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Re: Re:another perspective - it's like drivers Ed. (m)
Posted by Neal on 6/01/08
Everyone need to know how to drive, not how to build/fix their
own car... Every student can benefit from knowing keyboarding, -
not every student wants to build a computer.
N.
On 5/31/08, another perspective wrote:
> I'm not a computer teacher, but I have built two computers, and
> used computers for over 20 years. I've always wondered why we
> don't teach the students the obvious: how computers work. Why
> do we only do things like keyboarding? Students teach
> themselves this at home by doing things like IMing. Why don't
> we start off by teaching kids the basics of electronics and
> binary numbers? I would start by doing things like this. I
> would take apart a computer and show the students the parts,
> explaining the function of each one.
>
> I know I'm in the minority on this, but that's what I think.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Don't Know what to teach when, 4/14/08, by Rachella Simon.
- Re: Don't Know what to teach when, 4/15/08, by CTJS.
- Re: Don't Know what to teach when, 5/16/08, by Leslie.
- Re: Don't Know what to teach when, 5/17/08, by CTJS.
- Re: Don't Know what to teach when, 5/31/08, by another perspective.
- Re: Don't Know what to teach when, 5/31/08, by ISTE standards.
- Re: Re:another perspective - it's like drivers Ed. (m), 6/01/08, by Neal.
- Re: Re:another perspective - it's like drivers Ed. (m), 6/02/08, by ComputerGal.
- Re: Re:another perspective - it's like drivers Ed. (m), 6/03/08, by another perspective.
- Re: Don't Know what to teach when, 6/04/08, by Kristen Simons.
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