I Pads used in the first grade world

I was pretty crazy about the article I read, having to do with I pads. Even though this is a tool that is currently becoming popular, the reason I picked it because of the crazy things that can be done with it, even for kids as young as six! An I pad, as I noted before, is a pretty simple device, that is until you put it in front of a 6 year old. Reading this article I thought to myself, "It would be so unnerving and dangerous to give $500 I pads to 6 year olds!" but the things that these children were able to accomplish and learn about is amazing. First they were walked through steps on how to use the I pad, the teacher went over important "key words" so the children could identify what everything was on the I pad. After becoming familiar they were able to get deeper into all the apps, they utilized the EBooks for a bit, then moved onto the lesson part. The teacher had each student learn about the camera and take pictures of him/her self and then write a short excerpt about what they had learned that day. She noted that during this time the room was completely quiet, the children were in awe about what they were using it got a group of over 30 kids to be quiet! That is something in all my years of working with children I find the most difficult, I must admit I was sort of bias about technology (personal technology at least- I.I- IPhone, I pad and personal laptops) being a necessity. I didn't think children could handle it, but this article proved me otherwise. Technology amazes the old and the young, it is something most people can hardly wrap their brains around and all of us are eager to dig in and figure out what it is all about.