You do realize that there is a significant difference between a stationary in-school PC and a highly portable iPad?
That said, I would also argue that children at a young age are much better off with as much physical activities as possible and activities that will allow them to develop creativity with simple means (”wooden building blocks” etc.). Just MHO, of course.
Let’s just say I was at that age fortunate enough to have parents that provided a lot of intellectually stimulating interaction (e.g., practicing the basic multiplication tables during car trips - no calculator, just gray matter!) and not just sitting me in front of some electronic box. I’ll grant that all this modern technology was not available in those days.
Who knows how young Einstein would’ve turned out if only he had an iPad? ;-)
Some people here are still making assumptions that I am saying THROW OUT EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE CLASSROOM INCLUDING THE TEACHER AND REPLACE THEM WITH IPADS.
I’m not. :-)
I’m saying, IN CONJUNCTION WITH what is being used *now*, this portable computer is going to make big, POSITIVE differences in education within the next 5 years.