Good example of an rich program in which computers are important but not central. So not every student needs one. They are an important aide. The most important input the the step by step support from the NASA materials that allow students to choose various options, and see if they work!
"I stand here today humbled by the task before us,
grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the
sacrifices borne by our ancestors," said President Obama.
Because Learning by Doing Works
When people learn by doing, and then teach others, too,
research shows that kids (and adults) learn faster and more deeply. That's why
Citizen Schools apprentices don't just study newspapers—they publish their own.
They don't just use the Web—they design websites for their schools. The result
is feelings of confidence, self-discipline, and mastery.
Congratulations Jone, for have your grandchild soon!
I am planning to have a baby in year 2009. So I wish everything goes
well, and also I could get a good mark for my ICT course.
I also hope I could still alive in my current company during the economy
crisis.
Those are my most important goals and wishes for year 2009.
GU PING
1. Create a Bubbl.us mindmap about anything
related to this ICT topic e.g. PMI of using ICT in education or a map of the
important ideas in each core reading.
2. When complete, embedd your diagram into
your wiki page. Example
3. If time, explore Voicethread and either
make a comment on the work of others or create your own simple example.
There is a second fallacy, which is also very important, which we might call the miracle transformation fallacy -- i.e., the notion that, if we could get little green laptops into children's hands, it would miraculously transform their lives. This fallacy falls within an approach known as "media determinism," the notion that a particular media or technology will automatically have a certain effect no matter what context it is deployed in.
He found that the single strongest factor determining whether students received a positive benefit from school use of technology was the children's socioeconomic status (SES), with low-SES children tending to see test scores go down with computer use and high-SES children tending to see them go up.
Wenglinsky's data suggests that this is in part due to the differential ways computers are used by teachers of high- and low-SES students.