I-Generation-From Toddlers to Teenagers

The article was an interesting read about computers in the classroom. I remember in elementary school I was briefly introduced to computers, but not until around 4Th grade. On the other hand I did know before hand a tiny bit about computers from the Boys and Girls club because they had a computer lab were students were able to play educational games on the computer and how they set it up was were students could only play that game on the computer, the game would already be up and the student couldn't exit the game, they could stop playing the game by going to another computer that had a different game. The Boys and Girls Club even used the computer to do reading tests, were you pick a book to read, read it, then tell a person that worked there you wanted to take the test and then they would get everything set up and all the student would do was take an multiple choice test dealing with the book. I found it fun and some of the games were educational, but like Healy mentioned it is hard to decipher if I was actually learning something or just having fun. In summary, I agree with Healy, when she says we should wait for technology until students are older, but I don't think it is a bad idea to introduce computers to students when they are young, so when they get older they won't just get thrown into using them, the students will just be advancing the previous knowledge they already have.