"The Craft Computer is a paper model of a computer children can make using everyday materials like card, scissors, glue, string," explained his pitch.
The set decorator, Beth Kushnick, crammed the office of Alicia, a lowly associate, with boxes of legal papers, a computer, children's photos.
Even where they do have access to a computer, children in low-income families used it less that those in high-income families, perhaps in part because the low-income families were less likely to have an Internet connection.
By plugging it into a computer, children will be able to programme the LEDs to flash their name or a simple message.
But with a computer, children can travel all over the world and never leave home.
The young women told her they wanted to study computers, child care, business.
OECD report on use of computers Children who use computers "intensively" at school are likely to perform poorly in reading tests, the OECD report reveals.
A mile away, in the suburb of Paddington, families were packing their lives – fridges, couches, ironing boards, computers, children's bicycles – into pick-up trucks.
Without video games, cable, DVDs and computers, children will -- as they have for thousands of years -- naturally find ways to amuse themselves.
Just like the youth of the 1980's, who had access to computers, children with access to a MakerBot Replicator™ will become the leaders who make a better tomorrow.
