Figure 1.--Computers were new and exiting stuff in the 1980s when schools first started getting them and adding them to the instructional program. Here two boys are just beginning to learn basic computer programs.
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Figure 1.--Computers were new and exiting stuff in the 1980s when schools first started getting them and adding them to the instructional program. Here two boys are just beginning to learn basic computer programs. |
Computers were new and exiting stuff in the 1980s when schools first started getting them and adding them to the instructional program. Neither students or computers commonly had home computers at the time. Students and many teachers in the 1990s have a hard time understanding how schools ever functioned without them. They are a greatvassett as the younger children look on them as toys and clever programers can build programs that educate while entertaining. Older students take a more sphphisticated approch with substantial differences between boys and girls. Games are still a big draw for teenagers, especially the boys. Of course it is always difficult to generalize, but some general trends do emerge. Many boys are often intreagued by the technology. They are interested in how the computers work and the mechanics of prgramming. Girls are often less interested in the technology, but are interested in using the computer to build content or to assist with actual assignments.
On Tuesday Gregg Sheehan and his daughter Kim came to show us how to work internet. We looked up Kim's homepage and found she was winking and told us about her dog Whova Brown (Whova for short). We made a Broadlands school homepage. We looked up guide dogs and racing cars.
By Khayli, Sophie and Scott
Hi my name is Rachael and I
am eight years old. I go to
Fruitvale Primary School And
I am also in the C.W.S.A
Website Building Group. I
like computers but I don't
have a computer at home so
I go to my teacher's house
and I meet her dog called
Cracker.
Hi my name is also Rachel I am
eight years old.I go to Fruitvale
School.I have an annoying
brother Ben. I have my own
Web site.
Hi my name is Rey Malaluan and
I'm 10 years old. I like pokemon
games and I'm good at playing
soccer. I also have e'mail.
Hi my name is Tabitha I'm in the
C.W.S.A group .I go to Fruitvale
school and I'm 9 years old. I like
computers. It is cool building this
web site, we all like Pokemon!
Hi my name is Ben and I'm 9 years
old.I like pok'emon toys and my
favourite pok'emon is Charmander.
If you like pok'emon too, email me.
Computing at Francis Douglas continues to develop and maintain it's progressive focus in keeping up with the latest technological initiatives. This year has seen a wider use of the technology across a broad range of subject areas. Regular classes are using facilities as an integral part of their work. Some Junior classes have explored Computer Graphics while others have been using desktop publishing programmes to produce their topic studies. At the senior leve, specialist subject areas are using specific software to research and present, to demonstrate and explore and their work. Courses continue to integrate elements of computing and the opportinities to develop computer skills is available to all our students. The interest in and use of the computers is ever increasing and consequently some remote access has been made available so the staff and pupils can continue their work from home.
Francis Douglas Memorial College, 1996
Technology at Cashmere High School has taken a quantum leap forward in the last two years .... the purchase of computers alone has exceeded $100,000. The Computer Studies and Commerce departments have updated their technologies so that students can be exposed to industry standards. One area that is rapidly expanding in our community is the telecommunications field and Cashmere High is at the front with its BBC (Bulletin Board Service), E-mail (Electronic mail) and its access to the Internet (an international network of computers that are linked via telephone line), satelite, fibre optic cable, etc.). Our students are in a position to communicate with the students in nearly any other country in the world and they will have access to tera-bytes (tera-byte - a million bytes, and a byte is approximately a letter) of information. The world is undergoing three 'revolutions' at the moment, they are the Computer hardware and software revolution, the information revolution and the Genetic engineering revolution. Cashmere High School is in a position to keep its students at the cutting edge of the computer/information revolutions and the community will greatly benefit from the current policies the school has put in place regarding Computer technology.
Richard Cackett, Lymphad (Cashmere High School), 1993
