Educated

Around 4 weeks ago I came across a very interesting article in the Sunday Telegraph Newspaper, titled ‘Kids find computers are child’s play’ written By Miawling Lam. When Child Care Centres are incorporating computers into their daily programming, Primary Schools and High Schools should defiantly be following suit. The article’s focus is on how children as young as 2 are being exposed to word-processing and design programs to keep up with the digital era that we are currently in.
 

The article has discussed this change with a lecture of Early Childhood  at the Western Sydney University Joanna Orlando. She feels the move is necessary as computer literacy has to be developed from the early age. “one of the things that we know about early childhood is that stimulating experiences really set them up for being able to learn latter in life” she said.
According to the skills children learn from computers us endless. Children as young as 2 could benefit as it marked the start of their ‘ability to read and allowed them to express creativity without being limited by their handwriting.
Early Child Care Centre operators are certainly embracing this change in society by allowing the children to use the computers supplied on a rotating basis.
I defiantly support the studies and article, I personally believe that implemented correctly there can only be success. I suggest you  read this article from the Sunday Telegraph.
 

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