Description: JUMPSTART TODDLERS Ages 18 months to 3' A magical first step into computer discovery' C

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Description JUMPSTART TODDLERS Ages 18 months
to 3. A magical first step into computer
discovery. Capture your child's curiosity and
imagination with JumpStart Toddlers....
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Computers and Education What roles do computers
play in the education of our students, and what
roles should they play?
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Introduction

• Computer questions
• The answer a computer will accept
• Possible answers a human mind can comprehend
• Why the topic is important to think about

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History

• Mindstorms
• Logo
• Drill and Kill of the 1970's
• Integrated learning systems of the 90's

• Interesting Facts As of 1999
• Worldwide there are almost 200 million people on
  the Internet.
• Americans with Net access spend an average of 8.8
  hours a week online.
• As many as 476 million instant messages are sent
  daily by AOL's 43 million registered users.
• "Adult" sites were a 1 billion industry in 1998.
  
• 25 percent of teens in a recent survey said they
  had visited X-rated sites.
• 51 percent of American classrooms had Internet
  connections last year. (1998)
• "The New Wired World", Newsweek. Sep 20, 1999. p.
  40-78

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Important Skills for Students

• What are the skills that an average high school
  student should have after graduation?
• Why are these skills important?

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Important Skills for Students As told by
Riverdale (Mr. Thompson, Mr. Oldani, Mr. Palma,
and Mr. Sory)

• Core Skills
• Understanding impact and relevance of the topic
• Understanding the breadth of the topic and
  interconnection between disciplines
• Gathering information through various resources
• Organizing information
• Inquiry and questioning strategies
• Data analysis
• Data organization, spreadsheets and data bases,
  graphs
• Source evaluation/bias
• Supporting an opinion and acknowledging other
  points of view
• Documentation
• Reflection on process and information

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Why Computers?

• Parents are a driving force
• Third most important skill
• Students will be left behind
• Clinton story
• Computers have become babysitters in the
  classroom
• Students are a part of a vast experiment

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You Need Money?

• Cost of experiment
• 20 billion a year
• One art program can run for a year at the cost
  of one computer.

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Edutainment is Fun

• Makes learning fun!!!
• Not limited by the knowledge of their teachers
• Interaction with humans
• Simulation
• Processing abstract information

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Child Development

• Jane Healy
• Emotional/Social development
• Abstract Thought

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What the Studies Show

• Many studies contradict each other
• James Kulik, 1994
• Students using computers scored in the 64th
  percentile, while those that didn't scored in the
  50th percentile.
• Harold Wenglinsky, 1998
• Wenglinsky concluded that eighth grade students
  who used simulation and higher order thinking
  software showed gains in up to 15 weeks above
  grade level as measured by NAEP.

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Re-Cap

• Schools spend 20 billion annually for computers
  that studies show only have minimal gain at most.
• Schools are having to cut programs such as music
  or sports, schools should be looking at spending
  the state's money ethically.
• Psychologists who have studied the issue are
  concerned that computers might hinder the
  development of young children.
• Computer use is an important skill for the
  workplace.
• Studies have shown that an average adult who has
  never used a computer before can learn how to use
  one quite well in only a couple of short weeks.

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Conclusions

• Computers should be introduced at an appropriate
  age.
• Don't need a lot of to learn to use computers
  (Riverdale suggests computer use learning taking
  place freshman year)
• Computers should be used for appropriate Reasons
  
• Computers are meant to be tools not educators
• With larger class sizes computers should not be
  looked at as a solution
• Spending the States tax dollars ethically

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Any Questions?