Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Babies and iPhones
This past week I babysat an almost 2 year old. He got a hold of my iPhone one day, slide his thumb across the screen to unlock it, opened up my picture app and said "picture Jon." (meaning that he wanted to see a picture of my husband Jon). At this point I was baffled and didn't know if his navigation was coincidence or if he really knew how to use an iPhone... so I continued to watch. He selected pictures and used the back button to go back to the album multiple times. He would click the main button that took him out of the pictures and again he would find the app to get back to my pictures. At this point I was shocked... a two year old can use an iPhone better than my mom! Holy smokes. I took the phone and locked it and gave it back to him. Again, he knew how to unlock it, get back to my pictures and navigate through my pictures. He even had the slide down that took him from picture to picture. Wow. Children are becoming literate in media sooner than I realized. I know his mom has an iPhone so she must give it to him to play around on. He can't make complete sentences, he can't go to the bathroom on the toilet, he even still sleeps in a crib BUT he is the master of an iPhone. Welcome to the new age of technology!
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That is so crazy! I felt weird when my very younger sister was using Prezi when it first came out. I was shocked that she could navigate it really well, even though she is so much younger than me.
ReplyDeleteMy nephew is 7 months old, and even though he can't unlock the ipad or really understand the usage of it, he is absolutely drawn to it. Every time my mom has it he is always reaching for it. My mom has an app where you can paint and she gives it to him so he can just drag his hands all over it.
ReplyDeleteMy niece is 4 years old and completely surpassed me with technology. I got back from my mission and she could work her mom's iphone and ipod. She can change it to her favorite songs out a thousand sounds. She can play games whenever she likes. It's crazy! For a show and tell at her preschool, she brought the ipod for the letter "I" day.
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