Tech Made Easy: Keeping it Simple in the Classroom
Schools can apply simplicity to technology for an optimum classroom experience in a variety of ways. The following are some examples.
Complexity- in the right place
For a social studies lesson, software would set up an international political standoff. Students role-played various officials- the U.S. President, the American Secretary of State, the foreign minister of Israel or Iraq.
Real computer Science
Most high-tech schools do not teach true computer science. It would make more sense if schools taught computer skills the way they do every subject. Schools should take a "shop-class" approach to outdated or broken computers. Students would be able to take them apart, rebuild, and create their own software programs.
Ten-Dollar Technology
Albrecht says "I do a lot more with blocks and cubes than I do with computers, because they are powerful and cheap. And teachers can leant to use them." His point is that youngsters are fascinated by tools, especially when they're used doe real world projects. In you gets grades, computers usually mean lots of mechanical hassle and wasted time teaching students to do things on a screen they can more easily accomplish with paper, pencil, and crayons.
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