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"Teach the Tool - Use the Tool to Teach"
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For more detailed information about these essential standards, view http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/new-standards/info-technology/gradek.pdf.
For more information about Common Core State and NC Essential Standards, visit http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/
The strength of technology is that it provides an excellent platform where students can collect information in multiple formats and then organize, link, and discover relationships among facts and events. An array of tools for acquiring information and for thinking and expression allows more students more ways to enter the learning enterprise successfully and to live productive lives in the global, digital, and information-based future they all face. Statham, Dawn S. , and Torell, Clark R. Computers in the Classroom: The Impact of Technology on Student Learning, Boise State University College of Education. p.10 |
Tips for Parents...
Parents can help their children have a positive attitude toward computers and enjoy the computer skills they are learning at school.
All Parents Can:
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Discuss and model appropriate and ethical behavior while using computers.
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Tell children about the ways computer skills are used in their jobs or in their workplace.
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Help children understand that computer skills are important tools for success now and in the future.
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Encourage an emphasis on the use of computers with classroom assignments and projects.
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Use current events to show how computers play a role in day-to-day life. Discuss how space exploration, detective work, medical breakthroughs, new car design, favorite movies, genetic research, ocean exploration, and more are helped by computers.
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Discuss how learning continues throughout life, and that having computer skills will open up an even wider world of information, wonder and possibilities.
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Visit the school to see first-hand the ways that computers are incorporated in day-to-day classroom activities.
If You Do Not Use a Computer:
- Encourage discussion when your child mentions what he or she is learning to do with computers at school. Ask the child to share with you what he or she is learning.
- Let your child demonstrate their keyboarding skills for you, either on a computer or on a typewriter.
- If you have a typewriter, allow your youngster to use it to practice keyboarding skills, which are an important part of computer use.
- Consider taking a basic computer course at a community college or computer training company. It will probably be fun, it could give you one more skill that can be used in your work, and it will show your child that you believe computers are important.
If You Do Use a Computer:
- Discuss with your child how you learned to use a computer, and the role computers play at your job.
- If you have a home computer, encourage your child to use it; consider buying software applications appropriate for your child.
- Model appropriate skills and behaviors when using online resources.
- Be familiar with your school system's Acceptable Use Policy and encourage your child to follow these guidelines.
- Establish guidelines for using online resources at home.
- Bookmark specific websites that you consider appropriate for your child.
- If you are a whiz on the computer, give your child an opportunity to demonstrate skills they are learning. Focus on what they know, rather than what they do not know.
- Encourage younger children in the family to feel comfortable with computers.
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