One Laptop Per Child

Limited Studies have been done on the effects of laptop and notebook computers on children.

Society has yet to see the long term effects of a child who has been hunching over a laptop, since the age of 5.

A quick look around any college campus, will show numerous examples of young bodies hunched over laptops in unsafe postures. Culminating repetitive stain injuries with every keystroke.

They say they don't feel the pain, but you know they will at 40.

And these young adults have only been on the laptop for a few years.

Are we crippling our children, even before they get into the workplace?

Dorm rooms with various, un-standardized desk heights and $40 wooden chairs. Classrooms with barley enough space to balance a notepad and pen, let alone a notebook computer.

Greg Bright - Owner / Inventor - Keynamics Laptop Stands - 04/06/2004

Australian Study shows 60% of school children complain of Discomfort using Laptops:

http://education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/pdfs/IJIEchildlap2000.pdf

Great Site for overall ergonomics and good references from Cornell University:

http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/MBergo/schoolguide.html

Ergonomics for Children in Educational Environments (ECEE) Technical Committee

http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/default.html

Research Studies Listed from website above:

http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/research.html

Recent Study:
CAKE (Computers and Kids' Ergonomics): The Musculoskeletal Impact of Computer and Electronic Game Use on Children and Adolescents (2006)

http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/pdfs/RMGillespie%20dissertation%20Jan%2020sm.pdf

The National Children's Study

http://nationalchildrensstudy.gov/

Children's Health Act of 2000

http://www.nih.gov/about/almanac/organization/NICHD.htm

http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/10-2000/wh-1017a.html

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ocga/laws/PL106_310.asp

Apple Website - Not Really Ergonomics , but still affecting children

http://www.greenpeace.org/apple/

Ergonomic Issues for Classroom Computing - Dr. Alan Hedge - Cornel University

http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/pdfs/iesclassroomcomputershedge.pdf

Slouch Potatoes: Kids, Computers, and Ergonomics

http://life.familyeducation.com/computers/health/30196.html

Early Use Of Gadgets Seen As Threat To Kids' Health - Bob Keefe Cox News Service

http://www.coxwashington.com/reporters/content/reporters/stories/2006/06/18/BC_TECH_KIDS_ADV18_COX.html

Ergonomics For Grade School Students Using Laptop Computers - Margo Fraser

http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/pdfs/ErgonomicsForGradeSchoolChildrenUsingLaptops_Fraser.pdf#search=%22Ergonomics%20For%20Grade%20School%20Students%20Using%20Laptop%20Computers%20-%20Margo%20Fraser%20%22

Children Get Wired to Tech Earlier

http://www.ajc.com/print/content/epaper/editions/sunday/business_44d94be17619b06c00bf.html

University of Maryland - Human Computer Interaction Lab - Classroom of the Future

http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/kiddesign/cof.shtml

Weekly check up: Computer overuse GW Hatchet

http://www.gwhatchet.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=b832f535-13b9-41d8-bd54-e3614933fc7b

Survey of physical ergonomics issues associated with school childrens' use of laptop computers.
Courtenay Harris^a and Leon Straker^b

http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/pdfs/IJIEchildlap2000.pdf

The association between children's computer use and musculoskeletal discomfort

http://iospress.metapress.com/(perils453q0ixd5523v4lh3t)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,13;journal,30,50;linkingpublicationresults,1:103190,1

The physical impact of computers and electronic game use on children and adolescents, a review of current literature

http://iospress.metapress.com/(uz3qs23o4lrejg45tcqbrgyr)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,6,13;journal,30,50;linkingpublicationresults,1:103190,1

SCARRING A GENERATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH POOR INTRODUCTION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN SHCOOLS

http://education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/pdfs/IEA2000ITK.pdf

Computer environments for children: A review of design issues

http://iospress.metapress.com/(bfzwdx55nb0moh55xayscc3d)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,4,13;journal,30,50;linkingpublicationresults,1:103190,1

Optimizing the interaction of children with information and communication technologies

http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(c0mdylqy0h5zoq3vwag5qji0)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,6,11;journal,18,127;linkingpublicationresults,1:100658,1

Upper quadrant postural changes of school children in response to interaction with different information technologies

http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(y4v4ml551pfaop45oro1ta45)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,5,5;journal,31,127;linkingpublicationresults,1:100658,1

Cognitive, social, motivational and health aspects of students in laptop classrooms

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2004.00076.x/abs/

Cognitive, social, motivational and health aspects of students in laptop classrooms

http://cyberg.wits.ac.za/cyberg/sessiondocs/physical/child/child2/child2.pdf

NoteSys - Papers about the Use of Computers in Schools

http://www.notesys.com/LinkSite/papers.htm

Magnitude Resources

http://www.magnitude.com/resources.asp

Stress injuries can be disabling in academia, surgeon says

http://www.browndailyherald.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=bfe27874-6b9f-4829-bb1b-7a05027ea7c1

Students' Musculoskeletal and Visual Concerns

http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/pdfs/StudentsMuscAndVisualConcerns_Williams.pdf

Physical and psychosocial aspects of the learning environment in information technology rich Classrooms

http://www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/pdfs/ergoITclass2001.pdf#search=%22Physical%20and%20psychosocial%20aspects%20of%20the%20learning%20environment%20in%20information%20technology%20rich%20Classrooms%22