Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
The program manager for Apple Computer's Education Grants program zeroes in on six grant-winning schools in underfunded and underserved communities to see how computers are changing the face of education. Each project described is different: in one, tenth-grade boys in an inner-city school use the computer to investigate contemporary urban issues and publish a magazine that is sold in their community; in another, Louisiana elementary students collect and write stories that reflect the multicultural life of their community to enter in a CD-ROM encyclopedia for local residents. Photographs, comments from teachers and students, and original student writings enrich the accounts. Although there aren't enough basics to use the descriptions as actual models, there's plenty to convince teachers and administrators to take the computers out of the computer labs and put them in the classrooms. Stephanie Zvirin
Book Description
?Must reading for all school administrators and educators! This book will help you expand your vision as to how technology can be used to truly improve student learning and achievement. It also describes approaches to using technology that work in the classroom.?—Kenneth M. Bird, superintAndent, The Westside Community Schools, Omaha, NebraskaComputers in the Classroom tells the stories of six schools that are using computers to revitalize teaching and learning in the classroom. Written in an informative and entertaining manner, these remarkable stories reveal how the introduction of computer technology has transformed the educational experience of the students, the teachers, and their communities. The book also provides examples of students' work and a valuable Resource Guide with information on funding sources, technical support, software, and where to find material available online.
Ingram
Tells the inspiring stories of some of the schools that have received money from Apple Computer's Educational Grants program, as well as showing how technology can revolutionize the classroom. 15,000 first printing.
Inside Flap Copy
Computers in the Classroom tells the stories of six schools that are using computers to revitalize teaching and learning in the classroom. Written in an informative and entertaining manner, these remarkable stories reveal how the introduction of computer technology has transformed the educational experience of the students, the teachers, and their communities.Each portrait shows how computers created for students opportunities that would only be possible using this technology.St. Benedict's Preparatory School, Newark, New Jersey engaged high school students in a cultural, historical, and scientific exploration of their community using computer technology. The Newark Studies program and the student magazine Newark Indepth have put the spotlight on a community struggling to revive itself, bolstered by the hope and determination of its youth.Abita Springs Elementary School, Abita Springs, Louisiana initiated a Hypertext Folklore Project. The school built a curriculum around the local culture, then entered that information into computers. The students and their community have provided a potent source of folk history and information on diverse cultures.South Philadelphia High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania created an innovative project called the Computer Greenhouse Effect. The students cultivated plants and used computers to record growth data, conduct plant growth simulations, and write detailed reports on everything from photosynthesis to acid rain.Dos Palos High School, Dos Palos, California is located in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley. In the school's innovative program Teaching for Transition to the Next Century, students learn computer skills that helped them transition into the work world. Since the program was instituted the school has quadrupled the number of college-bound students.P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche School, New York, New York set up Earth Lab in this Harlem-based school. Students were given the same kind of communications |
