Around the age of eight or nine, my parents finally broke down and joined the growing world of technology and got internet for our computer. By the age of sixteen, I got my first cell phone. At that time smartphones and handheld computers were just becoming affordable and were fairly new to the market. Through out grade school, books were my main source for learning. Today, smartphones and handheld computer are becoming the norm and technology in the classroom is becoming more prominent. The article A is for App: How Smartphones, Handheld Computers Sparked an Educational Revolutional gives us a good example of how technology is becoming a part of children's lives at early ages. In the article, three year old twins use their mom's cell phone for entertainment and learning purposes. By the age of 18 months the twin girls were using their mom's iPhone to practice their alphabet and sing along to Old McDonald. These twins aren't the only children using using technology for learning. Handheld computers are becoming a popular learning tool in preschool and kindergarten classrooms. As time continues, there is no doubt that technology will continue to become a greater part of the classroom and learning tools in the students lives.
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