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Thursday, December 23, 2004
Computers in the classroom: 21st-century students go beyond the three Rs - Andrew Lightman, Milford Daily News
On any given day they log on the computer, search the Web and maybe read a report or two on-line. Recess may come later, followed by lunch or social studies. Such is life these days for children at local elementary schools, where teachers are increasingly turning to computers to complement the subjects they teach, even to their youngest students. "Kids are very comfortable in kindergarten or first grade at moving around a keyboard," said Dick Gibbons, principal at the Oak Street Elementary School in Franklin. "Even if their reading skills aren't there yet, they know how to work the control menus."
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