How+Much+is+too+Much?

By: E. Eden
=  About 90% percent of people between the ages of 5 to 7    use computers    and 59%    percent of them use the Internet. One out of   every    four    5 year olds uses    the Internet. These statistics are big and are growing bigger every year. Should children be introduced to technology at such a young age in the classroom? Mali Mann, M.D.,   who is an    adjunct clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at Stanford University’s School of Medicine    states   , “Their brains get used to too much auditory and visual stimulation, and in the absence of these stimulations, they do not know what to do with themselves,” she told TechNewsWorld. “They get anxious, restless, bored and aggressive.”  Damon Moore on the other hand is an eighth grade science teacher who serves on a national    commission that promotes    training teachers with technology. He states, “  My    students can have their world expanded by the use of this technology, and my intera    ction    directly with them in small groups and individually is an opportunity that this country cannot pass up to make sure that every child has this technology available to them. It is the leveler for this uneven playing field that we call education.”  So, what do you think? Could introducing technology at a young age prevent children from thinking on their own and creating their own ideas? Could technology provide a new avenue of learning that enhances the creative minds of our children? These questions cannot go unanswered because technology in our world is fast moving and is spreading quickly each day. Soon students around the world will have the opportunity to work with different aspects of technology in the classroom daily. Now, the question is, how much is too much? = = __  Works Cited   __  = =  "Are You Concerned That Technology Could Make Educators Obsolete? | Edutopia." K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies That Work | Edutopia. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. < []  >    = =  "NewsHour Online: Computers in Classrooms." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. < []  >. =