IPADS in the Schools?

[Anonymous]

Hmm... old folks said the same thing about the typewriter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm... old folks said the same thing about the typewriter.

No, they didn't.

[Anonymous]

The AAP says 2 hours or less of screen time. Plus they are saying it hurts the eyes.

[Anonymous]

Some apps are really usually for kids with special needs. However most apps are loud over congratulating and too choppy to help a child learn how to focus and self motivate.
Adopting and learning how to navigate iPads etc does not need to be taught in school. Coding, using the computer to manipulate and make sense of data - perhaps. Math facts - not so much

[Anonymous]

People who seriously think children need to learn to use technology before they are say...15...16...are just SO wrong. I was 16 when my parents first got internet. Nobody had any. I am doing perfectly fine in this day and age. There is absolutely NO NEED to introduce children to technology early. Absolutely none. There are no benefits to using technology to most children and it does harm to many. The only exception to me are things like autistic children who can not speak, but can type and communicate with a computer for example. All healhty, able bodied children can learn about technology once their bodies and brains are mostly fully developed.

I would not send my kids to a school that uses lots of technology at all. Teacher/student relationships and 'real' work and learning can never be replaced by sitting in front of a screen and punching in keys. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Yup. I'm in MOCO and our principal announced that a lot of the classrooms are getting ipads next year. I just shake my head because I know that there are other pressing needs that should be addressed. How about hiring more teachers so that we don't have to cram 30 fourth graders in one classroom??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who seriously think children need to learn to use technology before they are say...15...16...are just SO wrong. I was 16 when my parents first got internet. Nobody had any. I am doing perfectly fine in this day and age. There is absolutely NO NEED to introduce children to technology early. Absolutely none. There are no benefits to using technology to most children and it does harm to many. The only exception to me are things like autistic children who can not speak, but can type and communicate with a computer for example. All healhty, able bodied children can learn about technology once their bodies and brains are mostly fully developed.

I would not send my kids to a school that uses lots of technology at all. Teacher/student relationships and 'real' work and learning can never be replaced by sitting in front of a screen and punching in keys. Sorry.

Agreed. Top Silicon valley executives see technology as problematic for their elementary school children...for a reason. They are designing programs/devices to be used by monkeys; children can pick up technology at any point--but they cannot pick up certain other skills that are not developed when technology is introduced/relied upon too early.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?pagewanted=all

[Anonymous]

Just watched this on Korean smartphone addiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcy-aTcNveA
I also read about "digital dementia" the kids have a less developed part of their brain and less empathy.
WE were made to look at eyes, not screens.

plus this information on wireless and how it really is microwaves, we know that impacts our sleep- this low level radiation. What if it does cause cancer after 30 years.. that would be something we cannot go back in time to fix.

Why so many ipads.. one a child? for what? Are they going to get rid of teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who seriously think children need to learn to use technology before they are say...15...16...are just SO wrong. I was 16 when my parents first got internet. Nobody had any. I am doing perfectly fine in this day and age. There is absolutely NO NEED to introduce children to technology early. Absolutely none. There are no benefits to using technology to most children and it does harm to many. The only exception to me are things like autistic children who can not speak, but can type and communicate with a computer for example. All healhty, able bodied children can learn about technology once their bodies and brains are mostly fully developed.

I would not send my kids to a school that uses lots of technology at all. Teacher/student relationships and 'real' work and learning can never be replaced by sitting in front of a screen and punching in keys. Sorry.

You're only right to a certain extent. Sure, you're doing fine in today's day and age, but technology is literally the future. I'm not saying they should be screen-monkeys, but your idea (and a terrible one at that) that kids shouldn't even learn to use technology, let alone limit it, is extremely radical and incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm... old folks said the same thing about the typewriter.

Source, please, unless you are being cute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who seriously think children need to learn to use technology before they are say...15...16...are just SO wrong. I was 16 when my parents first got internet. Nobody had any. I am doing perfectly fine in this day and age. There is absolutely NO NEED to introduce children to technology early. Absolutely none. There are no benefits to using technology to most children and it does harm to many. The only exception to me are things like autistic children who can not speak, but can type and communicate with a computer for example. All healhty, able bodied children can learn about technology once their bodies and brains are mostly fully developed.

I would not send my kids to a school that uses lots of technology at all. Teacher/student relationships and 'real' work and learning can never be replaced by sitting in front of a screen and punching in keys. Sorry.

You're only right to a certain extent. Sure, you're doing fine in today's day and age, but technology is literally the future. I'm not saying they should be screen-monkeys, but your idea (and a terrible one at that) that kids shouldn't even learn to use technology, let alone limit it, is extremely radical and incorrect.

Sooo...what about using an iPad prepares you for the future of technology? When the technology of the future is here, we will learn how to use it. If it's like the iPad, that can be accomplished over breakfast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm... old folks said the same thing about the typewriter.

Source, please, unless you are being cute.

They said the same about electricity. If we listened to the old farts, we'll still be reading by candlelight and getting up at dawn to maximize daylight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm... old folks said the same thing about the typewriter.

Source, please, unless you are being cute.

They said the same about electricity. If we listened to the old farts, we'll still be reading by candlelight and getting up at dawn to maximize daylight.

I know for a fact (because I heard people saying it) that they said it about word processing. "What do I need word processing for? I've used a typewriter all my life, and it's worked just fine."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You're only right to a certain extent. Sure, you're doing fine in today's day and age, but technology is literally the future.

Today's technology is the future?

I think people (kids and adults) need better critical thinking skills.

[Anonymous]

The lack of eye contact is literally going to change our brains.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-wealth/201402/gray-matters-too-much-screen-time-damages-the-brain

“Taken together, [studies show] internet addiction is associated with structural and functional changes in brain regions involving emotional processing, executive attention, decision making, and cognitive control.”

What are schools paying for all this tech when there is overscrowding in the school? teachers need better and useful training. not ipads.

plus i read a bit about wifi- really really disturbing. Did you know that there are lots of studies showing it damages brains and memory. I wonder if this screen research is missing the radiation aspect. Maybe it is the radiation causeing the white matter increase?
One Doctor showed literally brain deaths from wifi. half an hour a day.