Download or read book Computers in the Classroom written by Andrea R. Gooden and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1996-10-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1979, Apple Computer's Educational Grants program has provided computer equipment and training to schools through a nationwide competitive process. Computers in the Classroom tells the inspiring stories of some of these schools, showing how technology has revived the classroom. This illustrated book is an indispensable resource for teachers and parents, showing examples of students' work and with information on funding resources, technical support, software, and where to find electric and print data. 100 illus.
Download or read book Mindstorms written by Seymour A Papert and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children the basics of computing and how it can prepare them to succeed in the ever-evolving tech world. Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction among students and between students and teachers. Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. For thousands of teachers and parents who have sought creative ways to help children learn with computers, Mindstorms is their bible.
Download or read book My Teacher s in the Computer written by Shelby Hoefling and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year is different for Haley as she embarks on an adventure of virtual learning and finds her teacher in her computer! With bring a bear to school day just around the corner, Haley teaches her number one pal, Eddy the Teddy, how to be a gold-star student through the computer. Read and follow along as Haley shares her special 'how to be a gold-star student through the computer' checklist as well as shares her school routine that every student can benefit from. Haley helps Eddy feel safe, comfortable, confident, and ready as he approaches a different kind of school day through the computer and will help your children feel this way too! Best of all, Haley teaches Eddy how to embrace this different situation they are in as she focuses on ways to make different fun, which we can all learn a thing or two about.
Download or read book Kids Teachers and Computers written by Mindy Pantiel and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how microcomputers operate and offers tips on selecting hardware and software
Download or read book Computer Education for Teachers written by Vicki F. Sharp and published by . This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extremely clear and comprehensive, Computer Education for Teachers features classroom lessons, activities, and projects, over 300 clear illustrations, state-of-the-art technology developments, a chapter on multimedia, two Internet chapters, a large collection of annotated Internet Sites in each chapter, a chapter on computers in special education, an annotated recommended software listing, a summary of current computer research, and an extensive bibliography.Designed to meet the needs of the student unfamiliar with the use of the computer in the classroom, the book is written for undergraduate and graduate education students who want an up-to-date, readable, practical, and concise introduction to computers for teachers. It assumes no prior experience with computers. The chapters are written so that the reader can pursue them in any order.
Download or read book Children and Computers in School written by Betty A. Collis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume integrates research findings from three multinational studies conducted to examine the impact of children's use of computers in school. Conclusions are drawn from in-depth analyses of trends in more than 20 nations. Its seven authors from four nations were key researchers on these projects. Both a study and a product of the information age, this work is of prime importance to teachers, teacher educators, and school administrators. This work is unique in three important ways: * it presents data gathered in many regions of the world; * many of the authors are well-known and respected for their previous work in educational studies; and * the chapters are designed in such a way that the majority of the book is easily accessible to professionals such as classroom teachers who are interested primarily in findings, results, and outcomes rather than the methodology of the research.
Download or read book Young Children s Access to Computers in the Home and at School in 1999 and 2000 written by Amy H. Rathbun and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Failure to Connect written by Jane M. Healy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-07-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive, practical, and unsettling look at computers in children's lives, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., questions whether computers are really helping or harming children's development. Once a bedazzled enthusiast of educational computing but now a troubled skeptic, Dr. Healy examines the advantages and drawbacks of computer use for kids at home and school, exploring its effects on children's health, creativity, brain development, and social and emotional growth. Today, the Federal Government allocates scarce educational funding to wire every classroom to the Internet, software companies churn out "educational" computer programs even for preschoolers, and school administrators cut funding and space for books, the arts, and physical education to make room for new computer hardware. It is past the time to address these issues. Many parents and even some educators have been sold on the idea that computer literacy is as important as reading and math. Those who haven't hopped on the techno bandwagon are left wondering whether they are shortchanging their children's education or their students' futures. Few people stop to consider that computers, used incorrectly, may do far more harm than good. New technologies can be valuable educational tools when used in age-appropriate ways by properly trained teachers. But too often schools budget insufficiently for teacher training and technical support. Likewise, studies suggest that few parents know how to properly assist children's computer learning; much computer time at home may be wasted time, drawing children away from other developmentally important activities such as reading, hobbies, or creative play. Moreover, Dr. Healy finds that much so-called learning software is more "edutainment" than educational, teaching students more about impulsively pointing and clicking for some trivial goal than about how to think, to communicate, to imagine, or to solve problems. Some software, used without careful supervision, may also have the potential to interrupt a child's internal motivation to learn. Failure to Connect is the first book to link children's technology use to important new findings about stages of child development and brain maturation, which are clearly explained throughout. It illustrates, through dozens of concrete examples and guidelines, how computers can be used successfully with children of different age groups as supplements to classroom curricula, as research tools, or in family projects. Dr. Healy issues strong warnings, however, against too early computer use, recommending little or no exposure before age seven, when the brain is primed to take on more abstract challenges. She also lists resources for reliable reviews of child-oriented software, suggests questions parents should ask when their children are using computers in school, and discusses when and how to manage computer use at home. Finally, she offers a thoughtful look at the question of which skills today's children will really need for success in a technological future -- and how they may best acquire them. Based on years of research into learning and hundreds of hours of interviews and observations with school administrators, teachers, parents, and students, Failure to Connect is a timely and eye-opening examination of the central questions we must confront as technology increasingly influences the way we educate our children.
Download or read book Never Mind the Laptops written by Bob Johnstone and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-08-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What we all hope for our children's education is undiminished curiosity and creativeness, and solid practical preparation for adult work. Today, there's no doubt that easy access to computers is vital for students. Bob Johnstone has brilliantly and passionately told the story of the worldwide struggle to make today's equivalent of the pencil accessible to all students." -Victor K. McElheny, author of "Watson and DNA" If every kid had a laptop computer, what would difference would it make to their learning? And to their prospects? Today, these are questions that all parents, teachers, school administrators, and politicians must ask themselves. Bob Johnstone provides a definitive answer to the conundrum of computers in the classroom. His conclusion: we owe it to our kids to educate them in the medium of their time. In this book he tells the extraordinary story of the world's first laptop school. How daring educators at an independent girls' school in Melbourne, Australia, empowered their students by making laptops mandatory. And how they solved all the obstacles to laptop learning, including teacher training. Their example spread to thousands of other schools worldwide. Especially in America, where it inspired the largest educational technology initiative in US history-the State of Maine issuing laptops to every seventh-grader in its public school system. This lively, intriguing, anecdote-rich account is based on hundreds of interviews. In it, you'll meet the visionary leaders, inspirational principals, heroic teachers, and their endlessly-surprising students who showed what computers in the classroom are really for.
Download or read book Young children s access to computers in the home and at school in 1999 and 2000 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Child and the Machine written by Alison Armstrong and published by Beltsville, Md. : Robins Lane Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from hundreds of school visits, studies, and expert interviews, the authors have concluded that the rush to use computers in schools has led to one of the most expensive and least helpful revolutions in the history of American education, robbing children of education in music and the arts.
Download or read book The Game Believes in You written by Greg Toppo and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if schools, from the wealthiest suburban nursery school to the grittiest urban high school, thrummed with the sounds of deep immersion? More and more people believe that can happen - with the aid of video games. Greg Toppo's The Game Believes in You presents the story of a small group of visionaries who, for the past 40 years, have been pushing to get game controllers into the hands of learners. Among the game revolutionaries you'll meet in this book: *A game designer at the University of Southern California leading a team to design a video-game version of Thoreau's Walden Pond. *A young neuroscientist and game designer whose research on "Math Without Words" is revolutionizing how the subject is taught, especially to students with limited English abilities. *A Virginia Tech music instructor who is leading a group of high school-aged boys through the creation of an original opera staged totally in the online game Minecraft. Experts argue that games do truly "believe in you." They focus, inspire and reassure people in ways that many teachers can't. Games give people a chance to learn at their own pace, take risks, cultivate deeper understanding, fail and want to try again—right away—and ultimately, succeed in ways that too often elude them in school. This book is sure to excite and inspire educators and parents, as well as provoke some passionate debate.
Download or read book Internet Computer Ethics for Kids and Parents Teachers who Haven t Got a Clue written by Winn Schwartau and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly entertaining. colorful, and non-technical neutral discussion of the perils of the Internet for kids, families, and teachers "should be on the reading list of every parent whose child has access to a computer" (Congressman Tom Tancredo).
Download or read book Computer Environments for Children written by Cynthia Solomon and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1988-07 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Cynthia Solomon takes a welcome look at the possibilities and issues of learning with and about computers in schools or in any other learning environment.
Download or read book Teaching With the Tools Kids Really Use written by Susan Brooks-Young and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-02-03 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author empowers teachers to engage IT specialists or administrators in a discussion about the use of mobile technologies or Web 2.0 tools and to change the way we think about using technology with kids. This book gives readers lots of information (ammunition) to go out and make things happen with their cell phone, laptop, MP3 player, or digital camera!" —April DeGennaro, Gifted Education Teacher Fayette County Board of Education, Fayetteville, GA A foundational guide for integrating mobile technologies into your classroom! Writing for educators who want to use 21st-century technologies to help deliver relevant classroom instruction, Susan Brooks-Young examines inexpensive hardware already used by many students, explores free Web 2.0 tools such as social networking sites and virtual worlds, and sheds light on both common objections and changing points of view about using mobile technologies for instructional support. Emphasizing digital citizenship—the ethical use of technology—this invaluable resource identifies: Specific Web 2.0 tools for supporting collaboration and communication in K–12 settings Strategies for practical applications A decision-making model for selecting appropriate mobile technologies and Web 2.0 tools for classroom use Recommended books, Web sites, and online reports and articles for reference Teaching With the Tools Kids Really Use gives educators a solid approach for capitalizing on readily available technologies and opens up rich teaching and learning opportunities for today′s classrooms!
Download or read book Kids Computers and You written by Thomas Carpenter and published by Kingston, Ont. : Bungalo Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether we like it or not, computers are here to stay, and it is up to us as parents to ensure that our children are receiving a healthy introduction to the world of technology at school. Offering a commonsense approach to computer education in Canada, Kids, Computers & You allows parents to assess just what is (or isn't) going on in our classrooms and then gives advice on how we can help improve the situation. The authors offer parents with little or no knowledge of computers a comprehensive guide to the use of technology in schools as well as practical suggestions to problems such as antiquate equipment, untrained teachers, inappropriate curriculum and techno-zealots who seem intent on turning primary-grade students into programmers.
Download or read book Computer Engineering for Babies written by Chase Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to computer engineering for babies. Learn basic logic gates with hands on examples of buttons and an output LED.
