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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When did you learn to become computer literate? I learned in high school. There is no need for kids to be on laptops so early. There is also a correlation between the 1-to-1 laptop program and falling test scores.

Everyone learns better with paper and pencil. Studies show comprehension when reading online is much lower than reading on paper. Online, your eye moves up and down. On paper, it moves left to right so the earlier you start reading online, the harder it is to learn to read on paper. Try learning a new language or statistics online - it is much harder even for adults to retain the information learned online.

1-to-1 devices were heavily pushed by Google and Microsoft lobbyists and have clearly been a failed experiment.

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I disagree. We only had Apple IIe computers in my elementary school classroom, and as a result I still struggle to use a computer to this day. I haven't been able to get the hang of starting my computer without a boot disk, and I'm constantly calling IT to ask for help. As a soon-to-be-40-year-old, I'm also really struggling to use the internet. My elementary school didn't offer any instruction in using search engines, since they basically didn't exist at the time, and it's seriously disadvantaged me at work. It's a good thing that I have an assistant who can help me with google searches and downloading pdfs. She's also been wonderful about turning my typewriter-written documents into computer files with the scanner. Haven't figured out how to retrieve them from the computer yet, but I keep hard copies around in case of emergency. I've enrolled my children at a preschool that offers a 5:1 device:student ratio so they don't labor under the same disadvantages I've had to endure in my life, and I've also signed them up for social media at home to increase their computer literacy and prepare them for the 21st century. [/quote]

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