"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to coding in homes. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"-- Provided by publisher.

Smart phones and social media sites may be contemporary fixations, but using technology to replace face-to-face interactions is not a new cultural phenomenon. Throughout our history, intimacy with machines has often supplanted mutual human connection. This book reveals how consumer technologies changed from analgesic devices that soothed the loneliness of a newly urban generation to prosthetic interfaces that act as substitutes for companionship in...

"This book helps consumers of home technology make smart buying choices as well as teaches them how to set up, troubleshoot, and maximize their use and enjoyment of those investments"-- Provided by publisher.