Integrating Traditional and Digital Learning among the US Elementary, Middle, and High School

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Integrating Traditional and Digital Learning among the US Elementary, Middle, and High School
Introduction
My uncle Jim is a tech guy working for Google in Silicon Valley. He has two kids, a boy, and a girl, aged 9 and ten respectively. Both his kids attend the Waldorf School of the Peninsula in the heart of Silicon Valley. Despite its setting at the heart of America's and arguably the world's digital center, there is not a single technological device, iPads, smartphones, screens, etc. available or allowed at the school. Instead, instructors at the Waldorf School of the Peninsula favor a more hands-on, experiential approach to teaching that is in stark contrast to the recent haste to fill schools with the latest technological devices.
After a further inquiry into the situation, I discovered that Uncle Jim is not the only tech guy who does not like his kids learning in a digital environment. There is a host of other parents working in Silicon Valley who have decided that digital learning at elementary and middle school levels is not the best option for their children. This has left me wondering why employees of some of the biggest tech companies would prefer taking their children to a school that has not embraced technology. This may seem ironic, but it no longer seems so when you understand the logic behind the teaching process at this unique school and numerous others across the country. The approach taken by the Waldorf School of the Peninsula puts much emphasis on the role of imagination in the learning process and employs a holistic method that assimilates the intellectual, hands-on, and innovative growth of students.
More anti-tech middle and elementary schools like the Waldorf School of the Peninsula are springing up across the United States. This has been triggered by the various negative opinions on the impact of digital learning on pre-college level students. In this paper, I argue that despite the many challenges and drawbacks it has faced since its first implementation, digital learning has numerous advantages that can never be overlooked. Therefore, I propose that the appropriate solution to the various arguments surrounding digital learning is a proper implementation of the technology to ensure the negative impacts of digital learning are minimized while also allowing students to reap the many benefits offered by the technology.
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The fact that parents working for global tech giants are questioning the value of technology in edification begs the question – is the popular dream of high-tech classrooms exactly in the best interest of future generations? The main argument made by parents who have opted to take their kids to schools that have not embraced the digital learning craze is that schools that have integrated it have not shown significant improvement in performances and some cases, inappropriate integration of digital learning tools has led to a situation where the technologies are seemingly replacing instructors. Another concern that has been raised with digital learning is about the possible negative influence of social media on the youth. Additionally, digital learning tools have been shown to have a negative impac...