Technology & Children, What's Your View?

Are video games harmful to children? Are they helpful to children? Can they spend too much time on computers? Children need to be introduced to technology at an early age. Technology is here so children must be introduced to it. We have to remember as teachers that we are training and teaching our students who will have jobs that have not even been yet created. So we need to expose them to as much as possible. Video games keep their interest. DVDs are great as well but are children spending too much time with this type of technology. These types of technology do offer interactive learning so how can this be bad for a child? Is technology introduced too early to children? Some folks feel that technology is teaching our children and not the parents. Parents download apps for the children to play games. Many parents rely on technology to keep their children busy while cleaning up, running errands, standing in line, etc. Frederick Zimmerman states, "Kids need laps, not apps." Technology. Does it help children or hurt them? Is it interrupting the development process? Talk to me!