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Computers in Education
Week 8
What is the Perfect
Classroom?
 Clean white wall in front of the
room
 Show video clips
 Project an computer screen
image
 Write with special pens
 Touch sensitive
 Printing abilities
 Networked to each Student’s PDA
Young Children
 Education needs to be
 visually stimulating
 actively involved
 Education starts at a very early age
- 1 year
 Programs to teach colors, ABC’s,
math, even foreign languages
stressing participatory learning
Young Children
Learn at their own pace
Turn abstract into concrete
 money and stocks games
Slightly older children
benefit from edutainment
Benefit - learning is FUN
Literacy Requirements for
Education
SOL of public education has
a literacy requirement for
technology that is different
for each grade level
Is there a computer
literacy requirement at
ODU?
High School and Beyond
Intelligent tutoring
programs
 adapts based upon
student responses
Computer based tutorial
Computer Simulation
Simulation games
High School and College
Research
 Web searching
Distance Learning
 Two way - IRI at ODU
 Distance Learning
 Virtual University
Administrative Uses
Instructors
 testing
 maintain grades
 develop lesson plans
 create homework
assignments
 research
Administrative Uses
Schools
 maintain student records
 assign students to
classes and rooms
 pay employees
Administrative Uses
 Research studies
 track students to determine
graduation rates, job offers
 Student performance and
attitudes to improve the
education process
 Provide information for
accountability reporting
Administrative Uses
Marketing
 Web sites
 CD-ROM tours
 Virtual reality
Additional Uses by
Students
Application software
Storage of information
Instrument of research
E-mail
On-line applications
Homework help
Plagiarism???
Uses by Parents
Monitor students courses,
professors, activities, etc.
Email
Research tool to pick a
university
Education Outside of the
Classroom
 Educational tools disguised as
games
 Reference material presented
in video
 pictorial atlas
 body works
Advantages of Computers
in Education
Accelerated learning due to
tools and improved interest
High quality documents
Research is facilitated
Improved monitoring of
students
Remote education
Disadvantages
Inability of schools to keep
pace with technology
Instructor/student
involvement diminished
Haves and Have Nots again
Maintenance of machines
Promotes laziness?