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Started by Tony Suba
Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:43
Positive effect Computers have had on Education
Author: Tony Suba
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:43
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:43
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This information wil be used by my daughter for an english reserch paper. Any thing about the subject would be helpful. Magizine or newspaper articles you have read about and remember the date and such i could tell her to look up. Thanks For your Help!! -- uucp: uunet!m2xenix!puddle!231!120.0!Tony.Suba Internet: Tony.Suba@p0.f120.n231.z1.fidonet.org
Re: Positive effect Computers have had on Education
Author: I am a terminator.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:49
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:49
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Computers are mysterious machines. They give people an example of
human achievement and can inspire people to reach for more. Have you
ever wondered how a computer really works? Have you ever wondered
why a collection of particles can behave in such an orderly manner?
Computers make people ask questions.
Computers make work easier. People feel that everything can be done on
a computer. They feel motivated to learn the beast and harness it.
A Computer can have a negative effect too. It provides a distracting
source of prolonged study. Everything has to be done on the computer.
But people get more interested in ends as opposed to means. The simple
software packages make ends pop up a lot quicker than ever before. Then
students get more interested in finishing the work like their fellow robot
classmates and going for summer vacation. There should be an incentive
to create and understand. The students should feel the challenge to
write their own algorithms.
Some people have a hard time understanding computers. I've met a few,
and some are fortunate people indeed. But I've met others who have the
hardest time explaining computers. A computer is a status symbol. You're
nothing if you don't understand.
Computers are so neat that we have generated a whole (bleep)*load of
information. Students are forced to believe tons of facts without explanation,
motivation, interest, etc. It goes by too fast. They need to be given
the chance to attack the new knowledge from first principles. The teacher
must be careful to leave no stone unturned lest the students graduate
half baked.
* Censored. To protect minds that are easily damaged certain phrases are
replaced with (bleep).
--
Henry Choy
choy@cs.usask.ca
What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs This has been brought to
Rolls over your neighbor's dog? you by the numbers 4
What's great for a snack and fits on your back? and 9 and the letter P.
It's Log, Log, Log! -- "The Log Song", from -- Big Bird
Ren & Stimpy
Math is tough! -- Barbie
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