[etni] [FWD: Re: [FWD: comment on teaching with computers]]

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> Subject: Re: [etni] [FWD: comment on teaching with computers]
> From: "Chana Faye" <chanafaye7@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, October 17, 2004 6:48 pm
> To: "Ask ETNI" <ask@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi,
>  
> With regard to the computers, I feel it is more important for students to 
> experience first-hand the ways in which they can perform research on the 
> Internet. Let's say that you have your desk situated in the middle of the 
> classroom with a whiteboard in front of you. You have only one computer in 
> the center of the room. The computer is also connected to a projector so that 
> you can see an enlarged version on the whiteboard in the front of the room. 
>  
> Whether it be Science, English, Social Studies, or another, you can find a 
> plethera of areas to perform research (via the Internet) with full class 
> participation without a need for multiple computers in the classroom. 
>  
> In addition, by establishing a Computer Lab in the school with a teacher and 
> helper to monitor computer applications, teach various applications, etc., 
> the students have an opportunity to visit the Computer Lab perhaps one or two 
> days a week (depending upon the size of the school and how many classrooms 
> need to attend lab). The computers are kept up-to-date as well as 
> applications. The instructor is sent for training on all the applications so 
> that the teaching and learning experiences are optimum.
>  
> This is something we have discussed indepth in our curriculum and constructs 
> classes.
>  
> I came up with the idea of the centralized computer in the classroom (of 
> course, controlled by the teacher). The students can participate in 
> high-level cognitive thought processes as they interact with one another and 
> the teacher as they perform researches pertinent to subject matter currently 
> being studied.
>  
> Chana Faye
> Candidate for Master of Arts in Elementary Education
> University of Phoenix Online
> 
> 
> 
> 
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