Students can learn from the computer. The computer destroys social interaction. They ignore the surrounding culture of the classroom and the complexity of educational computing environments. It is how the computer is used that is important. The development and nurturing of this thinking, in turn, can be supported by computers.
Research shows it.
Computers can play a significant role in the education of young students. For example, when computers are used to make an abstract concept more concrete, they provide a strong basis for students to understand and perhaps discover the more abstract concept. This creates an avenue for young students to experience the stage of formal, abstract thinking at an earlier age, and, according to educational theorist Jean Piaget, this is the highest stage of cognitive development a child can achieve. Not allowing young minds to experiment with those computer software products that foster creative, critical, and complex thinking will not promote the growth of those students whose talents either lie directly in or can be facilitated by computing technology. I personally believe that computing technology, if used wisely, can greatly support the development of these endowments and callings.