As a classroom teacher of ESL in a K-5 school, I love having computers in my classroom.
The problem is that people use them often as a baby-sitter and not often enough as a learning tool. I would usually do something like this: I would have students research a topic we are working on and then write about it. After the writing is correct, I allow them to go to the computer to word process their paper perhaps importing graphics about the topic to place on their report. Then, I would have them create them a PowerPoint slide presentation on the same topic. The Slide presentation MUST have a storyboard complete with text and illustrations and must be approved before actually making the slide show on the computer. Slide Shows are presented in front of class with everyone taking a turn to be in the audience and be a presenter. Reading and writing skills must be used as well as organizational skills and creative thinking. I usually do these sort of projects from the end of second grade up to fifth grade. One mindlessly does not just shove in a CD-ROM and let the kids sit there playing games (learning or otherwise). It matters more HOW one uses technology as just another educational tool rather than the "be all and end all" of education. Kids need guidance in all educational disciplines. Just my two cents' worth. Regards, Wilma On 3/22/05 10:34 AM, "Gerardo Razumney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Flaumenhaft wrote: > > [SNIP] > >> was actually .9997 grams. This was why we still used them -- the lab >> director was a Buddhist and thought (and had convinced the faculty) that >> we needed to really understand what it meant to weigh something. >> >> daniel > > The issue is much broader than weighing, or measuring any physical > magnitude. It is an important lesson because it applies to how you > interpret the political news you get from the media -- you must > calibrate them (that is, discover their bias, intentional or not) before > you accept the results, the news. It also applies to interpersonal > relations and to about any input from the outside world, even that > acquired through your own senses. > > Gerardo Razumney > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
