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Saturday, November 09, 2002
Technology: It's Primary - Barbara Bray and Gail Lovely
Children learn outside school that technologies - especially computer technologies - are toys, not tools. They see from very young ages, video games, computer games and even touch-screen lotto as playthings. Teachers need to start as early as possible preparing students to think of technology as more: as a tool and a medium for "showing what we know, think or feel." Modeling the appropriate use of technologies in the classroom can be a key element with young learners, by showing that the human is in charge of the machine and by providing concrete examples of powerful and meaningful uses of technology. It is important to guard against the use of technology merely as a "carrot" or a "toy," even if it is fun.
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