's and teenagers' bedrooms, U.S. doctors urge parents

by Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press

28 October 2013

The New York Times

New Milestone Emerges:  Baby's First iPhone App

by Tamar lewin

28 October 2013

The Wall Street Journal

Pediatricians Set Limits on Screen Time

by Andrea Petersen

March 2013

Pediatric Nursing

Cell phones and children follow the Precautionary Road Continuing Nurse Education

bySuzanne Rosenberg

25 September 2012

The Scientist

Opinion:  Cell Phone Health Risk?  Security concerns during the Cold War may have led to the generation of misinformation on the physiological effects of microwave radiation from mobile phones.

by Allen Frey

26 October 2011

TIME

'Digital Literacy' Will Never Replace the Traditional Kind

by Annie Murphy Paul

22 October 2011

New York Times

A Silicon Valley School That Doesn't Compute

by Matt Rictel

February 2010

GQ Magazine

Are Cell Phones Damaging your Health?

by Christopher Ketcham