Thursday, September 15, 2011

iPads and Kindergarteners

According to ABC, many schools are trying out a new educational direction: utilizing iPads in order to connect to the younger generation. Cutting down on the need for pencils, textbooks, and paper, these technological advancements in the classroom could allow for students to learn to read and write in a way that has never been done before. Some believe, like Gary Savard, that it should come later in life."They should first learn how to read, write, and do at least basic math before being handed over electronic gadgets," said Savard. 

(want the full story? http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple-ipad-learning-tool-kindergarten-maine-tennessee-south/story?id=14509290)

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