How far is the electronic tools  effective in today's school classrooms?
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In my school in the Netherlands every classroom has a pc, tv, radio, dvd and surround sound....\n\nI you forget your books or you don't make you homework the teachers put you in the computer and then the mentor can see that to, all the teachers can and they put your grades in them aswell.... i just hate it!\n\nThey can see a hole list of all the things you did wrong!\n\nAt home you can check your grades on the internet, youre homework and if any teachers are sick or any classroom changes!!\n\nIf that isn't far and effective then you may call me G. Bush
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Yes, taking an at home incentive to help your children with their typing skills would be a great help for them. \n\n The public schools have such a limited time to work with  each child on their typing skills that it takes the children alot longer to become acquainted with the keyboard and learn to do it with speed and accuracy. (Plus I make up timed internet search 'treasure hunts' to help the children learn to do web searches.) And not only will it help your children but it will allow the teacher extra time to spend with children who don't have access to an at home PC (or a willing parent to help them learn this.)\n\n My grandchildren and I play the free Yahoo Word Games. Our favorite is "Typer Shark" (you have type words shown accurately and quickly or the shark eats you). These games have not only been fun for us but educational in the childrens spelling and typing speed. And they think of it as a fun reward for doing their chores and their homework, too!
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I think there's no limit to how quickly kids will learn to use and master the computer.  I just hope there will be more tools available to help them grow their minds with them, and not just pacify them with games.\n\nWith proper encouragment, kids will be able to more quickly learn essential skills like programming, graphic design and networking skills that will make them the next generation of innovators.  It can also obviously aid them in developing more quickly in whatever other field of interest they may have.\n\nThe obvious challenge is to create software that mimics games while teaching kids important concepts.  Hand/eye coordination isn't enough; they have to start to use their minds in a more critical and creative fashion.  The software that can do that will have really achieved something for them, as well as for the rest of us.
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Why do teachers use computers...because they can use the spelling check!!!
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Realistically, it will probably take another 20 years. You have to deal with many issues here. One, the technology has to level out a bit so that ALL teachers can get up to speed and they can control it. Two, the finances need to be considered. It's not only purchasing the laptops but classrooms will need to be retrofitted to accomodate them. There are many other considerations here, as well. I would say 20 years at a minimum.
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If your teacher is requiring you to have it, they should provide it. Check with your school technology department. If the teacher uses it, chances are they will have it and can give it to you.
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I think you might want to research on the effects of internet on children's study habits.  Does it improve their study habits or does it overload them with information?  You may either focus your survey on an age range, say for high school students, or on a certain territory, or on a specific subject matter, say science. I'm not sure what methods of research you would be capable of doing by now but this may have either a quantitative approach or you can use expert interviews (delphi method).  Good luck!
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Try http://www.greatschools.net to see if that's fits your needs.
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OK you asked for it. LOL. Computer integration is the life blood of our schooling technique. We have had an ever increasing computer-integration in our classroom for 13 years. This is going to be a long post, but I hope you will find the ideas fascinating.\n\nWe homeschool using multiple computers - OK, not a traditional classroom view, but the advantages and problems are about the same. I homeschool my own four children as well as teach homeschool co-ops for high school subjects. Co-op classes typically contain 8 to 18 students. The computers are used extensively for both groups. \n\nMy 18 year old son has taught himself how to build and repair computers so we have very little money invested in our computers. I have always wondered why schools do not take advantage of all that free teen energy and get them making school furniture and computers instead of the schools having to buy from expensive school supply catalogues. Those prices are outrageous! The kids learn real world useful skills by building what the school needs. Anyway, that is a topic for another Yahoo Answers Question. LOL\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nOne difference is in the classroom layout - Our Schoolroom/Computer Lab Physical Setup:\n\nMAIN SCHOOLROOM - Instead of the kids each having a traditional schooldesk each one has their own computer station and their own computer. We have six networked computers in the main school room plus a spare one in the bedroom that is also part of the network. All the computers have access to the internet on-demand via a broadband router 24/7. My husband has custom made two long counters on each side of the room which house three computers each. Each computer's space is about 3.5 feet wide by 3 feet deep. The deep counters and dropped keyboards allow the students to work at their station easily even with a bunch of resources spread out in front of them. They also have additional storage for school supplies and CDs. The children are each assigned their own computer which is where they work throughout most of the school day and it is their personal computer during free time in the evenings and weekends. The front of the room houses the white board. We have a mobile (on wheels), fold-down table for when we need a large flat surface to work on. It stays tucked out of the way until we need it. The chairs are adjustable-height, wheeled desk chairs with arms. It is surprising how often they are wheeling on their chairs between computers as they collaborate or show each other what they are creating. Every station has its own set of headphones and microphone. Several have their own printers, while all have access to the network printer and scanner.\n\nMULTIMEDIA STUDIO - The computer in the bedroom is our multi-media studio with studio quality microphones, a studio sound mixer, a VHS tape player, portable DVD burner with VHS and TV inputs capability, surround sound speakers, and a digital camera that can take both digital stills and quicktime movies. We have a variety of multimedia design software installed on that system. It may seem like we invested a lot of money into our multimedia studio, but my son built the computer, we bought the mixer and studio mics second-hand on E-Bay, and the VHS tape machine is one we have had for years. By having this system in the bedroom, the door can be closed to allow for less background noise when the kids are producing multimedia products.\n\n----------------------------------\n\nSOFTWARE INSTALLED ON ALL SYSTEMS - \n- PrintMaster Platinum is the main electronic notebooking software that the kids use. With it they make multimedia webapges that run from burned CD-ROMS. They also print out their e-notebooks. Their e-notebooks can be uploaded to the internet as standards compliant webpages.\n- Inspiration Software - this is a terrific program that we use for a variety of purposes.The kids use it extensively for notetaking, organizing compositions, visuals for their e-notebooks,
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There's always a "hidden curricula" that accompanies the lessons. In this case, the children are learning valuable computing and processing skills that will serve them when they go on to create larger and more demanding school projects in the later years. These skills can also be easily applied in the workplace.\n\nOn a more superficial level, the multimedia lessons are simply more interesting, efficient and colorful and can sustain a longer period of attracting the children's' attention. As the times change, so must the way teachers teach and children learn.
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You bet it has.  With the convenience of the Internet, it takes practically no effort (other than time of course) to research topics of interest.  The pre-technology way was to go the library and spend time browsing the catalog in search of books or publications on the specific subject.  And sometimes, you had to visit several libraries to find enough information.\n\nPersonally, I use technology along with published materials in preparation for my classes.  I guess the downside is there is less dependence on people so I spend less time in that area, not that I'm anti-social or anything.\n\nHope this answers your question.
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My school uses Mathematica, but it's only on laptops or computers. I believe TI-89's and above have pretty close capabilities as Mathematica.
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my brother is in home schooling at first he didn't like it but now it has grown on him. He is in this program where everything is done over the computer and Internet. He can do his school work at his convenience there is no set time ,also he get to keep the laptop and the all in one (printer, fax, scanner, and copier) I guess it just depends on what program your in and the kid.
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I think it has opened so many doors to increasing knowledge for all students.   In our Districts they are teaching students math on the computers.  Remember students have to know how to program them to get the correct answers.   So the computer is not really doing their work.  It does help teachers to be able to access them better.  Plus students can work at their own pacing plan  which allows them to go as fast or as slow as they can.  Additionally we live in the age of electronics.   Our children can have global communication as opposed to when we were in school.  I'd like to see more computers in the classrooms because right now the kids have to share,,,,
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I found this on this website;  http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Students/j-lin3/homework/vision.html\n\nVision of Year 2020 in Education\n\nOne of my friends once told me that she couldn't imagine the days that there will be no teacher, no school, but only computer at everyone's home. What she is worried about is that computer will substitute teacher's role, school, as a physical space, will disappear, and all the teachings will be delivered and conducted through network. \n\nIs this a dream or a nightmare? Is this technology called the fourth media going to join the rank of the big three - print, radio and television, as the means of human communication in the second millennium, as envisioned by Paul Bonnington (1995)? It is difficult to create an argument for/against it. Since networking is still in the rudimentary phase, it may be too early to tell how it affects our schooling system. However, we cann't deny that the information age is fast dawning on us. The rapid growth of advance technology has started to affect our working environment and our approach to learning in a fundamental way. \n\nIn my vision of education in year 2020, there will be more and more people increasingly incorporating this technology into their curriculum and research, or into the organization of their work, or into educational process. The boundary and/or barrier of communication will become increasingly blurred and a global informational village will gradually be formed. \n\nHere I present several perspectives of what our education may be like under the influence of change of technology in year 2020. \n\n1. More on-line programs offered by universities: For example, Standford university has started a certificate program on-line. It is a blessing for people around the world who would like to take it for the purpose of continuing education or other vocational trainings. And I believe that there will be more schools following her footstep. Education is not restricted to a certain place or a certain time anymore. Students can easily access to any site in the world for different purposes of learning or whatever. Such trend will also squeeze out smaller local colleges that has been serving the same purpose on site. \n\n2. Lifelong learning: In the information age, the computer illiterate may be difficult obtaining or maintaining job. For job security and, learning computer or attending on-line programs become indispensable to everyone. \n\n3. Incooperating technology into curriculum (for information searching, exchanging, and communicating, examining): There are a lot of projects or experiments demonstrating how incooperating technology into curriculum can effectively facilitate students' learning. In the year 2020 or beyond, such practice will not only become usual, it will become necessary! \n\n4. Globalization: Few decades ago, the invention and popularity of airplanes make it possible for every human to reach every corner of the world. However, flying usually takes many hours or even a day to get to the destination. Through the internet, only a couple of seconds are needed to take a visit to Australian government web site to understand her system and people. By the synchronous video conferencing, U.S. students can talk to the students in France for French learning. By IRC (Internet Real-Time Chat system), people from different countries can chat, make friends or learn their cultures. People may start to have deeper appreciation of multiculturalism. However, unfortunately such intense exchanges will also no doubt make the world more uniform. \n\n5. University professor will need to spend less time on classroom teaching and more time on research and communication. \n\n6. Internationally, language is always a barrier in cross-culture communication. Information network is going to speed up the adaptation of a single global language which is most likely English. In the process, some culture which has weaker voice in the internationally technolo
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Explain the situation to the school computer administrator.  It is probably one of the technology teachers.\n\nIf that doesn't work, use a computer in the public library.
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Studying or learning things with the help of a computer .\n\nThis will be a digital  aid, which is portable, \n\ntransferable and visible which helps more interaction.