Arguments to support my position:

• Many future jobs/careers today require some level of computer skills
• " Early initiatives promoted the provision of equipment to support courses that would prepare students with the skills for participation in an increasingly technological workplace" ( Albion, 1999)

• It can aid in teaching students with different learning styles
• "Eventually, computer-teaching systems will diagnose students' learning problems on the spot, based on data collected from the students' interaction with the software, then design appropriate interventions"( Clemmitt, 2011 ).
  

• Computers, the internet, and technology is already for the most part, part of students lives outside school so it makes sense to teach them in such way.
• "The first thing Steve Mann does in the morning is shower, shave and have breakfast. Then, as he heads out the door, he grabs his lunch and puts on his computer...Mann's computer is “wearable.” Featuring a headset with a video camera and a vest with sensors that monitor his body functions, the computer helps him get through the day. When he's lost, it harnesses the global positioning satellite (GPS) and a database of local maps to tell him which street to take" ( Marshall, 2000).
  

• "By focusing on internet searching, it zooms in on an area of skill that is centrally important to contemporary life, but which is often taken for granted. Purposefully and effectively locating information on the internet and being able to interpret and make use of it is an essential contemporary skill, supporting learning and leisure both in and out of school, and it is an area of skill that is being supported in our youngest school learners by early years literacy teachers" (.

Sources

Albion, P. (1999). Self-efficacy beliefs as an indicator of teachers' preparedness for teaching with technology. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE 1999) (pp. 1602-1608). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://scholar.google.com/

Clemmitt, M. (2011, December 2). Digital education. CQ Researcher, 21, 1001-1024. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/

Lynch, J. (2017). The complexity of teaching internet inquiry with iPads in the early years. Australian Journal Of Language & Literacy, 40(3), 186-198. Retrieved from http://web.a.ebscohost.com.libproxy.adelphi.edu:2048/ehost/

Marshall, P. (2000, May 26). Future of computers. CQ Researcher, 10, 449-472. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/