Mimi Ito claims teen mastery of phone technology is an untended consequence of this age group having limited privacy in other areas of their lives. Other opportunities for privacy are declining due to parent fears. “Constraints configure practice.” The phone provides privacy and messing with other capabilities develops expertise. This is interesting and seems logical, but I wonder how you would test this proposal. The digital native assumption of expertise was such a destructive proposal and points to the danger of untested claims.
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