Ready or not, Sam will be spending time on the computer if he goes to preschool next year. Ten years ago, about one-quarter of the nursery schools in the U.S. had computers. Nearly all do today, reports The Wall Street Journal. ISTE has created a set of guidelines for what students should know about computers, and at what age. But not everyone is buying into ISTE's standards.
Critics say that children have plenty of time to learn about technology at an older age.
She believes that time spent with computers in the early years not only subtracts from important developmental tasks, but may also entrench bad learning habits, leading to poor motivation and even symptoms of learning disabilities. No, she'll read when she reads. And she's getting comfortable with computers. That's important to me, since they are everywhere.