ROWLEY you OLD DOG!
Thank you so very much again, that sounds like a great title.
"Rowley" <rowleykm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> A good book that you might take a look at is:
>
> "Oversold & Underused: Computers in the Classroom", By Larry
> Cuban, ISBN: 0-674-00602-X
>
> Martin
>
> Curious Educator wrote:
> >
> > Dearest Colleagues:
> >
> > First and foremost, thank you for taking the time to read this post.
> >
> > From an educational perspective, are there resources, white papers,
> > articles, etc., from reputable sources that either sup****t or go
aginst
the
> > subject of using computers in the classroom.
> >
> > More specifically, I am working on a thesis of sorts whose base
premise
is
> > to first find out what has worked in education in the past,
idenfitying
> > those things, and then using technology to improve those skills. The
common
> > talk around the faculty break room is that way too much is thrown at
the
> > whole concept of having technology for the sake of having it, than
using
it
> > as a way to improve the learning/teaching process?
> >
> > I also know the internal disputes within the education field itself.
Those
> > on one far end say that technology is a panacea that is destined to
change
> > the way kids learn, the way teachers teach, etc., and then there are
those
> > who say that kids are losing their base abilities (e.g. handwriting,
> > reading, researching, etc.) and using computers more as a quick and
dirty
> > way of just copying and pasting things from a myriad of pieces of
articles
> > here and there and then putting their names on the finished work.
> >
> > I stand in the middle of the fence, by background is that of an
automobile
> > mechanic turned engineer, then turned into systems engineer,
programmer,
> > systems engineer and, as of late, I have embraced the concept of Linux
for
> > its potential.
> >
> > Discussions on either side of this issue, links to authorities on the
> > subject, etc, would be most greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you all for your time, I very much look forward to your input
with
> > regards to these questions.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > CE
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