Computers in Education


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, even foreign languages stressing participatory learning


Young Children
? Learn at their own pace
? Turn abstract into concrete
? money and stocks
? 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


WORKLINK
? Designed for high school students who plan to enter the workforce after high school
? Personal records
? transcripts
? ratings of work habits


High School and College
? Research
? Web searching
? Distance Learning
? Two way - IRI at ODU
? Teletechnet
? 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


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
? SimCity
? Oceans Below
? 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 facilitated
? Improved monitoring of students
? Remote education


Disadvantages
? Inability of schools to keep pace with technology
? Instructor/student involvement diminished
? Haves and Have nots
? Maintenance of machines
? Promotes laziness