I believe that schools - especially primary schools - should not make use of these multimedia tools, because I think that this could lead to the children lacking in other abilities. Things such as writing skills and math skills. By implementing iPads in classrooms, children will slack off by using a spelling checkers, calculators and other apps that help them complete their tasks.

I also believe that children should not be pushed to develop a talent on such an early age in the so-called Steve Jobs schools. I think that this will lead to them feeling a lot of pressure.

Because going to school is not only about finding talent and passion, this also could done outside of school. Schools are there to learn not to find passion etc.

I think having social contact with teachers is a condition for learning. I think learning is not only with your brain, but also with your heart, that's why I think teachers are required.

I think having social contact with teachers is a condition for learning. I think learning is not only with your brain, but also with your heart, that's why I think teachers are required.

I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I don't believe that multimedia is very beneficial, because kids learn about the world best through human interaction. Schools are there not only to teach them math and so on, but to teach them about 'life' and how to cope in situations. When this human interaction is minimized, will they learn enough?

On the other world, these multimedia are the future and it is not likely they are going away. They are certainly relevant and by using them for education, children will learn how to use them as well as develop new ideas (as their perception is different) on how to harness them in different manners.

I actually think that we should go back to less media. I have the feeling that all the technology takes away creativity. Why buy an expensive iPad to draw on, when you can just use pen and paper, which even leads to better quality. Also the availability of media does not let us think anymore. We get everything too much and too fast, let the students at least learn some of the old ways which will help them enhance their real talents.

I do not agree completely with this statement, even though I think it could be a good add option to todays schoolsystems I think the old fashion way works best. With a teacher in front of the class and a worldmap hanging on the wall. Technology serves our daily lives, but being completely dependable upon this media can hold back in the development of the (little) students. Especially for little kids, these kids are already required to be perfect when they enter elementary school; elementary school which means at the age of 4 years old! Making this possible cannot be done by a piece of metal. They need an example from another human and guidance, social contact with other kids and get their hands dirty. A computer only visualises something but it cannot give the feel of a real object or material. I sure think with the smart little gamer (little) students can have benefit from some of the aspects, like little calculating games or brain trigger games, but being completely dependent from this technology I strongly disagree!

Yes and No. But more "No" for me. Nowadays children are getting too addicted to the new technologies which cause a lot of problems in upbringing them. Also, children spend less time outdoors which might cause child obesity. They already have an access to the iPads, computers and other devices at their homes. I think there is no need to add these devices at the schools. Maybe it's a good idea to have a specialized class for this but not changing the whole education system.

From another side, it will save up a lot of money. Parents won't need to buy books. Plus, it will give good experience to the children and might help out in work with technologies and devices in future.

Although I firmly believe in the shift towards digital communication and also ultilising it for education, there is a border that should not be crossed. I think that elementary schools should stick to their traditional ways of teaching, simply because these basics are too important for the development of the children. However, learning them at a young age how to safely use Ipads and such, is not a bad idea. But the balance needs to be found.

It will probably be too tempting to go on social media during class. Also staring at an iPad will not help increase social interaction in class.

I disagree, because for a couple years my high school experimented with a setting that encouraged use of computers for everything and had no homework, and after a while I realised that it just encouraged laziness and did not teach discipline at all.

I was just playing games and surfing the internet every time I thought people wasn't looking and in hindsight, I really regretted the lack of structure when I went through regular high school later on and had all sorts of attitude related study problems.

It's a fun gimmick, sure, but looking at how overly attached people already are to their smartphones and how difficult it would be to really prevent people from only using multimedia for their intended purpose (there's always a way around everything), I don't think it's a good idea at all.

Books might be heavy, yes, but iPads and other multimedia devices can crash or break, servers can go offline and data can become corrupt, both on servers and on local storage media, and what are you going to do then, if disaster strikes?

No i think this idea of replacing teachers with technology and coaches is a horrible idea and can severely harm the development of a child's personality. Simply assisting them and only letting them use technology is not a suitable method to teach a school. The essence of a school is to guide and teach them, not to assist them. Especially in a young age children need to have a leading personality. I do not dislike the idea of using Ipads at school at general but they don't have to be adopted by all schools. Human teachers should still be the real teachers at school.

Multimedia tools can be beneficiary and are relevant, but not for everyone, not always and not at all schools. They can be used sometimes, but I think schools should be able to choose and parents should be able to choose schools accordingly. Furthermore, not all skills can be learned using iPads.

As futuristic as it may be, I believe iPads should not really be an option to educating children. First of all, there is a lack of interaction with the other students and I don't think interacting while playing a network game is a solution. We can't have the world turn too technological and I strongly believe children should be educated to 'find themselves' while playing with each other, experiencing the outer world and not be confined to using games and apps on a piece of technology.

I really think this will drive them to be too egotistical with no empathy for the others, but only for themselves. Because of its addictive nature, children will be too drawn to the iPad and forget that there are others around them to communicate with. I don't know if this is an effective way of spending their energy.

But I do believe this: they should make use of iPads among other things. To a certain extent they need to be introduced to it, yet the iPad shouldn't be a way of educating children.

I think that children should get personal attention. A teacher is able to see if a pupil is doing alright or not. And can determine what kind of eduation and guidance the pupil will need. Thereby Multimedia is full of entertainment (games, social media etc.) which will make it easier pupil to get distracted, which will decrease their motivation for school.

It is very important that children develop their writing skills because children nowadays are growing up already with many multimedia things like ipads and computers. If they implement the use of multimedia on schools, these child can't even write anymore normal. Some of these child don't even play on the streets because they are used to game on the computer or ipads instead of playing outside with friends. So my opinion related to this statement is that it not should be allowed, for a child it is good to develop their reading, writing skills with a pen and paper and not via computers and ipads.

When it comes to using it for teaching, I don't think the advantages of iPads outweigh the shortcomings. When it come to little kids, I think the traditional methods work best. They should practice their social skills, increase their attention span and be able to focus. The iPad can isolate you, especially at an age where you can't restrain yourself and it will distract the pupil from what is important. Maybe using the iPad for non-academic purposes will help them become familiar with technology, without creating distractions.