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Text

3.2.2 Extract from: Raise Smart Kid (no date) ‘The positive and negative effects of video games online’ [online]. Available at http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-and-badeffects-of-video-games

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3.1.2 Texting is killing language, 3.2.1 Your brain and video games © TED Conferences LLC TED.com

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3.3 The Educators, Episode 5, 10 September 2014, © BBC

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