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A 6 page paper that addresses the controversy surrounding the use of computers and other media in early education, as early as infancy. The paper reports several articles that offer opinions and research results that focus on this controversy, including some empirical studies that conclude computers help preschoolers learn. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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ages of six are involved with video media about two hours each day (Ken Haycock & Associates, 2004). The proliferation of interactive computer and television programs encourages this behavior. We
have all seen television commercials that depict a very young toddler on some sort of seat interacting with programs viewed on the television. A vice-president from a Kaiser Family Foundations
Program commented: "Its not just teenagers who are wired up and tuned in, its babies in diapers as well" (Ken Haycock & Associates, 2004, p. 53). There is great concern
about teenagers spending so much time playing computer games but perhaps we need to consider how this same type of technology is being used to engage our children as early
as infancy. This is certainly not the way our grandparents raised their children. And, if we believe mass media, these hours spent using computers, watching television and playing a vast
assortment of computer/video-type games is one of the causes of the rate of obesity in our young people. They just do not get out and play. The use of all
this interactive media at such young ages is controversial, to say the least. The research regarding the benefit of these media is contradictory, which makes the issue even more controversial
(Schmid, Miodrag and Di Francesco, 2008; Chatel, 2005; Macpherson, 2005; Weikle and Hadadian, 2003). Does this media help or hinder our young children? This is the source of the controversy.
Does computer learning turn our children into passive learners? Or, does it engage our children and excite them to learn more? Or, should we think as Chatel (2005) commented that
computes are a reality in our society so the question is not whether or not to use the technology but rather how should we use it. Polls reveal that at
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