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Those were the guiding questions at this Future Tense event on technology in early education. During the introduction, ������Ƶ Foundation fellow Lisa Guernsey, author of , noted that we frequently think of educational technology as the realm of middle or high school. But research currently suggests that children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years spend an average of 120 minutes a day with screens. Meanwhile, teachers—and companies producing educational software and games—are increasingly bringing technology into the classroom to appeal to kids who enter kindergarten already familiar with iPads, smartphones, and Microsoft Kinect.

Guernsey was joined by the , a private school teacher from New York City who is creating educational versions of the blockbuster game Minecraft; , co-creator and head of research and education for on PBS; and , another ������Ƶ fellow and author of and the forthcoming . , founder of , joined us via a prerecorded Skype interview.