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An 8 page review of the literature for answers to the question of how appropriate computers are in the educational environment. The author reviews four specific articles from online technology journals. The conclusion is reached that computers can be tremendously powerful tools both in terms of student output and learning and also in terms of teacher output and learning. Through computers students have access to materials at the speed of light. They can incorporate new information, make changes and revisions, and produce considerably more high quality reports and projects in much less time than that which would be involved utilizing more traditional resources. At the same time, however, we must recognize the importance of using computers as a supplemental educational tool as opposed to a primary one. We must also recognize the importance of carefully selecting this tool, its accessories, and the environment with which it will work. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPtechEd2.rtf
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classroom often gets caught up in other ancillary concerns such as economics and politics. To objectively examine the effectiveness of computers in the educational setting we must first define
our concerns. As has repeatedly become apparent in my own professional experience as a Spanish teacher at a junior high school, and as is enunciated by Molnar (1997), educators
essentially have two goals: 1. to transmit knowledge, and
2. to prepare our children for their future roles in society (Molnar, 1997).
Too many in the teaching profession are looking for the easy way out in addressing those goals. Many look to the computer, for
example, as a cure all for all of our educational ills. When effectively used computers can, of course, broaden students knowledge in either one or many areas and be
used to make difficult and complex material more palatable. Online educational resources offer a particularly luring promise in this regard. Wilson (2001) notes, however, that:
"To take a meaningful role, online educational resources must become easy to use, effective, and contribute significantly to
students learning... teachers need training and support to integrate technology into their daily routines. All too often, the technology arrives, only to gather dust and attain under-utilized obsolescence...".
In short, the utilization of computers in education can be used to accomplish the two major
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