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Maddux, C.D., Johnson, D.L., & Willis, J.W. (1997). Educational Computing: Learning With Tomorrow’s Technology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon

click on the link to be intrigued:

http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tec26/cnc.html

i read this article “building on technologies promise” and was blown away on how useful and informative it was. i could not believe how interesting it was and how easy it made technology sound. one excellent benefit of computers is that “Students can work through a computer-based activity at their own pace. Rather than 25 individuals working together on one activity, technology allows independent completion of work. Those who begin to fall behind can receive an instructor’s individualized attention while others can begin to tackle more complex tasks” This in turn allows teachers to develop new classroom management strategies of challenging the highly intelligent students whist working with the struggling ones. computer software can provide opportunities for students to become independent learners and give their work a touch of their own. for example they may add personal photos or a voice over for an English narrative. students can even add color, motion pictures and comments to spruce up their work. Another incredible point made by the article is that “Students can build on their own understanding by using computers as resource tools, as work stations for individual learning, or as communication channels to share their ideas with other learners“. children can develop and discover answers to their personal queries and form interest groups by connecting with sites such as edublogs, wikki spaces and hound bite. here children can be children and find out answers to their educational questions and have fun socializing at the same time. this article is quite long but i asure you, that once you start reading you will be so intrigued and excited to start your own technological based classroom. i know i was. i really recommend reading this article as it puts a new light on using computers in the classroom.