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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in Falls Church City schools where the superintendent is totally going for it. Too much in my opinion, there is no need, and I feel it is in detriment of other things. 
They have lots of iPads in K and 1st grade, and we have been told that they use even more technology in 2nd grade. 
I am kind of against it because I feel that having iPads or even laptops at this age [b]does not really teach kids about technology, they just use technology to learn things that I feel are better learnt in other ways[/b].[/quote]

Exactly.

And the vast, vast majority of kids could use less time in front of screens, not more.
I do not want this for my children.
There is so much that can be learned without these devices.
I might be more extreme than PP, but I would prefer that my children did not have any of this kind of technology at all in elementary school.  Learning to type in the older grades, maybe.[/quote]

I deleted the line about homeschooling because I'm not going to do that. But I think all the talk about kids needing to get comfortable with technology is wrong for two reasons:
1) It's projection. Parents may have difficulty with technology, but kids do not, especially the kind of technology that is consumption-focused, like iPads.
2) Technology is becoming ever more user-friendly. To the extent that someone needs to learn to use it now, s/he is expending effort that will be irrelevant in five years because technology will have changed so much.[/quote]

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