There are 2 reasons i'm against this kind of curriculum for elementary school children. First of all taking into consideration the cognitive capabilities of children in elementary schools, i think its more important that children learn to interact which each in person rather than as twitter/blogging pals. When your young, your restless and you have too much energy which needs to be let out in the form of games, doing stupid things, acting etc. I would fear that the encouragement of social networking tools could mean that they hide behind a computer and along with that develop complexity issues about their true identities. As it is, secondary school is when you hit puberty and you develop major social complexes.

Secondly when i was a kid i lost my once upon a time "good" eyesight to spending too much time playing video games on the computer and micro genius. Imagine if you have a substantial number of primary 3 kids wearing spectacles because they blog too much. It might sound silly but i think its a problem you wouldn't want to have to deal with in the first place.

I don't think its a question of striking the right balance but more of when to introduce these kinds of tools. Elementary is too young. Not to say that kids aren't capable of using the tools. But is it necessary for them? I don't think so.

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