Computers in the classroom 3 Pages 780 Words

In recent years, computers have become faster and less expensive, so they have become more useful to parents, teachers, and students. That's why computers are installed in most classrooms and are useful for teachers and students. Many think that time spent on computers can be spent on other things, such as one-on-one guidance and mastering of reading and writing. What people did not think was the effectiveness of the computer for children's education and how the computer pleased students organizing and learning the students. In order to make the computer more effective, the teacher needs to be trained in how to use the computer, choose the right software, and how to make the students participate in learning how to use the computer.

For many years, in the classroom students have used computers to receive comprehensive education. As computers have a lot of help, you need to use computers in your daily life. In an article by Tom Loveless, he listed a report from the US Department of Education, and that said, "The proportion of schools reporting at least one computer has increased from about 30% in 1982 to 95, in the 1980s 1988 or more (why not a computer, 2 ".) Loveless also includes reports by OTA. There is one (2)

Many people do not know how computers can help students learn different skills that are useful for present and future students. Computer programs like Microsoft can help students learn a variety of things, such as using different words in the built-in thesaurus to represent the same thesaurus. There is also a spell checker that allows students to identify misspelled words. To allow students to learn certain words

Computers are used to perform various tasks in the classroom, and they often simplify student learning methods. Students use computers to learn how to write because they have word processing applications that allow students to take notes or write articles for academic purposes in the classroom. Word processing applications make automatic corrections to help students improve their vocabulary. Meanwhile, computers are overly dependent on students, which reduces the creativity of students. For example, without the help of a calculator it is not possible to solve a simple mathematical expression, some students bring their computers to the classroom, often abusing them and using them in classroom for non-academic purposes. Most people watch online funny videos, chat with friends on social networks, play non-educational games in the classroom.

Whether students use word processing and other programs to process text, do writing on a computer have places in elementary school classrooms. In fact, computers have revolutionized the writing of certain classrooms. For students with handwritten problems, it becomes easier to enter and appreciate the professional look of the final product. People struggling with spelling, punctuation, capital letters can benefit from the automatic correction function. Most importantly, fixing is easier to implement on a computer than manual.

There are not many people who think that computer technology is not suitable for K-12 classroom. However, in the classroom there was discussion that made me think seriously about computer technology. The problem is how aged and to what extent the computer should be integrated into the American classroom. There is no doubt that some skill will lead to an improvement in academic performance. Significant improvements are seen in studies of children with low socioeconomic status. "By improving the skills that students can use, we can promote, promote and support students' academic achievement improvement, the most serious influence in the field of mathematics was discovered in the first stage" (p. 391). Also, "many studies show that infant's self-esteem and self-concept have direct influence on academic performance" (p.391).