According to research, what are the advantages and disadvantages of students having a home computer?

1. The ONLY educational advantage is the development of computer skills. 2. As for disadvantages, achievement in math, language arts, and writing actually declined in some instances, especially for lower income students. Instead of using computers to access information and study, students were instead using them to PLAY VIDEO GAMES and SOCIALISE (Malamud & Popeleches, 2010; Stross, 2010; Vigdor & Ladd, 2010). 3. Most adolescents perceive cell phones and other technologies not as a source of new information, but as a vehicle to INITIATE and MAINTAIN social relationships (Warschauer, 2011).