7 Jul 2005 04:07
[Fwd: Macleans article : How computers make our kids stupid]
From the TTCS list. Should be interesting for our resident primary school teachers. Allan. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ttcs] Macleans article : How computers make our kids stupid Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:10:51 -0400 From: Dev Anand Teelucksingh <dave@...> Reply-To: ttcs@... Organization: Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society To: ttcs@... Interesting read, given the importance placed on having computers in primary school with internet access at primary schools - Dev T ------------------------------------------------------------------------ How computers make our kids stupid June 06, 2005, SUE FERGUSON, Macleans There's growing evidence that too much cyber-time dumbs down our children The first thing you notice opening the door to Les Black's classroom is the smell. It's a dank, earthy aroma from a dozen planters perched on shelves or suspended from the ceiling. Sunlight filters through a row of wood-framed windows onto the 27 fourth-graders. A boy standing at the front relates the story of his grandfather's life, impressing upon his audience that the old man did not always act within the letter of the law. His classmates squirm in their seats. Some fiddle with pencils. One boy thoughtfully caresses a papier mâché snake resting on his desk.(Continue reading)
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