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Young Children and Computers: Some Pros and Cons - 0 views

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  • fine-motor skills.
  • eye-hand coordination
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      eryn sherman on 16 Feb 12
       
      It's important to acknlowledge the negative aspects, so we see both sides of arguments
Emily Silverberg

Earlychildhood NEWS - Article Reading Center - 1 views

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Technology Social pros education Early Childhood

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  • Most experts believe computers are not developmentally appropriate for children under the age of three
  • Clearly many of these developmental needs match up well with appropriate use of technology in the classroom, especially exploration, manipulation of symbolic representation, matching alternative learning styles, and quickly changing learning modalities
  • The danger, however, is that computers will be used only to reinforce the national trend toward earlier and more academic skill acquisition, and that other important developmental needs will be ignored.
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  • physical play, outdoor exploration of the community and of nature; art, music and dance; learning specific social skills and moral values, and experiencing diversity in a myriad of ways.
  • persistence, ingenuity, tenacity, social adeptness and hard work needed to survive in the world
  • Appropriate use of technology in the classroom is to expand, enrich, implement, individualize, differentiate, and extend the overall curriculum.
  • . Haugland suggests a ratio of one computer to seven students
  • one to five
  • If there are not enough computers to go around, it’s better to have two or three in one classroom for a month or two, and then move them into another classroom, than to have one in each classroom all the time (Haugland, 1999).
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