My question is: What is a good age to introduce children or students to computers?
I don’t think there is an answer for this and I’m sure everyone has different points that can be valid to argue any age. Should a mouse be intoduced as the main tool of navigation or should the keyboard? I think that the keyborad is more imporant than the mousse. The mouse is just point and click. Not to hard, except if you are younger and only have a tiny box to click on, that may be hard to get the mouse there and stay there. Using the kayboard can have many advantages like learning learning the alphabet, but can also be challanging for youngsters to push and lto let go creating only one letter not many of the same one. Also creating a dependency on a computer can discourage handwriting, spelling, grammar (anything to do with English really). This taking away from the child’s unique styles and signatures. I think one problem we will face as a teacher is when is it going to be to much or will there ever be such a thing?
Janick
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// Apr 3, 2006 at 11:19 pm
Hey Janick, you ask a good question; “What is a good age to introduce children or students to computers?” First off, I must agree that too much technology too soon has the potential of taking away from both children and students; whether it is an individual’s unique style of handwriting or grammar to a person’s sense of imagination and creativity. However, technology is in the here and now of today’s world; therefore, it must be introduced early in order for a person to incorporate it into their lives. Early exposure to technology will provide opportunities for an individual to experience success with it but again, it should be monitored and implemented with the negative connotations in mind.