A former primary-school teacher and author of Zac Power Test Drive and Spy Recruit series, Park posed the question as ...
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If you’re over 50, you can probably remember the phone number of your childhood home. “But now I don’t need to learn my kids’ phone numbers as they’re on speed dial on my phone. So, that part of my memory is like a muscle I might not be using enough. What’s that doing to my brain? And what impact does it have on children’s brains if they’re not developing those areas in the critical years?,” children’s author Louise Park asked delegates at this year's EduTECH International Congress and Expo.
From left children's book author Louise Park with Henry Lawson High School (Grenfell, NSW) teachers Jillian Reidy and Dan Barclay at the EduTECH expo in Sydney.
From left children's book author Louise Park with Henry Lawson High School (Grenfell, NSW) teachers Jillian Reidy and Dan Barclay at the EduTECH expo in Sydney.
