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The Passback Effect of Mobile Technology for Young Learners #byotchat #edtechchat

What is the Passback Effect?

We have all witnessed the Passback Effect when sitting in a restaurant, and to keep a young child content and quiet, parents hand over their own technology device. This phenomenon also occurs when parents pass smartphones or tablets to their children in the backseat of the car or to a shopping cart. The result is usually the same as the child becomes enamored with the…