That's a no-brainer. Children should not be allowed to use computers until they master the basic skills of the three R's on their own. Age 10 at the earliest.
On page 48 of last week's Newsweek their was an interesting note about the new SAT. The hardest part for many of the students - penmanship
On Mar 22, 2005, at 12:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When i was a senior in high school, we were using an electron
microscope and a mass spectrometer to conduct some qualitative
analysis on a piece of molybdenum steel. The reason we had these
machines to use was because they had been donated t
> time?" The teacher responded, "Any fool, can be taught to operate a machine.
> You're being taught how to solve the problem yourself."
> Children should not be allowed to use computers until
> they master the basic skills of the three R's on their own. Age 10 at the
> earliest.
Bah humbug, B
Daniel Flaumenhaft wrote:
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was actually .9997 grams. This was why we still used them -- the lab
director was a Buddhist and thought (and had convinced the faculty) that
we needed to really understand what it meant to weigh something.
daniel
The issue is much broader than weighing, or measu
As a classroom teacher of ESL in a K-5 school, I love having computers in my
classroom.
The problem is that people use them often as a baby-sitter and not often
enough as a learning tool.
I would usually do something like this: I would have students research a
topic we are working on and then wr
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 11:56:31PM -0500, Stephen Fisher wrote:
> Here's an interesting twist on the new push for more computers in the
> classroom.
>
>
Here is another one along the same lines
>http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1206/p11s01-legn.html
>
>Headline: Contrarian finding: Computers are a
Dan Widyono wrote:
time?" The teacher responded, "Any fool, can be taught to operate a machine.
You're being taught how to solve the problem yourself."
Children should not be allowed to use computers until
they master the basic skills of the three R's on their own. Age 10 at the
earliest
> I don't have the references handy, but there's better evidence to
> suggest that _music_ education helps students far more than computers do.
Amen. And yes, I mistook Bruce's comments to be general, forgetting that the
topic at hand was computing in _schools_. I'm still ambivalent about
compu
Dan Widyono wrote:
I don't have the references handy, but there's better evidence to
suggest that _music_ education helps students far more than computers do.
Amen. And yes, I mistook Bruce's comments to be general, forgetting that the
topic at hand was computing in _schools_. I'm still amb
ning tool and has made an amazing difference in my child's school performance. I wish I had one in the dark ages when I was in school. > From: Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: March 22, 2005 5:31:16 PM EST > Cc: UnivCity@list.purple.com > Subject: Re: [UC] computers b
First film was going to revolutionize teaching.
Then Television was going to revolutionize teaching.
25 years ago computers were going to revolutionize teaching.
I imagine the next thing will be robots, or HDTV.
:P
On Mar 21, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Stephen Fisher wrote:
Here's an interesting twist on t
them
> out. This is a great learning tool and has made an amazing difference
> in my child's school performance. I wish I had one in the dark ages
> when I was in school.
>
> > From: Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: March 22, 2005 5:31:16 PM EST
&
n amazing difference in my child's school performance. I wish I had one in the dark ages when I was in school.
From: Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: March 22, 2005 5:31:16 PM EST
Cc: UnivCity@list.purple.com
Subject: Re: [UC] computers bad for learning?
Reply-To: Brian Siano &
added to the note to flesh them
>
> > out. This is a great learning tool and has made an amazing
> difference
> > in my child's school performance. I wish I had one in the dark
> ages
> > when I was in school.
> >
> >> From: Brian Siano <[EMA
On 23 Mar, 2005, at 23:38, Peter Coyle wrote:
First film was going to revolutionize teaching.
Then Television was going to revolutionize teaching.
25 years ago computers were going to revolutionize teaching.
I imagine the next thing will be robots, or HDTV.
No... read Ray Kurzwhile ... VR is the ne
In a message dated 3/31/2005 3:55:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
VR is
the next big deal... the "wire-heads" .. They'll be
commonplace in 10 and ubiquitous in 15!
As a result, we will have the best damned fighter pilots and tank
commanders in the world
or stupid mindless
games that are supposed to teach something. (Oregon Trail fans, I am sorry I
offend you.)
sj
Original message
>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:13:07 EST
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [UC] computers bad for learning?
>To: [EMAIL PROTEC
pression, not for "math drills" or stupid mindless
> games that are supposed to teach something. (Oregon Trail fans, I am sorry I
> offend you.)
>
> sj
>
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> >Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:13:07 EST
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> &
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Subject: Re: [UC] computers bad for learning?
I hear at some point the humans will cease to have pinky toes and
an appendix as well. What a world we live in.
--
Sam Nicolary
O
Samuel Nicolary wrote:
I hear at some point the humans will cease to have pinky toes and
an appendix as well. What a world we live in.
As if we don't have few enough erogenous zones.
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On 31 Mar, 2005, at 16:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 3/31/2005 3:55:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
VR is the next big deal.
.. the "wire-heads" .. They'll be commonplace
in 10 and ubiquitous in 15!
As a result, we will have the best damned fight
In a message dated 3/31/2005 5:28:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
How did
*I* get involved in this conversation??Actually, digital broadcasting
is the next big thing, broadly defined .. The line between your TV
and your computer will disappear. (Between you
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