How much experience do I have? Just mine and what I have seen with my little sister. As soon as she got an account on the family computer, she wanted to IM and email the kids next door instead of just walking over there. I know that my personal experience is that I end up spending more time sitting in front of the computer and less time mountain biking than I would like.
The question is asking for our opinions. If the person already knew what technology to have in the classroom s/he wouldn't have bothered asking.
I agree that technology is coming to saturate our lives more with each coming year but my opinion is that kindergarten is too early.
Truthfully, I think that it would be better to let the kindergarteners play with blocks, color with crayons, and generally let them act like little kids.
They'll have plenty of time in the coming years to learn all about computers, iPods, and cellphones. There are enough problems with people being addicted to their computers without getting the kids hooked at such a young age.
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How much experience do I have? Just mine and what I have seen with my little sister. As soon as she got an account on the family computer, she wanted to IM and email the kids next door instead of just walking over there. I know that my personal experience is that I end up spending more time sitting in front of the computer and less time mountain biking than I would like.
The question is asking for our opinions. If the person already knew what technology to have in the classroom s/he wouldn't have bothered asking.
I agree that technology is coming to saturate our lives more with each coming year but my opinion is that kindergarten is too early.
Truthfully, I think that it would be better to let the kindergarteners play with blocks, color with crayons, and generally let them act like little kids. They'll have plenty of time in the coming years to learn all about computers, iPods, and cellphones. There are enough problems with people being addicted to their computers without getting the kids hooked at such a young age.
I'm in the same situation with the non-disclosure but I'd say that the content is lacking.