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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jamestown is our assigned school and I think it's terrible and sad to have kindergartners on Ipads during school hours.  They can do that at home.  There are so many better uses of time at school in my opinion.  [/quote]

Unless you have some degree in educational pedagogy, your opinion isn't valid.[/quote]

Sorry, that's not how opinions work. [/quote]

+1. As an aside, I'm a teacher with a pair of master's degrees and fully agree with PP.[/quote]

You may need some continuing education. Screens are an integral part of our lives and knowledge and learning. Understanding how to use an iPad as a tool is critical -- if you're so afraid of the technology, you may be out-dated in your efficacy.

In second grade, my child was wrote books and produced movies with her peers using an iPad. They certainly had interaction. They learned coding and wrote games that they took turns testing for each other. It was very collaborative. They did multimedia projects in science that involved writing, video, pictures, and graphics.

All of this at Jamestown, btw. [/quote]

LOL.[b] iPads and associated apps are designed to require zero tech savvy.[/b] I think there is a place for them in schools in limited, well thought-out applications, but certainly no one will be falling behind if they don't use an iPad in Kindergarten.  :lol:

-STEM person 
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This!

What kid (or adult, for that matter) can't pick up an iPad and figure out what to do with it?  Or, if not, how long does it take to show them.  It's made to be intuitive.  That's not real 'coding'.  Kids in K-3 would be better served actually WRITING books and drawing pictures on paper.  [/quote]
+1 iPads in kindergarten are just a way to kill time. Kids aren't learning anything on them.[/quote]

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