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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid's k was like this. It is a bit depressing to walk into a K classroom and see all the children wearing headphones leaning over ipads, with no interaction with each other or the teacher. But it is very calm and quiet and you can see why they do it.

The negative, from my perspective, are that it's easy to get kids to play math games on ipads so I can do that at home without a problem. (Especially because some of the games are really just games--he's figured out the mode in which he can play them without doing the math!). It's really hard for me to get my K boy to write, draw, color, or cut with scissors, because he doesn't have a good grip or muscle strength, and it's a pity they do so little of that at school. In my experience, they aren't getting much of value from the ipads, and it's replacing high value activities. But it could be implemented differently in a different school.[/quote]

If we can get the same educational value from iPads anywhere we go, what's the point of teachers?[/quote]

Maybe it's to help kids to not be binary thinkers like you are?[/quote]

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