I found this article very interesting as it is a topic that arises often in our staff room. We have some retired staff members who had a very different viewpoint on technology in education. Some actually felt that computers should not be a part of the elementary school system for reasons that were sited in this article. They felt children were not learning the basic skills such as math facts and cursive writing.
It really is interesting to listen to different opinions on this topic and the opinions can be very heated. I cannot imagine a world without books and I feel there is a need for children to learn to read, to spell and to learn basic math facts in order for them to have a foundation to help build their learning with or without technology. However, having said that, I also realize that some students will never learn their facts and for them a calculator is a very valuable tool, as is spell check for children who struggle with spelling, etc.
It is hard to tell if the future will have a need for pencils and pens, but then at one time a future without horses and buggies was hard to conceive.
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