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Subject: education and computers
Posted By: mikebro@erols.com
Date: April 03, 2000 at 20:35:56

I heard Jane Healy ( author of Failure to Connect) speak over the weekend and validate many of my concerns about Computers and Education. Valuable ed resources are being used to unfortunately engage kids with gimmicks, not learning. There is no proof other than the wonderful commercials we see that place Halos around these machines that hey are positive for ed.
Certainly for younger kids it's ridiculous that parents are preyed on to feel guilty that their kids at 5 cant download. Who knows if even the computer skills learned today will be relavant in 2 years.Kids this age need to write with crayons and pencils. They should physically feel the paper and smell the colors.Spread sheets and research on the net are great if a school has the teachers to train kids( maybe above 9) in their use. I have seen too many closed cartons where the computers were not even removed.
A word about safety. This week end I also spoke to a consultant Pediatrician to The Center for Missing and Exploited Children and he says Internet problems are becoming their biggest issue.Computers for children(below 11) should be in a visible place and only operated with a parent present.When I grew up the first rule I was taught was DONT TALK TO STRANGERS. This still appliea in the Digital Age. Dr.Michael Brody
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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Re: education and computers Yalda Nikoomanesh, April 04, 2000 (3)
- Re: education and computers Geoff Fletcher, April 04, 2000 (0)
- Re: education and computers Geoff Fletcher, April 04, 2000 (1)
  - Re: education and computers mikebro@erols.com, April 04, 2000 (0)

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* Comments: > I heard Jane Healy ( author of Failure to Connect) speak over the weekend and validate many of my concerns about Computers and Education. Valuable ed resources are being used to unfortunately engage kids with gimmicks, not learning. There is no proof other than the wonderful commercials we see that place Halos around these machines that hey are positive for ed. > Certainly for younger kids it's ridiculous that parents are preyed on to feel guilty that their kids at 5 cant download. Who knows if even the computer skills learned today will be relavant in 2 years.Kids this age need to write with crayons and pencils. They should physically feel the paper and smell the colors.Spread sheets and research on the net are great if a school has the teachers to train kids( maybe above 9) in their use. I have seen too many closed cartons where the computers were not even removed. > A word about safety. This week end I also spoke to a consultant Pediatrician to The Center for Missing and Exploited Children and he says Internet problems are becoming their biggest issue.Computers for children(below 11) should be in a visible place and only operated with a parent present.When I grew up the first rule I was taught was DONT TALK TO STRANGERS. This still appliea in the Digital Age. Dr.Michael Brody > American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry