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Article: Elementary ergonomics: with the use of digital devices occupying a central role in students' lives, what was a workplace issue long ignored by schools now demands their attention.(healthy tech)
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- T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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WHAT'S THE NO. 1 THREAT to young students using computers today? According to Dan Odell, Microsoft's (www.microsoft.com) in-house ergonomist, when he asked parents this very question, "the things they were most concerned about were online predators and people taking advantage of their kids. Ergonomics was fairly far down the list."
Unfortunately, that same lack of regard for ergonomics can be found among educators as well. Ask one and you're almost sure to be met by a confession that the topic rates as a low priority in most schools.
Perhaps it's the dry tone of the word itself that is to blame. Ergonomics, or the discipline of arranging the environment ...