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The article is an eye opener for Indian parents who force their children to be achivers.
The tecknology in the childs environment prevents one from interacting in a natural way to his or her environment.Ablity to operate on iphone or apps is not intelligence, Which is most often mistaken by adults around a child. Encourage a child to explore the environment both natural and social before exposeing one to techonology.

So glad you reported on Chip Donohue's new edited book. I was dumbfounded by the presentations on digital devices at the World Forum. The pros and cons re: ECE and digital devices were not talking to one another. What I learned there prompted a paper that I read before 30 colleagues from 9 countries and 13 U.S. states at the July 2014 Oxford Round Table at Brasenose College, Oxford University: Many people and organizations were dead set against printed books after they came into being in the 14th & 15th centuries - out of fear of confrontation, differing opinions, and new ideas. Books that we promote so heavily for children have been banned, censored, prohibited, looted, and burned in every century since that time. People who advocate for "no screens" need to talk to those who are opting for pro-screens: used by ECE teachers with intentionality, knowledge, and especially resources, and as a tool for learning appropriately, how can you miss with the opportunities available to all of us?!

I still don't buy it - what we seem to forget is that the interaction young children need most is with people! They need to learn to connect with each other, with their environment and the world around them, not a computer or an ipad. If we don't connect with the earth and it's creatures, we lose our humanity.

The great thinkers keep on giving us more to think about! This was an excellent thought-provoking article.

Just a few weeks ago we received an email from Exchange Everyday stating that Steve Job's children did not even own an ipad, iphone etc. I am actually considering removing the few computers we have from my 4 year-old's classroom. The children need to spend time working on their emotional awareness, their responses in social situation. They need to be involved in real situations. For most of the children, in my class, technology is readily available at home, I need to concentrate my time with them on true hands-on experiences. I appreciate the amazing advances in technology, but children are amazing too and adapt to it readily. They will have plenty of time for apps and ipads in the grade school years.