Tech in the classroom

Today after calendar time Ms.Price called 3 students to the teacher desk and let the other children watch "Between the Lion", which is really a great learning tool. I was curious as to what she was doing, but I was sitting with the kids so they wouldn't misbehave. After a while she called me over and told me they were taking an online test with iPads, something all the kids had to do so they would then be qualified to work on the app at home. The test wasn't even being graded. She had to go to the bathroom so I sat with them and made sure they stayed on task and answered the questions at a reasonable pace. One little boy got many of the questions right, but every time he finished one test there was another one. There was a total of five tests with 20 questions minimum. It was exhausting the kids. One little girl had no idea what the answers were, and to make it worse it wasn't multiple choice. She had to type in the numbers herself. The whole thing seemed ridiculous, as they were being tested over some things they hadn't even learned, AND IT WASN'T EVEN FOR A GRADE. The teacher was annoyed over how much time it was taking, as the 3 children called up had been there for almost 30 minutes. Only 3 children. I would have to say what i've observed of 5 and 6 year-olds using iPads, it's counterproductive, as they are still very little. Let's just say, today was a frustrating one.