Lisa Cammarata

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Lisa Cammarata
Technology in Schools
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Definition of Computer Education

• Computer Education
• Continuum of awareness, skills, experience, and
  attitudes based on the age capabilities of the
  individual child

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ADVANTAGES

• Computer literacy is a significant job
  qualification
• Promotes collaboration
• Research is easily accessible
• The child selects the learning level they feel
  comfortable with
• Encourages creativity and imagination
• Promotes enthusiasm for learning
• Benefits those with special needs by providing
  them with Assistive Technology

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DISADVANTAGES

• School Districts find often find it difficult to
  integrate technology within schools
• Limited Funding limits the ability to spread
  computers across all the classrooms
• The amount of technical reliability makes
  school administrators apprehensive
• Students can easily become frustrated if they
  dont know how to operate the computer software
• Young pupils may be subjected to inappropriate
  adult content such as distasteful graphics or
  foul language
• Computer usage can cause visual strain,
  radiation, and or strain to the posture as well
  as the skeletal structure

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How a Child Can Gain Proper Computer Literacy

• Exposure and observation
• Active participation
• Taking control
• The computer is my tool
• Mastering skills
• Independence

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• According to the Ida Public Schools Technology
• Plan a technologically literate person is
• Understand the role and impact of technology upon
  society, and the related issues such as
  information access and manipulation
• Accepts the responsibilities associated with
  living in the technologically oriented
  Information Age
• Identifies when to use technology to solve a
  problem or accomplish a task and then selects and
  utilizes the appropriate technological system
  and
• Uses technology as a tool for obtaining,
  organizing and manipulating information and for
  communication and creative expression."

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4 Ways a Teacher Student can Feel at Ease with
Computers

• The computer should always be turned on, booted,
  and the program loaded before the class begins.
• Students who are not comfortable using computers
  should be placed with students who are.
• Students more comfortable with the computer
  should be strongly discouraged from using other
  resources available in the program itself, or in
  other programs.
• Use of the computer should be phased in instead
  of introducing a complex series of exercises to
  be done for a lesson, teachers should begin by
  doing a limited amount of work with the computer

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THE BENEFITS OF COMPUTER USAGE
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COMPUTER EDUCATION RULES

• Schools can only benefit from
• computer education if these following
  guidelines occur
• Teachers and students must have adequate and
  equitable access to hardware and network
  connections.
• States and districts must give schools the
  capacity to use technology well by devising a
  thoughtful technology plan and offering adequate
  teacher training and technical support.
• Teachers and students must use technology in
  effective ways.

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COMPUTER STUDIES

• A 2002 study on computer-aided instruction (CAI)
  in English language reading instruction found
  that children taught through CAI performed at the
  69th percentile of control groups (Blok et al).
• Research on intelligent tutoring software
  utilized in the Pittsburgh Urban Mathematics
  Project (PUMP) found that on average, students
  taught via the software outperformed students in
  comparison classes by 15-25 on standardized
  tests and 50-100 on tests targeting class
  objectives (Koedinger 30-43).
• A Meta-Analysis study performed in 1994 found
  that, students who used computer-based
  instruction scored at the 64th percentile on test
  of achievement compared to students in the
  control conditions without computers who scored
  at the 50th (Schacter 4).
• A Carnegie Mellon study in 1999 examined the
  effects of using intelligent tutor which
  implemented multiple visual and textual
  interpretations of algebra problems The 470
  students outperformed control group classes by
  15-25 (Koedinger 30-43).

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TECHNOLOGY PLAN EVALUATION FORM
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COMPUTER CHART
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PRESIDENT CLINTON'S 1996 TECHNOLOGY PLAN
In his State of the Union address on January 23,
1996, President Clinton challenged Congress and
the American public to commit the resources
necessary to ensure all students access to
high-quality technology and the information
superhighway Our ... challenge is to provide
Americans with the educational opportunities
we'll all need for the 21st century. In our
schools, every classroom in America must be
connected to the information superhighway with
computers and good software and well-trained
teachers. We are working with the
telecommunications industry, educators, and
parents to connect ... every classroom and every
library in the entire United States by the year
2000. I ask Congress to support this educational
technology initiative so that we can make sure
this national partnership succeeds.
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LEARNING WITH LAPTOP ARTICLE
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EDUCATION CARTOONS
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TIMELINE OF COMPUTERS
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ADVANTAGES IN COMPUTER EDUCATION

• Advantages of computers in Education
• Accelerated learning due to tools and improved
  interest
• High quality documents
• Research facilitated
• Improved monitoring of students
• Education reaches remote students

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N.J.'S TECHNOLOGY PLAN
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COMPUTER JOBS
Artificial Intelligence -- Develop computers that
simulate human learning and reasoning ability.
Computer Design and Engineering -- Design new
computer circuits, microchips, and other
electronic components. Computer Architecture --
Design new computer instruction sets, and combine
electronic or optical components to provide
powerful but cost-effective computing.
Information Technology -- Develop and manage
information systems that support a business or
organization. Software Engineering -- Develop
methods for the production of software systems on
time, within budget, and with few or no defects.
Computer Theory -- Investigate the fundamental
theories of how computers solve problems, and
apply the results to other areas of computer
science. Operating Systems and Networks --
Develop the basic software computers use to
supervise themselves or to communicate with other
computers. Software Applications -- Apply
computing and technology to solving problems
outside the computer field - in education or
medicine, for example.
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ADDITIONAL READING

• The Social Life of Information by Brown
  DuguidISBN 0-87584-762-5 Harvard Business School
  PressOrder The Social Life of Information from
  Amazon.
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• The Gutenberg Elegies by Sven Birkerts ISBN
  0-449-91009-1 Fawcett Columbine, NY, 1994Order
  The Gutenberg Elegies from Amazon.
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• Tolstoy's Dictaphone edited by Sven Birkerts
  ISBN 1-55597-248-9 St. Paul, 1996Order
  Tolstoy's Dictaphone from Amazon.
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• The Road Ahead by Bill Gates ISBN 0140260404 A
  Viking hardcover book, NY, 1996Order The Road
  Ahead from Amazon.
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• Neuromancer by William Gibson ISBN 0441569595
  Ace Books, May, 1995Order Neuromancer from
  Amazon.
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WEBSITES USED

• http//www.indianchild.com/computers_blessing_or_c
  urse.htm
• http//www.idaschools.org/curric/technology_plan.h
  tml
• http//www.edweek.com/sreports/tc98/data/exsum.htm
  
• http//www.edweek.com/sreports/tc98/states/nj.htm
• http//www.ed.gov/pubs/techinvest/chap1.html
• http//www.edweek.com/sreports/tc98/ets/ets-n.htm
• http//www.edweek.com/sreports/tc98/charts/in-c2.h
  tm
• http//www.accesswave.ca/hgunn/
• positive affects of technology in schools Ask
  Jeeves
• http//www.computer.org/education/careers.htmcare
  er

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