Lee Levine

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Computers Negatively effecting the classroom

• By
• Lee Levine
• Tracy Wasserman
• Lauren Bohli
• Kandis Sandlin

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Reasons

• students might not have all the skills they need
  to use certain programs
• - Waste time teaching how to use program instead
  of using the program to learn
• teacher knowledge is taken for granted
• - When asked to teach with computer programs the
  teacher may not know how to use it themselves
• computers cost a lot of money
• - If used incorrectly can be a waste of money

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STUDY

• 30 teachers with average knowledge to find
• - how much they used computers
• - issues dealing with computers
• - obstacles they had to overcome
• It was found that
• students would not have enough time at the
  computers to completely understand the lesson
• Outdated programs would lead to delays
• technical difficulties students had with the
  computers
• Teacher dont fully understand the role computers
  need to play

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Students Worst Nightmare

• Teachers really dont know as much as they say
• Simple tasks are done for them besides learning
  them
• Improves speed of completion, doesnt help with
  quality of work
• Research has shown that students who participate
  in a technology based curriculum have lower
  achievement levels
• Computers cant be used as a teaching device they
  should just be an aid
• Students are not making sense of the knowledge
  computers are spitting out because they have not
  been taught how to understand it
• No research has been truly shown that computers
  are better than textbook lessons, even though
  3.5 billion is spent per yr

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Proper Stages

• Entry
• Entering computers into classroom (teachers are
  apprehensive)
• Adoption
• Blending technology into classroom practices
• Adaptation
• Thoroughly used in everyday class
• Invention
• Students experiment with programs and teachers
  assign web-based projects