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Title: Integration of Computers Into the Montessori Curriculum


1
Integration of Computers Into the Montessori
Curriculum
  • Davina Armstrong
  • CS294, Human Centered Computing
  • Fall, 1999

2
Overview
  • What is Montessori?
  • Current uses of computers in the Montessori
    environment
  • Evaluation of current uses
  • Proposed use of information appliances
  • Foreseeable obstacles

3
What Is Montessori?
  • About Dr. Maria Montessori
  • Born in Italy in 1870
  • First woman doctor in Italy in 1896
  • Left medicine to teach in 1906
  • Opened Casa dei Bambini - Childrens House
  • Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 1949, 1950,
    1951
  • Died in 1952
  • The Montessori Method
  • Children teach themselves
  • Prepared environment
  • Follow the child
  • Developmental planes
  • Birth-6 years sensorial exploration
  • 6-12 years conceptual exploration
  • 12-18 years humanistic exploration
  • 18-24 years specialized exploration

4
What Is Montessori? (Contd)
  • The Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Language

5
Demo
  • Multiplication of multi-digit numbers with the
    checkerboard

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Current Uses of Computers
  • Practical Life
  • Drills, phonetics programs
  • Applications used in conjunction with the
    traditional Montessori Materials
  • Research
  • World Wide Web, newsgroups
  • CD-ROMs
  • Games
  • HyperStudio

8
Current Uses of Computers (contd)
  • Word processing
  • Logo, MicroWorlds
  • Educational research
  • Software for preschool classrooms
  • Teaching Machines
  • Kids Space
  • Simulations of Montessori Materials
  • Drawing programs

9
Evaluation of Current Uses
  • Good, in keeping with the Montessori Method
  • LOGO, MicroWorlds
  • Research - children ask and answer own questions
  • OK, good educational value, but not very
    Montessori
  • Some drills
  • Phonetics
  • HyperStudio
  • Word processing
  • Drawing programs

10
Evaluation of Current Uses (contd)
  • Bad, no educational value, in fact detrimental
  • MathBlaster
  • The Art Of War
  • Games
  • Simulation of Montessori materials

11
Proposed Use of Information Appliances
  • Montessori materials as information appliances
  • Retain the look feel of the original
    Montessori materials, but have enhanced features
    by virtue of being computers
  • Battery-powered
  • Wireless communication
  • Possible enhancements
  • Feedback to child
  • Recording for teacher to evaluate

12
Foreseeable Obstacles
  • Technology does not yet exist
  • Long battery life needed
  • Tiny (to fit into the beads)
  • Durable
  • Resistance from teachers
  • If it aint broke, dont fix it - Montessori
    Method has been working well for decades
  • Fear of the children being programmed by the
    computers
  • Lack of comprehension regarding information
    appliances cant get away from the PC model
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