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Kalidurga

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4. Yep technology is great
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 11:28 AM
Dec 2015

But, it's limitations are legion. For one it's also a huge distraction. Children do better when they have a computer to help with homework with one hugggggggggggggggggge caveat. The time on the computer has to be strictly limited or it becomes more a distraction than a help and grades will actually go down.

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Same with my great-grandkids... Frustratedlady Dec 2015 #1
I hope my daughters avoid this with their children, elleng Dec 2015 #2
Oh, my goodness. She has her hands full. eom Frustratedlady Dec 2015 #5
2 daughters, ONE doesn't have all 3 kiddies, Frustratedlady, elleng Dec 2015 #6
I wondered about the 1 1/2 and 2 year old. Frustratedlady Dec 2015 #7
Thanks. Yes, I collect books for them wherever I go, elleng Dec 2015 #8
I worked at a pre-school where each students parents(s) would volunteer at least once a term..... Tikki Dec 2015 #9
Of course children learn by example, elleng Dec 2015 #10
my mum had three babies in 22 months Skittles Dec 2015 #33
Glad you survived, and I hope she did too! elleng Dec 2015 #34
I work at a special needs sub teacher and was to,d to use the iPad's as rewards kimbutgar Dec 2015 #3
Yep technology is great Kalidurga Dec 2015 #4
At my step-grandson's middle school that's all they use SHRED Dec 2015 #11
As wonderful as the technology can be, SheilaT Dec 2015 #12
Yepperoo. Right idea, wrong age. Tab Dec 2015 #13
A lot of those negatives can be addressed with more competent teachers. AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #17
That's half Tab Dec 2015 #25
Regardless of anyones age, padfun Dec 2015 #14
I'm going to disagree Tab Dec 2015 #29
Oh no, the kids are advancing faster than expected. The horror. AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #15
They'll grow into productive adults who sit together in a park Orrex Dec 2015 #16
Like these? AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #18
Very similar, in fact. Orrex Dec 2015 #20
So, the anti-social thing started with the movable-block type press? AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #24
What in the world are you talking about? Orrex Dec 2015 #27
I think it's an over-reaction. AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #30
It's all good Orrex Dec 2015 #32
Or like this one? AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #19
No, because she's not an adult. Orrex Dec 2015 #21
And you've never seen adults using technology collaboratively, in person? AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #23
Have you ever seen three dozen adults at a party whip out their newspapers and ignore each other? Orrex Dec 2015 #26
I've never seen three dozen people simultaneously whip out devices and bury themselves in them AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #31
What? No Ipad? I unfriend you! Ivan Kaputski Dec 2015 #22
A couple of weeks ago my son texted me from the bathroom. JonathanRackham Dec 2015 #28
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