Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 13, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editor Gerald 6977231 email the education Page Winnipeg free press october it i schools have responsibility to prepare for computer world i am a computer if there is a Way to use my computer in daily i will use i find the Effort of learning a new system or technique when i first entered the Field of i thought computers and education would be natural but i have Learned that bring ing computers into our school system is not As easy As it first i have been teaching for six years now and my first Rush of enthusiasm has been tempered by the experience that peo ple and systems Are resistant to i have read and agreed with articles that said computers will revolutionize our place a computer in front of a student and learning will what student could resist the motivation of such an interactive machine our problem lies in designing valid uses for computers in our lessons Learned Anne Stinnett although i am a dedicated com Puter i have had a hard time juggling the time needed to use the computer within our Currick our provincial curriculum were designed to fill a full school computers were not consid ered a Central As with any valuable How there is a required learning curve needing a time investment both from the students and the Over the past few years i have worked with students and computers in a variety of we have built a database of books read with student comments on the relative merits of each we have worked with log pro Ings you can to i educational experiences they Are great for word processing because correction is easy and spelt Heck helps to make the work Clever programs Call present concepts in an entertaining kids can work at their own Speed they can try until they get a task students can Access research via Corom and the the Case against computers in the classroom includes in one kid tends to hog the some children will play or guess rather than attempt to learn with the teacher a can spend so much time getting the system up and dealing with of itches that therein no Tirrie left to they give a sense that information is always visual or they provide no human sup port or in our opinion the pros outweigh the cons but dont expect a Bank of computers to work miracles with a weak teacher or a poor source the school solution by Paul Kropp and Lynda developing math problem solving skills and Honing logic we have used spread sheets to manipulate numerical making charts and graphs to express we have used word processors to create reports and desktop publishing to create a class such work uses the computer As a tool to enhance the learning within the set but the potential of computer use should not Stop the new opportunities becoming available with student Access to the vast information source of the internet open up new areas of communication and research not previously thought possible in used with intelligence and computers can bring Down barriers to learning and open our students to an intellectual future with vast resources at their undeniably computers have great but Money is required to Purchase and main Tain them As Well As time needed for training and shrinking budgets and growing class sizes Are making the Chal Lenges of using the computers in our classrooms but the exponential growth in the use of technology outside our schools makes them a our educational system must prepare our students to become contributing members of an informational i still believe that our educational future is irrevocably bound to information technologies such As each year the pro Grams available get better and the computer value More Rele this is an invigorating time to be involved in Anne Shifflett is a Grade 7 teacher at Burntwood school in lessons published each is a column open to All Educa to Call Janice Arm Strong at the Manitoba teachers or Gerald flood at the free Chevrolet 95 Olds 88 fully Corsica Driver education demo 95 Cavalier Coupe Astro Van extended 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