Students of all ages are spending more and more time in front of TVs and computer screens. Technologies can be great educational tools. There are educational TV shows, educational computer games, and even educational apps, but how much of that media is actually helpful to students? In addition, how many students are taking advantage of educational media? Parents are finding that their children are more likely to engage in educational media when they are younger. As the students grow older they begin to drawn to more media that is not educational. I found this blog post very interesting. I commented on the blog stating that I have noticed that once children get older there are not very many educational shows on TV geared toward their age groups. There are so many educational show for young children, but there aren't as many for the older children and teens.
Testing Kindergardeners
There has much debate over the decision to require kindergardeners to take standardized tests. Many people believe that these test are really being used to grade the teachers, not the students. Others are simply outraged because they feel like kindergarden is too early to being this type testing. In my personal opinion, I also believe kindergarden is too young for standardized testing. As stated in my comment on this blog post, I don't even see how a teacher can get a child that young to sit and concentrate long enough to take an exam. I feel that children that young are still learning what school is and how to act in a classroom setting.
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