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Do you really think we're going to continue into the future using only paper books? Visual aids were immensely helpful for me in school. Computers are the ulti
by marpstar 11y ago
Do you really think we're going to continue into the future using only paper books? Visual aids were immensely helpful for me in school. Computers are the ultimate visual aid, and tablets are just mobile computers, except for the fact that they actually allow you to manipulate the UI directly with your fingers, making the learning curve significantly lower.
My two year old can work an iPad, but has no idea what a mouse or keyboard is. It's crazy when you watch a child that young manipulating technology like they know what they're doing (turn on, swipe open, find YouTube Kids app, watch Thomas the Train, press home button when done to find a new app).
To think that this can't be applied to educating children of any age seems a bit naive.
- brazzledazzle 11y agoI've seen several two year olds use a mouse and keyboard (well, the arrow keys anyway) just fine. They're not cats. I do think it's a bit easier for them to use a touch screen but it's by no means rocket science to use a mouse and keyboard.
- Nullabillity 11y ago> My two year old can work an iPad, but has no idea what a mouse or keyboard is. Because you have given them access to an iPad, but not a (real) computer?
- jkestner 11y agoRight. My toddler knows because she sits in my lap when I'm typing. She has her own spare keyboard to bang on now. This is going to mirror the helicopter parenting conversation, where other opinions are an attack on the way we were raised.